Carrie Saldo
Host/ProducerCarrie Saldo is a host and producer for New England Public Media. Previously she has headed the Worcester bureau for WGBH News and was host of NEPM's then-nightly news magazine program “Connecting Point.”
Saldo, an award-winning journalist, has reported extensively from the Berkshires and Pioneer Valley as a reporter with the North Adams Transcript, the Berkshire bureau chief of WAMC and as a reporter for The Berkshire Eagle. She has also worked as host and reporter for Rocky Mountain Public Media.
She can be reached at carrie_saldo [at] nepm.org.
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![Today's panel for The Rundown includes Greenfield Recorder reporter Erin-Leigh Hoffman; Matt Szafranski [not pictured], editor-in-chief for Western Mass. Politics and Insight; and Springfield Republican reporter Jim Kinney.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9e348ce/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5712x3182+0+551/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff1%2Ffc%2F42f264554ede942ea62505b9114c%2Fimg-0740.JPG)
We break down a lawsuit filed alleging racial segregation in western Mass. schools, the end of federal oversight on the Springfield police department, the 350th anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre, the legacy and passing of former Rep. Barney Frank and much more. -
We dive into post office closures in Franklin and Hampden Counties, how a nationwide cyberattack impacted local education, and how attacks on D.E.I. in higher education continues. -
Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss hidden blood tests for PCBs by the state, rural concerns of renewable energy projects, how changes with the U.S. EPA impacts western Mass., and find out what pee-cycling is. -
Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists discuss Baystate Health taking over Mercy Medical Center, the Mass. GOP convention earlier this week, age of consent in Massachusetts and more. -
Today, Rundown panelists dig into Hampshire College's announcement to close its doors, AI use in Mass. government departments and the need for state funding for rural areas. -
Carrie Saldo and panelists discuss ballot initiatives to ban social media use among teens and recreational marijuana use, hurdles faced by a housing authority to open up affordable housing, nuclear arms production in Pittsfield and more. -
Panelists break down President Trump's address to the nation, a new bill to encourage more co-op business models, Mass. healthcare providers halting gender affirming care, and what gambling harm prevention looks like. -
Today on The Rundown, we break down the Hampden County Sheriff announcement of 50 job cuts and $4 million budget reduction, Springfield's effort to get back climate grants that were cut by the Trump administration, and complaints by lawmakers about school funding. -
This week, The Rundown discusses furloughs at a Springfield rail car maker, contracts awarded by ICE to a Pittsfield armored car company, and a multimillion dollar windfall for the Hampden County District Attorney’s office. -
This week, The Rundown unpacks local effects of the Iran War, explore a state budget hearing and plans to address health care needs in western Mass.
![Today's panel for The Rundown includes Greenfield Recorder reporter Erin-Leigh Hoffman; Matt Szafranski [not pictured], editor-in-chief for Western Mass. Politics and Insight; and Springfield Republican reporter Jim Kinney.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/515a98e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5712x3182+0+551/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff1%2Ffc%2F42f264554ede942ea62505b9114c%2Fimg-0740.JPG)
