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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![This week’s panel includes Larry Parnass, executive editor for the Springfield Republican; Matt Szafranski, editor-in-chief for Western Mass Politics and Insight [not pictured]; and Elizabeth Román, executive editor for NEPM News.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/137d233/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1070+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff9%2F80%2F1db5d915420195ec9db5c2bd8d8a%2Fthumbnail-rundown-photo-3-14-25.jpg)
Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss Gov. Healey’s plan to combat high energy bills, the local ties to the DNC’s new executive director, the legal impacts of a judge shortage in western Mass. and much more. -
Today on The Rundown, we discuss President Donald Trump’s address to Congress, state demands for Southwick School District to update its bullying policy and discuss the latest in the cannabis industry. -
Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists discuss the struggle to find primary care in western Mass., educator shortages as teachers face burnout, employer efforts to bring employees back into the office and much more. -
![This week’s panel includes reporter Paul Tuthill; Sten Spinella, reporter at The Berkshire Eagle [not pictured]; and NEPM reporter Adam Frenier](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/935376f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+549/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0f%2Fe6%2Fbfab474644c1b222d8ff04ce4b7a%2Fimg-1922.JPG)
Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists discuss ice and snow removal shortfalls this winter, take a closer look at a donation made to MCLA, analyze public opinion on the Trump administration so far, and much more. -
![This week’s panel for The Rundown includes Jim Kinney, reporter at the Springfield Republican; political consultant Ryan McCollum; and Berkshire Eagle reporter Heather Bellow [not pictured].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5ba5f36/2147483647/strip/true/crop/842x469+0+14/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F79%2Fce%2F4d3d5a8c474dae0391bc57aba233%2Ffor-grove147.jpg)
Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists discuss the expansive legacy of local Black author James Weldon Johnson, discuss the absence of fluoride in drinking water in the Berkshires, remember the life of Bishop Bryant Robinson and much more. -
Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists discuss investigative reporting on alleged child sexual abuse at some western Mass. Catholic dioceses, the impacts of ongoing cutbacks at Baystate Health, updates in the west-east rail project and much more. -
Today on The Rundown, panelists continue to digest the many executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, the cost of living in mobile home parks, the prospect of a new courthouse in Springfield, the future of municipal leadership around western Massachusetts and much more. -
![This week’s panel includes Sam Hudzik [not pictured], news director of NEPM; John Micek [not pictured], political editor at MassLive; Adam Hinds, former state senator and CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute; and Springfield-based political consultant Anthony Cignoli [not pictured].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9b62e8c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+7/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff0%2Fba%2F1fa6672a46e0abaea0404f7c5ce8%2F250124-rndn-00.jpg)
Today on The Rundown, panelists digest President Donald Trump’s first week back in office, and how his many executive orders could impact western Massachusetts. -
Panelists discuss Gov. Healey’s State of the Commonwealth, the lack of EV chargers in the Berkshires, the consequences of decreased food support for low-income people in western Mass., gender inequality in sober homes, and much more. -
![This week’s panel includes Sam Hudzik, news director for NEPM; Emeritus Paul Tuthill former Pioneer Valley bureau chief for WAMC; and Matt Szafranski, Western Mass Politics and Insight editor-in-chief [not pictured].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/adfb3fb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1070+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3f%2Fdb%2F8ab0807e4d3c83b09bfb955f5c06%2Fthumbnail-rundown-1-10-25.jpg)
Today on The Rundown, panelists unpack newly released footage of Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi’s OUI arrest, a potential ban on fossil fuels for construction projects in Northampton, a $20M deal to preserve 2,400 acres of land and much more.
![This week’s panel includes Larry Parnass, executive editor for the Springfield Republican; Matt Szafranski, editor-in-chief for Western Mass Politics and Insight [not pictured]; and Elizabeth Román, executive editor for NEPM News.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/644398d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1070+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff9%2F80%2F1db5d915420195ec9db5c2bd8d8a%2Fthumbnail-rundown-photo-3-14-25.jpg)
![This week’s panel includes reporter Paul Tuthill; Sten Spinella, reporter at The Berkshire Eagle [not pictured]; and NEPM reporter Adam Frenier](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/214bef2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+549/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0f%2Fe6%2Fbfab474644c1b222d8ff04ce4b7a%2Fimg-1922.JPG)
![This week’s panel for The Rundown includes Jim Kinney, reporter at the Springfield Republican; political consultant Ryan McCollum; and Berkshire Eagle reporter Heather Bellow [not pictured].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6d9c672/2147483647/strip/true/crop/842x469+0+14/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F79%2Fce%2F4d3d5a8c474dae0391bc57aba233%2Ffor-grove147.jpg)
![This week’s panel includes Sam Hudzik [not pictured], news director of NEPM; John Micek [not pictured], political editor at MassLive; Adam Hinds, former state senator and CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute; and Springfield-based political consultant Anthony Cignoli [not pictured].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2790678/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x713+0+7/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff0%2Fba%2F1fa6672a46e0abaea0404f7c5ce8%2F250124-rndn-00.jpg)
![This week’s panel includes Sam Hudzik, news director for NEPM; Emeritus Paul Tuthill former Pioneer Valley bureau chief for WAMC; and Matt Szafranski, Western Mass Politics and Insight editor-in-chief [not pictured].](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0e67e68/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1070+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3f%2Fdb%2F8ab0807e4d3c83b09bfb955f5c06%2Fthumbnail-rundown-1-10-25.jpg)