Carrie Saldo

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Carrie 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.

Interviews & Talk

Federal cuts to education, school leadership turnover

Carrie Saldo

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss large federal cuts looming over schools across western Massachusetts, the high leadership turnover rate in Berkshire County schools, the latest on economic development in Adams and much more.
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PILOTs, housing solutions

Carrie Saldo

Today on The Rundown, we discuss how the city of Holyoke hopes to gather funds from tax-exempt organizations with voluntary Payments in Lieu of Taxes and how the state plans to combat the housing crisis in western Massachusetts.
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Energy bill relief, judge shortages, political analysis

Carrie Saldo

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.
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President Trump’s address to Congress, bullying policy, cannabis industry

Carrie Saldo

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.
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Primary care shortage, teacher burnout

Carrie Saldo

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.
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Icy weather, President’s Day protests

Carrie Saldo

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.
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Local Black history, fluoride in water

Carrie Saldo

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.
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Catholic dioceses abuse, Baystate Health cutbacks, west-east rail

Carrie Saldo

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.
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Trump impacts, mobile home affordability, municipal leadership

Carrie Saldo

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.
Interviews & Talk

Local perspective on Trump’s executive orders

Jill Kaufman

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.