Elizabeth Román
Executive Editor of NewsElizabeth Román runs the NEPM newsroom as the executive editor. She's also working to expand the diversity of sources in our news coverage and is exploring ways to create more Spanish-language news content.
Elizabeth is a lifelong resident of Springfield. She is a graduate of Holyoke Community College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
She joined NEPM in March of 2022 after reporting for nearly two decades at the Springfield Republican. In recent years, she has also edited El Pueblo Latino, co-founded Colectivo de Medios Latinos, and appeared as a panelist on NEPM's The Short List and Connecting Point.
She can be reached at elizabeth_roman [at] nepm.org.
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When contract negotiations are complete, Jackie Glasheen, an educator in the Holyoke Schools for more than 30 years, will take the helm as its new superintendent. -
Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll were in Holyoke and North Adams this week as they hit the campaign trail. -
Tracye Whitfield stood on the steps of Springfield City Hall Monday and acknowledged what she called mistakes regarding conflict of interest dealings with the city and her development company. She has since resigned from the company. -
The student quiz show began in 1961 and is the longest continuously running broadcast show of its kind in Massachusetts. -
The snow has begun in New England and many Western Mass communities have parking bans in effect and have cancelled school Monday. -
In Springfield Public Schools, about 87% of all students eat breakfast every morning, followed by 75% of elementary school students in North Adams and 73% in Holyoke, a new report finds. -
The city of Springfield is joining with the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, the local chapter of the NAACP and Hampden County Sheriff's Department to provide food for those who are food insecure. -
El primer foro es esta noche a partir de las 5:30 p.m. y brindará a los candidatos de todos los escaños del concejo municipal la oportunidad de reunirse con votantes. -
The first forum is tonight[Monday] beginning at 5:30 p.m. and will give candidates for all of the city council ward seats a chance to meet with voters. -
Protestors across Western Massachusetts joined others across the state and the nation in "No Kings" rallies denouncing everything from ICE raids to cuts in food assistance benefits.
