Jill Kaufman
Reporter/Producer/HostJill Kaufman has been a reporter and host at NEPM since 2005. Before that she spent 10 years at WBUR in Boston, producing The Connection with Christopher Lydon, reporting and hosting. In the months leading up to the 2000 presidential primary in New Hampshire, Jill hosted NHPR’s daily talk show The Exchange. Right before coming to NEPM, Jill was an editor at PRX's The World.
She can be reached at jill_kaufman [at] nepm.org.
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The Springfield Public School district, the third largest in Massachusetts, announced Tuesday that 800 fewer students were enrolled this school year, a much higher number of students than previously expected. -
The League of Women Voters Massachusetts focuses on many matters, namely getting people to vote on election days. This year in Springfield, the LWVMA put energy into getting residents registered to vote, including those who fell of the rolls. -
The city of Holyoke and a ward in Chicopee, Massachusetts make up the state's 5th Hampden District. The two candidates vying for a seat in the House have differing experience but similar platforms. -
Panelists on The Rundown breakdown ballot questions 4, 5 & 9 ahead of Election Day, Nov. 3, 2026. -
Massachusetts new state-of-the-art Veterans Home in Holyoke was unveiled Thursday, marking a major milestone in the transformation of veterans care in the state, officials say. Formerly known as the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, the facility was built on the site of a deadly 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, where at least 76 veterans died — a tragedy that helped the push to replace it. -
Host Jill Kaufman and panelists dive deep into questions 1, 3, 7 and 8 that Massachusetts residents will see on the ballot on Nov. 3, 2026. -
Transportation officials in Massachusetts say a new $130 million federal grant is an infusion of funds for the evolving West-East passenger rail project, which officials say will connect Springfield to Boston by 2030. -
![Today's panel for The Rundown includes host Jill Kaufman, reporter for NEPM; Aprell May Munford, reporter for the Springfield Republican; Erin-Leigh Hoffman, reporter for the Greenfield Recorder; and Matt Szafranski [not pictured], editor of Western Mass Politics and Insight.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cf004e8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x490+0+26/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2Fdc%2Fc428a3f248ccba1dd1b95def5b85%2Fgrove.png)
Today we discuss a newly released report on sexual abuse in the Mass. Catholic dioceses, profit squeezes on nursing homes that result in a decline in care, upcoming voting in Franklin County on funding and regionalization. -
It struck several people in downtown Turners Falls that when their businesses last week were defaced with graffiti — it seemed targeted, but misplaced. In this western Massachusetts village in the town of Montague, the numerous messages were connected to the violence in Gaza, to children dying, and notably to the eating of brunch. -
Earlier this month an organized criminal group managed to hack into the school district computer system in Springfield, Massachusetts. The incident is still under investigation. But the school district is not alone in its vulnerability. Cyber attacks are an increasingly widespread problem for public schools.
![Today's panel for The Rundown includes host Jill Kaufman, reporter for NEPM; Aprell May Munford, reporter for the Springfield Republican; Erin-Leigh Hoffman, reporter for the Greenfield Recorder; and Matt Szafranski [not pictured], editor of Western Mass Politics and Insight.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f746164/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x490+0+26/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2Fdc%2Fc428a3f248ccba1dd1b95def5b85%2Fgrove.png)
