Karen Brown
Reporter/Producer/HostKaren is a radio and print journalist who focuses on health care, mental health, children’s issues, and other topics about the human condition. She has been a full-time radio reporter for NEPM since 1998. Her features and documentaries have won a number of national awards, including the National Edward R. Murrow Award, Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI) Award, Third Coast Audio Festival Award, and the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize.
Karen’s work has appeared on NPR, in The New York Times, and other outlets. She previously worked as a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She earned a Masters of Journalism from the University of California at Berkeley in 1996.
She can be reached at karen_brown [at] nepm.org.
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Politicians and residents in western Massachusetts say they understand Biden's decision and many are expressing support for Kamala Harris to be nominated at the Democratic National Convention.
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Environmental experts say the construction industry accounts for more than one-third of greenhouse gas emissions. UMass Amherst engineers hope to make data on carbon use more affordable and accessible.
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Researchers found people exposed to police killings are less likely to seek out even basic services from government afterwards.
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Businesses in the western Massachusetts town of Lenox see a marked spike in customers while James Taylor plays his annual July 3rd and 4th concerts.
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Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra submitted a $137 million budget in May that would require significant school cuts and layoffs. Following much debate, Sciarra added more than $1 million in amendments.
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Springfield's police commission took Bigda off the city payroll this week, but stopped short of terminating him from the force.
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Lynne McLandsborough, a UMass Amherst professor, won an industry prize for proposing a new method to clean equipment for low-moisture foods, which could reduce salmonella and listeria outbreaks.
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Retired Justice Margaret Marshall says she's concerned about the independence of the judiciary and the threat of civil rights, once given, being taken away.
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In the months since Baystate Health sold its outpatient laboratory business to Labcorp, some providers say tests take longer, orders get lost, and communication is poor.
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What happens when a biological discovery reveals that the big secret in your life is actually YOU?