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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Valley Medical Group says it’s entering a partnership with a Cambridge-based company to negotiate better insurance contracts and eventually offer better care. They hope to avoid becoming part of a large hospital system, as many primary care practices have done. -
As people with SNAP food benefits brace for stricter rules and eligibility, retired teacher Mary Cowhey of Northampton, Mass., can attest to the longterm consequences of not having enough to eat. -
The traveling program, created by Naomi Westwater, aims to give credit to the role of musicians of color in the folk music genre while supporting today's non-white folk artists. -
In 1907, a wealthy Massachusetts astronomer managed to convince much of the country there was proof of life on Mars. Science writer David Baron's book, "The Martians," traces the rise and fall of that theory, including the role of an Amherst college scientist and his writer wife. -
Campbell, in her first term in office, attended a fundraiser for her re-election campaign in Northampton, Mass., recently. She currently has no challengers from either party. -
Dave Rothstein was known for small acts of creativity, like carving intricate designs on fresh snow in his driveway, as well as big and dramatic efforts, such as a backyard igloo he turned into a speakeasy. -
When politicians use food benefits as political football, Prof. Mariana Chilton says the country — not only hungry families — experience a collective trauma. -
UMass Amherst poll shows Healey would win again if the election were today. It also shows Mike Kennealy leading the Republican contenders for the job. -
After a contentious campaign, a ballot question, which would have overturned the city council's decision to develop the land, failed. -
Macksey's opponent, Scott Berglund, said he is proud of how he ran his first political campaign.
