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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Events and activities were held across western Massachusetts to commemorate June 19 or Juneteenth, a day marking the emancipation of enslaved people. -
UMass Amherst food scientists compared ingredients in more than 600 yogurts. -
Ed Augustus was sworn in on June 1 as secretary of Massachusetts' new cabinet-level housing department. -
Just as the U.S. Surgeon General releases a report warning of mental health damage from social media, research from UMass Amherst and Vanderbilt University confirm assumptions that exposure to "thin-ideal" pictures can distort body images among girls and young women -
As Massachusetts attorney general, Maura Healey earned a reputation for being tough on opioid manufacturers. Now that she's in the state’s top job, some say they're still waiting to learn her plans for addressing the crisis. -
Gloria Carter Vaught said she deserves to know what happened to her son outside the Springfield casino, after an alleged shootout with police. -
Bradford Ferrick was charged with possessing child pornography and using a hidden camera to film child patients. The hospital is directing concerns to the U.S. Attorney's office. -
Smith College professor Matt Donovan's new collection of poems is called "The Dug-Up Gun Museum." -
Plumber Frank Marchand of Whately, Massachusetts, died on Aug. 23, 2024. For years, he continued working while receiving treatment for colon cancer. Marchand said he would rather spend time with his customers — and share his thoughts on mortality — than ruminate on his diagnosis. -
Bradford Ferrick was a resident in Baystate's family practice residency when the FBI searched his homes in Amherst and Winchester, Massachusetts.
