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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Organizers said the idea for a Trader Joe's union began after early COVID-19 safety concerns, followed by changes in pay and benefits. -
One clinic, Transhealth, marks its first anniversary with more than 1,000 patients. -
Northampton and Leverett say rising COVID-19 case rates warrant the wearing of masks in school again. -
According to a new report, while government rental assistance has helped reduce family homelessness, chronic homelessness of individuals has gone up. -
Most of the state's congressional delegation signed a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs, in response to a recent federal report -
Two years after the federal government accused Springfield police of using violence with impunity, justice department and city officials have agreed on reforms. The deal now goes to a judge for approval. -
A recent study out of Harvard University suggests that public policies aiming to reduce the harms of poverty, such as Medicaid and cash assistance, may lead to larger brains in children. -
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recommended the closing of the Northampton, Massachusetts medical center in a report earlier in March as part of a larger restructuring. -
A new town department in Amherst, Massachusetts — Community Responders for Equity, Safety and Service — now has a director. The department joins several other initiatives in western Massachusetts that offer alternatives to police when an emergency call involves a mental health crisis. -
If you’ve been to a live concert lately, it’s probably one of the first you’ve attended in a while, and that goes for the performers too. Music venues around western Massachusetts are hoping the demand for concerts outpaces the pandemic.
