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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Ginny Desorgher is one of several mayors in western Massachusetts being sworn-in this week. She is replacing incumbent Roxann Wedegartner. -
Starting in March, the fair market value for state housing vouchers — and some federal Section 8 vouchers — will be calculated by zip code. That will cover higher rents in more expensive neighborhoods. But many voucher-holders in Massachusetts won't benefit from the change. -
Many said discounts were modest, especially in light of inflation, and parking was plentiful. -
The Parlor Room nonprofit said it's launching a campaign for $750,000 worth of updates at the Iron Horse, hoping to start hosting shows there again in May 2024. -
Fruit Fair supermarket has received state funding to combat food deserts in Chicopee. Its owners say growing their own produce on site saves "food miles" and money. -
Massachusetts spends more money on research into problem gambling than most other states, but the available budget has gone down in recent years. This is the third story in our three-part series — "Safe Bet: Is Massachusetts fulfilling its problem-gambling mandate?" -
The low income home energy assistance program, run by the state’s housing department, officially launched for the season Nov. 1. -
Despite millions of dollars earmarked for gambling treatment in Massachusetts, few in state get helpThe vast majority of state funding for problem gambling is earmarked for treatment and prevention, but many worry the need is still not being met. This is the second story in our three-part series — "Safe Bet: Is Massachusetts fulfilling its problem-gambling mandate?"
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More than five years into MGM Springfield's operations, the state-funded GameSense program remains a key part of the legal mandate to reduce problem gambling. This is the first story in our three-part series — "Safe Bet: Is Massachusetts fulfilling its problem-gambling mandate?" -
Edward Wright has been in prison for four decades. In his sixth petition for a new trial, his lawyers claim new DNA evidence and signs of official misconduct.
