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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The stories we don’t tell, what they say about our world, and what they do to our minds — a new podcast from NEPM. Listen to the trailer now.
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A UMass Amherst researcher presented new findings on gambling behavior this week to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The state's 2011 casino legislation mandates such research.
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The "Mass Leads Act" would invest hundreds of millions of dollars in manufacturing, robotics, and life-science initiatives. The governor and her team spoke with students and faculty at Western New England University.
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After five hours of emotional testimony and debate, and the near-dissolution of the resolution, the final vote was 9-3-1.
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While many aspects of primary care have improved since 2019, a statewide survey shows that access has gotten worse since the pandemic began.
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Private developers are raising funds for a multi-site complex that would become the new home for the Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke.
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A prosecutor who oversees animal mistreatment cases says animal control officers are stretched thin, and there aren't enough shelters to care for animals in police custody.
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After more than 80 years, remains of a Navy sailor killed at Pearl Harbor aboard the USS California were identified and flown to Massachusetts for burial this weekend with full military honors.
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Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd Class Merle Hillman died at Pearl Harbor, but his remains were only identified late last year, using DNA technology. This Saturday, several of his remaining family members will bury him in his hometown of Holyoke, Massachusetts, accompanied by full military honors.
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The hearing scheduled for January 16 will address several charges of retaliation made by the union against the grocery store chain, including the firing of an employee and unequal retirement benefits.