Kari Njiiri
All Things Considered and Jazz Safari Host/Producer/ReporterKari Njiiri is a senior reporter and longtime host and producer of Jazz Safari, a musical journey through the jazz world and beyond, broadcast Saturday nights on NEPM Radio.
Born in New York City, and raised in both Kenya and the U.S., Kari first arrived at NEPM as a UMass Amherst student fascinated by radio's ability to cross geographic and cultural boundaries.
Since then, he has worked in several capacities at the station, from board operator and book-keeper, to production assistant and local host of NPR’s All Things Considered.
He can be reached at kari_njiiri [at] nepm.org.
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UMass comes into the tourney as the No. 1 seed for the first time in the team's history, after closing out the regular season with a conference-best record of 14-2, and 24-5 overall. It's the best record during coach Tory Verdi. -
John Bracey, a founding member of the UMass Afro-American Studies Department, spent five decades teaching African and African-American history.
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The trial has begun in the case of a suspended Springfield police officer in connection with a fight outside a city bar in 2015 involving off-duty cops and four Black civilians.
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Hadley, Massachusetts, joins other communities including Amherst, Northampton and Springfield, which have passed similar laws regarding the use of single-use plastic bags.
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Question 1 is a proposed constitutional amendment on Massachusetts ballots that would establish an additional 4% state income tax on annual taxable income over $1 million. Revenue from this tax would be dedicated for public education and transportation, subject to the Legislature's appropriation of that money.
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The surge is filling some hospital and emergency beds to capacity.
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A UMass campaign to highlight so-called Brutalist architecture on the Amherst and Dartmouth campuses is among the winners of this year's Modernism in America awards by Docomomo U.S.
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Lifeguards are in short supply in many places, but that's not the case in Springfield, Massachusetts. The city's aquatics director said the pool at Forest Park is fully staffed for the forecasted run of hot days ahead.
