Nancy Eve Cohen
Senior ReporterNancy Eve Cohen is a senior reporter focusing on Berkshire County. Previously she served as the editor of the Northeast Environmental Hub, a collaborative of more than a dozen public radio stations.
Earlier in her career she was the Midwest editor for NPR in Washington, D.C.
Before working in radio, she produced environmental television documentaries.
As part of a camera crew, Nancy also recorded sound for network television news, with assignments in Russia, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba and in Sarajevo during the war in 1992.
She can be reached at nancy_cohen [at] nepm.org.
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Organizers of a Pittsfield fundraiser event for Kamala Harris confirmed Tuesday she will attend. Before she became a presidential candidate, Harris was slated to be the top billing at the Saturday event.
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Some senior citizens in western Massachusetts said that President Joe Biden made the right choice to suspend his re-election campaign.
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The Pittsfield Police Department has launched a pilot program to respond to vulnerable populations and people in mental health crises. Clinicians and plain clothes officers travel together in unmarked police cars, which can deescalate situations.
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Starting this month Massachusetts is offering the state exam to certify nursing assistants in Spanish, Chinese as well as in English. Advocates for immigrants are also asking for more accessible English.
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Residents and politicians from western Massachusetts are weighing in on the impact of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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The Massachusetts Broadband Institute is encouraging residents who believe their internet connection doesn't meet the "minimum requirement for high speed internet" to test it and report the results to MBI.
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Volunteers are helping to clean up the West Branch of the Housatonic River this summer. About two weeks ago they hauled ten shopping carts out of the water. The next cleanup is July 13.
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Marty Baron, the former editor of The Washington Post and Boston Globe, sat down with NEPM for an interview about his new book, and commented about ongoing troubles at the Post.
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Connecticut Public announced it is laying off four full-time and several temporary employees. The public broadcaster said in a statement that expenses "have grown at rates that have exceeded revenues for the last few years."
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The Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary has until Sunday to decide whether to advance a bill that would eliminate a $20,000 cap on damages in cases against nonprofits involving physical or sexual abuse of a child.