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.
The annual parade and festival celebrates the LGBTQ+ community. This year, many said they were attending as a form of resistance to the Trump istration's hostility towards trans rights.
Springfield's housing department had already signed a contract with the EPA when Trump took office and appeared to cancel the grant.
Gerry McCafferty says she was acting as a private citizen in criticizing the firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom — where she was once a fellow — for abandoning its principles.
Clinics that were federally launched 60 years ago for underserved populations say cuts to Medicaid (MassHealth) and new Trump istration rules could severely reduce access to health care.
Federal and state cuts, ICE arrests, climate events put new strain on local farms in Western Massachusetts.- After four undocumented workers from Red Fire Farm in were arrested in Springfield, advocates are teaching farmers what due process looks like.
While most people who have been vaccinated — or had measles as children — are protected from the virus, there are some exceptions.
En la primera parte de nuestra serie, reportamos cómo la frustrante búsqueda para una cita de atención primaria en el oeste de Mass. afecta la salud de las personas. La segunda parte se acerca a una respuesta a la crisis — membresías médicas — la cual realmente podría estar empeorando la escasez.-
In part one of our series, we reported on how the frustrating search for a primary care appointment in western Mass affects people’s health. Part 2 looks at one response to the crisis —concierge care — which may actually be making the shortage worse.
The Infinite Waiting Room (Part 1): WMass patients endure maddening search for a primary care doctorIt's never been harder to get an appointment with a primary care doctor, as the supply falls well short of the demand. The problem is nationwide, but western Massachusetts is especially short on doctors — and many people say their health is suffering in concrete ways.
