Karen Brown
Karen 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 since for New England Public Radio since 1998. Her pieces have won a number of national awards, including the National Edward R. Murrow Award, Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI) Award, and the Erikson Prize for Mental Health Reporting for her body of work on mental illness.
Karen previously worked as a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer in its South Jersey bureau. She earned a Masters of Journalism from the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley in 1996.
She lives with her husband Sean, and twin children, Sam and Lucy, in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Scammers use a common trick — claiming a loved one is in trouble and needs money fast, and then directing victims to crypto kiosks. -
National Grid and other utilities warned of significant rate increases across the state
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Union organizers say the end of federal abortion rights puts additional pressure on front-line clinic workers.
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Government loans and grants are meant to support food retailers as rising retail prices and supply chain pressures put strain on businesses.
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One antibody approach to the painful disease known as FOP actually led to worse outcomes.
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One clinic, Transhealth, marks its first anniversary with more than 1,000 patients.
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According to a new report, while government rental assistance has helped reduce family homelessness, chronic homelessness of individuals has gone up.
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Two years after the federal government accused Springfield police of using violence with impunity, justice department and city officials have agreed on reforms. The deal now goes to a judge for approval.
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A recent study out of Harvard University suggests that public policies aiming to reduce the harms of poverty, such as Medicaid and cash assistance, may lead to larger brains in children.
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A new town department in Amherst, Massachusetts — Community Responders for Equity, Safety and Service — now has a director. The department joins several other initiatives in western Massachusetts that offer alternatives to police when an emergency call involves a mental health crisis.
