Karen Brown
Cognoscenti contributor
Karen Brown is a public radio and print journalist, based in western Massachusetts. She covers health care at New England Public Media, and writes frequently on health, mental health, science and social justice issues for national outlets. She’s also an avid consumer of pop-culture, especially 1970s TV.
Recently published
Ed Asner's Gone But America Needs Another Show Like 'Lou Grant'
Newer shows about newsrooms are melodramatic, writes Karen Brown. Americans confuse reporters with bloggers, pundits or celebrity talk-show hosts — and that's bad for journalism.