Nancy Eve Cohen is an award-winning journalist, public media reporter and teacher. Sound and narrative drive her stories. She specializes in stories at the nexus of the natural world and human economy.
Nancy reports for New England Public Radio and teaches journalism at Smith College. (Read about her teaching here and listen to a student-produced mock podcast of an interview with Nancy about journalistic ethics.)
Her recent work includes stories on school safety from the perspective of students and teachers, the impact of legalizing marijuana on 'street' dealers, efforts to set up solar micro grids in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria and affordable housing that is green and sustainable. Nancy has covered the debate over a decades-long toxic waste clean up in the Berkshires and the impact of presidential orders on students who are refugees. She reported on the 2016 presidential election and protests on college campuses. She has also covered breaking news including the shootings in Newtown, the tornado in Springfield, Mass. and the floods after Tropical Storm Irene. After the BP oil spill, she followed wildlife biologists as they surveyed bird species on oil-coated islands in the Gulf of Mexico.
Her stories have aired on NPR, Vermont Public Radio, WBUR in Boston and WNPR in Connecticut. Besides working in public radio, she also served as the managing editor of BuildingGreen, a monthly journal on sustainable architecture and green design.
Nancy reports for New England Public Radio and teaches journalism at Smith College. (Read about her teaching here and listen to a student-produced mock podcast of an interview with Nancy about journalistic ethics.)
Her recent work includes stories on school safety from the perspective of students and teachers, the impact of legalizing marijuana on 'street' dealers, efforts to set up solar micro grids in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria and affordable housing that is green and sustainable. Nancy has covered the debate over a decades-long toxic waste clean up in the Berkshires and the impact of presidential orders on students who are refugees. She reported on the 2016 presidential election and protests on college campuses. She has also covered breaking news including the shootings in Newtown, the tornado in Springfield, Mass. and the floods after Tropical Storm Irene. After the BP oil spill, she followed wildlife biologists as they surveyed bird species on oil-coated islands in the Gulf of Mexico.
Her stories have aired on NPR, Vermont Public Radio, WBUR in Boston and WNPR in Connecticut. Besides working in public radio, she also served as the managing editor of BuildingGreen, a monthly journal on sustainable architecture and green design.
Nancy began her journalism career in television, producing and directing award-winning environmental documentaries that aired on public television. She also recorded sound for network news. As part of a camera crew, she covered the early days of glasnost in Moscow, the war in Sarajevo, and in Cuba, a rare interview with Fidel Castro. Early in her career, she also wrote for The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and the Providence Journal.
After completing her Master in Public Administration at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Nancy parlayed her sound recording skills into a career in public radio. She worked as overnight editor for NPR's Morning Edition, editor of All Things Considered, and later served as the Managing Editor of the Northeast Environmental Hub, a multi-station collaboration in New York and New England. She has held environmental fellowships in Alaska, Maine, Colorado, and Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
After completing her Master in Public Administration at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Nancy parlayed her sound recording skills into a career in public radio. She worked as overnight editor for NPR's Morning Edition, editor of All Things Considered, and later served as the Managing Editor of the Northeast Environmental Hub, a multi-station collaboration in New York and New England. She has held environmental fellowships in Alaska, Maine, Colorado, and Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
In addition to reporting and editing, Nancy teaches journalism at Smith College. She has also taught reporting for radio and podcasting at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and sound recording and mixing at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She also served as a visiting journalism professor at the University of Hartford.
She has won journalism awards from Public Radio News Directors (PRNDI), American Women in Radio & Television, Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists. She was named the Environmental Reporter of the Year by the Rivers Alliance of Connecticut and contributed to Vermont Public Radio’s award-winning coverage of Tropical Storm Irene and Hurricane Sandy.
She has won journalism awards from Public Radio News Directors (PRNDI), American Women in Radio & Television, Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists. She was named the Environmental Reporter of the Year by the Rivers Alliance of Connecticut and contributed to Vermont Public Radio’s award-winning coverage of Tropical Storm Irene and Hurricane Sandy.