Josh Landes
Berkshire Bureau ChiefJosh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018 after working at stations including WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Berkshire County, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. You can reach him at jlandes@wamc.org with questions, tips, and/or feedback.
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It’s been a hell of a 2026 for live music. I’m sure we’ve all made memories for a lifetime throughout another trippy revolution clinging to the Pale Blue Dot, but the ones I’d harvested over the first half of the year heading into July felt particularly vibrant. -
When I got the call from the organizers of the 10th-annual "Moby-Dick” read-a-thon at Arrowhead – the historic Pittsfield, Massachusetts, home where Herman Melville penned the epic starting in 1850 – asking me to take part, I said yes with every fiber of my being. -
This month, Mass Audubon is celebrating the official acquisition of a new, nearly 900-acre piece of land in Becket, Mass. The former site of the Berkshires Fishing Club is now the Palmer Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, and it will join the more than 40,000 acres already protected by the statewide nonprofit as its 113th property. -
As the Berkshire Eagle reported this month, public records show the city of Pittsfield, Mass., started on plans to convert an elementary school building into a police department months before the school's closure. Blueprints for the project were delivered to the city in February, well before any public discussion. Now, WAMC has obtained the preliminary floorplan for the proposed facility and is publishing it for the first time. -
Free meal programs in Western Massachusetts are keeping hundreds of young people fed over the summer. As WAMC reports, it’s a vital resource for families reliant on the public school system for nutrition. -
A law to protect young people from sexual abuse at the hands of their adult supervisors was signed into law this month after a years-long effort. -
The public transit agency that offers Berkshire County bus service says data from fiscal year 2026 shows record-setting ridership. -
Marchers taking part in a protest walk to change the Massachusetts state flag began their cross-commonwealth trek in Williamstown Friday morning. -
Per multiple sources, including the Berkshire district attorney's office, the former head of the Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield has been indicted on reckless endangerment. Jeannie Norris led the school during an era rife with allegations of sexual misconduct. -
An interview with Massachusetts Teachers Association President Matt Bach.
