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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In this installation of Shakedown Beat, WAMC's Josh Landes offers a review of the jam band Goose's annual holiday extravaganza known as Goosemas. -
A mass shooting at a Hannukah event in Sydney, Australia, has sent ripples of fear, loss, and hopelessness across the larger Jewish world at the start of the week-long holiday — reaching community members in Berkshire County. -
The town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is teaming up with an affordable housing nonprofit to help struggling residents to pay their rents and mortgages. -
An interview with Rabbi Rachel Barenblat. -
An interview with City Council Vice President Earl Persip. -
The district attorneys of Bennington County in Vermont and Berkshire County in Massachusetts have announced the closure of kidnapping and murder cases that date back to the 1980s. -
Berkshire County’s regional planning body is heading to North Adams, Massachusetts, this week to help homeowners apply for a loan program aimed at making living spaces more accessible. -
The town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, says a reimbursement program for residents dealing with an ongoing tainted water crisis has been expanded to $1,500 in financial assistance. WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes spoke with WAMC's James Paleologopoulos about the situation. -
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is investing $1 million to expand the city’s tech-industry incubator known as the Berkshire Innovation Center. -
An interview with Jane Doe Inc. Director of External Relations and Development Greta Hagen.
