From Election Coverage to Nipple Tattoos, KALW Crosscurrents is On It
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio and Shereen Adel, Audio Academy ‘16 Hello! We had a crack team of reporters collaborate on some...
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New KALW Collaborations Reveal Hidden Stories of Art and Music of Bay Area
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio Hello! A lot of our latest initiatives are really taking shape right now. I’d love to tell you about...
Read MoreACE Learning Centers for School Session 2015-16 “Off to a Great Start”
By Martha Sessums Alpha Public Schools started the new school year this week with a tweet from John Glover, Founder and CEO: “It’s the first day of Fall session at...
Read MoreKALW and Sunset Youth Services Mix It Up So Students Can Create On-Air Stories
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Radio I had the pleasure, last week, of hosting students from Sunset Youth Services (SYS) at KALW. It’s a program...
Read MoreFirst Graduates of Alpha Parent Center are Empowered By Learning English
By Guest Blogger Karen Martinez, Parent Center Manager, Alpha Parent Center* and the Alpha Parent Center Graduates Karen Martinez, Parent Center Manager Summer was busy...
Read MoreNo Summer Slowdown for KALW – Hot is Making it Happen and Continuing to Tune In
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio and Allison Lee, KALW Summer Volunteer We’re about halfway through our summer session here at KALW,...
Read MoreSan Francisco International High School Span Scholar Reflects on Success of Mentor Program – “Young Huskies Look Up To” Mentors
By Guest Blogger Jaime Velis, San Francisco State University Student and 2014-2015 San Francisco International High School Span Scholar, with Introduction by Kyle...
Read MoreIt’s Graduation Time for KALW Audio Academy, and Each Grad’s “Radio Final” is an Entire Show
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, KALW News Director It was a real pleasure to celebrate the Audio Academy Class of 2015 last night with a graduation party. The Red Poppy...
Read MoreFinal Year’s Events for KALW Audio Academy Include Localore Grant and Tips on Deep Reporting from AP
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, KALW News Director I just got back from visiting the site of the upcoming Audio Academy graduation with former member, and current KALW...
Read MoreAudio Academy’s Help Adds to Success of KALW Membership Drive
By Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio Hello! It was an intense week around the station – it always is when we come upon the close of a membership drive. For...
Read MoreArf! Arf! Woof! The Alpha Schools Poetry Contest Winners Cap a Great Poetry Month
By Guest Blogger Riley, Alpha Public Schools ACE Poetry Contest Mascot It’s a treat to announce the winners of the Alpha Public Schools ACE Poetry Contest. There were...
Read More“Lets Grow This” KALW Fundraising Campaign Theme Reflects the Growth of Audio Academy
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Radio and Jasmin Lopez, Audio Academy Alumni Now that we’ve got next year’s Audio Academy selected, the...
Read MoreMeow! Announcing the OIHS Poetry Contest Winners
By Guest Blogger Samosa, Oakland International High School ACE Poetry Contest Mascot Hooray for poetry! The winning poems at Oakland International High School reveal...
Read MoreAnnouncing Members of the 2016 KALW Audio Academy Class! Graduating 2015 Student’s Advice to Them: Share What You Learn
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio, and Chris Hambrick, Student, KALW Audio Academy Just want to start off by saying what a first class group...
Read MoreYip! Howl! Applause! Announcing the SFIHS Poetry Contest Winners
By Guest Bloggers Cronos and Mr. Gizmo, San Francisco International High School Poetry Contest Mascots It gives us great pleasure to present to you, dear readers, the...
Read MoreFor the Lead, Score! San Francisco International High School Spark Students Show Their Perseverance
By Guest Bloggers Ms. Cristina, Teacher at San Francisco International High School and Marcos and Ronaldo, SFIHS Spark Students Guest Blogger Ms. Cristina With the...
Read MoreSlumber, Poetry and Cat Prowess Demonstrated By Oakland International High School Poetry Mascot Samosa
By Guest Blogger Samosa, ACE Poetry Mascot, Oakland International High School Indifferently Aloof, I enjoy poems, But dogs, not so much. Ah, National Poetry Month! A...
Read MoreSwap Your Phone for Poetry Suggests Poem Written By San Francisco International High School Student for Poem in Your Pocket Day
By Guest Blogger Cronos, San Francisco International High School Poetry Contest Co-Mascot, and Shuyi Luana Hu, SIHS Student Poet Cronos here for San Francisco...
Read MoreKALW Audio Academy Students Work on Their Last Stories Before School’s Out for Summer
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio One word sums up the feeling around our news department these days: anticipation. The current class is...
Read MoreWoof! Riley, Poetry Contest Mascot, Writes Doggerel Slam Poetry
By Guest Blogger Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, assisted by Martha Sessums Woof! Thought I’d try my paw at writing a poem, and it’s a slam poem. I call it doggerel...
Read MoreTechnology Poetry Flows at SF International For National Poetry Month
By Guest Blogger Mr. Gizmo, Co-Mascot, ACE Poetry Contest, San Francisco International High School I, Mr. Theodore Aloysius Gizmo, AKA Mr. Gizmo, have the honor of...
Read MoreEverybody Wins at KALW – From Audio Academy Members to Listeners
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Last Sunday, I had the pleasure of hearing KALW Academy mentor Leila Day on NPR‘s Weekend Edition: On Steel...
Read MoreSF International High School Features Role of Tech in Lives and Learning for National Poetry Month
Hello Out There, Cronos here, representing SF International High School, as we get on the road to poetry month. (Lobo sends his best from Treasure Island, but the...
Read MoreOur Cool Poetry Friends at KALW Broadcast America SCORES Radio Poets
By Guest Blogger Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, assisted by Martha Sessums This poetry story is so cool I can barely control my tail from wagging. Once again, our...
Read MoreThe KALW Audio Academy Provides Students the Most Broadcast Experience – Just Listen to Crosscurrents
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio It’s fair to say, at this point, that the bulk of reporting coming through KALW‘s...
Read MoreACE Partner Schools Rev Up for The ACE Poetry Contest During National Poetry Month
By Guest Blogger Riley, assisted by Martha Sessums Doggone it. I can’t believe how fast April has arrived. And April means that it’s National Poetry Month. Hi. Riley...
Read MoreAlpha Parent Center Opens To Help Alpha Public School Parents Learn English and Tech Skills While Building a Community Of Families
By Martha Sessums, President, ACE “Viva las familias,” said Blanca Alvarado, namesake of Alpha Public School’s Blanca Alvarado Middle School. “Parents are part and...
Read MoreBurton High School Drumline Provides Rhythm for KALW and Competes in Winter Guard International – Oh, and Audio Academy Does Cool Stories
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio It’s always a real treat when public radio’s most influential producers come by KALW....
Read MoreIt Takes Magic, Insight and Training to be a KALW Audio Academy Member, Check out the 2015-16 Application
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio This was a packed week in the KALW newsroom, showcasing the versatility of Crosscurrents as a program and...
Read MoreJoin KALW Audio Academy, Learn to Tell Stories That Change Things, PRX Broadcasts Those Stories on Remix, and The World Hears You. BAM!
By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio Been a very busy couple of weeks! I was away at a health care journalism conference, we’ve been...
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