Audio Storytelling Skills Learned at KALW Audio Academy Help All Forms of Storytelling
By Ben Trefny, Interim Executive Director, KALW We’re nearing graduation day for our current Audio Academy class here at KALW. It’s been a year of...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, Interim Executive Director, KALW We’re nearing graduation day for our current Audio Academy class here at KALW. It’s been a year of...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, Interim Executive Director, KALW Public Media I keep in touch with many graduates of KALW‘s Audio Academy, and I’ve recently been catching up...
Read MoreBy Dexter and Luna, ACE Poetry Contest Mascots and representatives for Alpha Schools; Max, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot for SFIHS; and Bessie, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot...
Read MoreBy Dexter and Luna, ACE Poetry Contest Mascots, helped by Martha who seems to like punching keyboard keys one at a time instead of all at once like we love to do Dexter...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, Interim Executive Director, KALW Public Media I’ve got three pieces of great news to share with you. One – KALW’s Editorial Operations...
Read MoreBy Bessie, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Oakland International High School, assisted by Martha because Bessie has a hard time punching computer keys to make words Hello...
Read MoreBy Max, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot for San Francisco International High School, assisted by Martha Sessums who likes words Hi. Max here. I’m the mascot for San Francisco...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Wallace, assisted by Paul Krivonos, ACE Board Member. My name is Wallace. I’m a cat. I live in Christchurch, which is in New Zealand, and I was...
Read MoreBy Dexter and Luna, ACE Poetry Mascots and big fans of Alpha Public Schools. (Martha helped some on this blog but the doggerel poem is ours.) Hi poetry lovers. We hope...
Read MoreBy Dexter and Luna, ACE Poetry Contest Co-Mascots, assisted by Martha Sessums, ACE President, who kind of understands dog talk It’s April and that means it’s National...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, Interim Executive Director, KALW It’s been a while since we gave an update on KALW’s Audio Academy. At this point, our class is moving into...
Read MoreThe Wellness Ambassador Program at Oakland International High School (OIHS) is “considered to be foundational to our community’s ability to center wellness in our...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE Identity means different things to different people. Some identify with their home country. Some identify with their religion. Some...
Read Moreby Ben Trefny, KALW Interim Executive Director KALW News reporters, editors, and engineers were recently recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists of...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE Remote learning during the 2020/2021 pandemic school year was a challenge for everyone. It used internet-based Zoom-style software to...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, ACE President There’s a meme I recently shared with some friends – Before 2020, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. After 2020, what doesn’t...
Read MoreBy Shereen Adel, Editorial Operations, KALW News and Christopher Beale (‘21), Summer Trainee We’re about a third of the way through our 9-month Audio Academy. Our...
Read MoreA conversation between Ronaldo, Oakland International High School student, and Martha Sessums, President, ACE The virtual learning school year of 2019/2020 was tough...
Read MoreA conversation between Yosili, Oakland International High School student, and Martha Sessums, President, ACE The school year 2019/2020 was hard for Yosili, as it was...
Read MoreBy Shereen Adel, Editorial Operations, KALW News With ongoing support from the Association for Continuing Education, KALW is excited to introduce its 9th Audio Academy,...
Read MoreVisiting the ACE Learning Centers at the beginning of each school year is a favorite experience for me. Not only do I learn what each ACE Learning Center is doing, but...
Read MoreBy Shereen Adel, Editorial Operations & Training Manager, KALW Radio and Katherine Monahan, Intern, Summer Journalism Training Program First, we have a couple...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE ACE welcomes Diane Guthmann as our newest ACE Board member. Diane has been following ACE for years and has been an enthusiastic...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE They’re ready. The ACE Learning Center managers have spent the summer analyzing (and re-analyzing) what schooling will look like 15...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, Audience Supported Public Media The Audio Academy class of 2021 just graduated! Huge congratulations to: Scott Carroll Azul...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, and Martha who’s gonna let me do some paw tricks on the keyboard too Arf, arf. Riley here. What a great year for a poetry contest....
Read MoreBy Bodie, Oakland International High School ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, and Martha who pretty much lets Bodie be in charge. He’s a cat so there’s no other choice We have...
Read MoreBy Max, San Francisco International High School ACE Poetry Contest Mascot and Martha who is working the keyboard, but really we Huskies (bark, bark) like to do things...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW and David Exumé, Audio Academy Fellow ’21 We’ve reached the home stretch for the Audio Academy class of 2021! Our fellows...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, and Wren Farrell, Audio Academy Fellow ‘21 We’re very excited about an upcoming project that’s been a year in the works....
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