By Martha Sessums, President, ACE After a respectful evening of praise for being a “guiding light” at KALW for 17 years, Matt Martin, ex-General Manager of the public...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio I think it’s fair to say that, when it comes to recognition, last week was the greatest ever for the KALW news...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW and Sara Nora Koust, Intern, KALW The 2018 midterm elections changed the political landscape in the U.S. KALW covered the statewide...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW and JoAnn DeLuna, Audio Academy ’19 In our continuing series introducing you to our newest Audio Academy class, it’s my...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW, and Alyia Yates, Audio Academy ’19 I’d like to continue introducing the members of the Audio Academy class of 2019 with...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums, President, ACE I found a book treasure when I returned to the ACE office after a long business trip. It was given to the ACE team from two of the...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio and Pria Mahadevan, Audio Academy Fellow ’19 It’s been a little while, and things have been busy. It’s...
Read MoreBy Karen Martinez, Alpha/ACE Learning Center Manager On September 23, both parents and their kids went on a field trip to California Polytechnic State University, or...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio It’s a new academic year, and that means KALW‘s Audio Academy has a new class! We just got started with a...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio; Holly J. McDede and Marisol Medina Cadena, KALW Summer Internship Instructors School’s back in session, and we...
Read MoreIt’s been 50 years since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned radio spectrum as part of Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS), now known at the...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, KALW News Director and KALW Summer High School Intern Graduates We’re rolling through the summer at KALW, working with more trainees than...
Read MoreBy Eli Wirtschafter, KALW’s Transportation Reporter, Audio Academy class of 2016 and Manager of a new KALW training program Since 2013, KALW has trained inmates...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools The cool thing about poetry is that is comes in all shapes, styles and patterns. What counts is the message,...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools, assisted by Martha Sessums (for spelling purposes only) April. What a month. When it’s National Poetry...
Read MoreBy Chupe, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, San Francisco International High School Our students wrote cool poems. Then entered them into the ACE Poetry Contest to honor...
Read MoreBy Thor, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Oxford Day Academy Like my namesake, that Norse god, I know good thunder and lightning when I see it. And our winners of the ACE...
Read MoreBy Violet, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot,Oakland International High School Style. Class. Brevity. Truth. These are descriptors of the winning poems of the ACE Poetry...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools These high school poets from Alpha: Cindy Avitia High School are the coolest. They know about technology and...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools I’m howling for the ACE Poetry Contest winners from Alpha: Jose Hernández. These are grades 5 – 8...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio The studios of KALW were filled with more than their usual share of talented audio journalists over the last few weeks,...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools Arf! Arf! I’m barking to announce the first of the ACE Poetry Contest winners. These are students from...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot; and Chupe, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot at San Francisco International High School This is the most fun day of National Poetry Month...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Alpha Public Schools Hi all you poets out there. Just wanted to remind you that tomorrow is Poem in Your Pocket Day. That’s...
Read MoreBy Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio Earlier this month, Audio Academy alum Colin Peden (’15) and KALW‘s justice reporter Holly J. McDede spent...
Read MoreBy Thor, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Oxford Day Academy Hello Everyone, this is Thor once again. I was on Spring break last week and enjoyed reading your posts while...
Read MoreBy Chupe, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, San Francisco International High School Hello poets near and far! Thanks to the encouraging words, woofs and meows from our ACE...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, assisted by Martha Sessums (for spelling purposes only) The ACE Poetry Contest Mascot posse of Chupe, Cronos, Violet and Thor are...
Read MoreBy Riley, ACE Poetry Contest Mascot, Assisted by Martha Sessums (for spelling purposes only) This is awesome. We mascots are writing rhymes to each other because...
Read MoreBy Sailaja Suresh, Director, Oakland International High School Learning Lab, and Poetry by Violet, OIHS ACE Poetry Contest Mascot Oakland International High...
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