As a former museum professional and longtime fan of Bay Area museums, I’m so thrilled to see that several of our local gems are either already open or opening soon, as our area’s coronavirus numbers go down. Here’s a quick list of local institutions and their opening plans: Asian Art Museum: Open Aquarium by the …
As a teen, I wrote a column for our local newspaper the Tri-valley Herald about life at our little high school on the hill. I knew then I wanted to work in journalism! Today I’m so proud that I actually work for the public media station KQED. While not on the news side of the …
I’m excited to announce that KQED Education has just unveiled the Media Academy for Educators, four new instructor-led courses on using media in the classroom. Whether you are teaching in-person or remotely, media is increasingly a part of your instruction. These free online courses will prepare you with everything you need to know to use …
As we close out 2019, I am thinking of all the cool stuff the KQED Education team accomplished over the year. There’s a lot I could mention from across our department, but here I will just focus on projects that I was personally involved in. So here are some of my personal highlights from 2019 …
This is the first week for KQED staff out of our new (temporary) headquarters on 50 Beale Street, in the Financial District of San Francisco. I have to say, I was a bit sad to be leaving the historic home of KQED on Mariposa Street, but being downtown does have it’s perks. A big one …
In my social media feed, I saw a recommendation that I watch the documentary Pressure Cooker, now streaming on Amazon Prime. The film tells the stories of three inner-city Black teens entering a prestigious culinary arts competition in Philadelphia, and their tough but loving teacher Wilma Stephenson. Here’s the trailer for the film. First off, …
Here’s the bad news about imposter syndrome: it doesn’t get better the older you get. In fact, it can get worse. My first professional job was as a policy analyst on transnational financial institutions for a think tank on Capitol Hill. I was fresh out of college and I had no background in macro-economics. But …
Working at KQED has lots of awesome perks: getting to work with a talented and dedicated staff, seeing all of the incredible journalism put out by our news teams, supporting our important mission in the Bay Area. We also know how to have fun and celebrate together. On March 20 we celebrated Mister Rogers Day …
This weekend was my first opportunity to represent KQED in the larger San Francisco community. I was a volunteer at “Night of Ideas” on Saturday February 2 at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library. “Night of Ideas” is “a seven-hour marathon of debate, performance, readings and music featuring top thinkers from San …
In July, I began my work sabbatical… at least that’s what I called it. I’ve been through several periods of unemployment before, from a few weeks to several months. But I’ve never really approached that time like an opportunity to be exploited. It was more like a frantic scramble to find “my next thing.” This …