City Visions Celebrates 25 Years on KALW Award-Winning Reporting
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Award-winning reporting from KALW News p. 6 City Visions celebrates 25 years on KALW p.4 Join Kamau Right Now! on the eve of the inauguration p. 3 “Our democracy, our humanity, our planet” p. 3 Goodbye Backstory, hello Open Source p. 7 The End of Life Radio Project p. 7 Winter 2017 KALW: By and for the community . COMMUNITY BROADCAST PARTNERS America Scores Bay Area • Association for Continuing Education • Berkeleyside • Berkeley Symphony Orchestra • Burton High School • Cabrillo Festival • East Bay Express • Global Exchange • INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club • Jewish Community Center of San Francisco • New America Media • Other Minds • outLoud Radio • Radio Ambulante • San Francisco Arts Commission • San Francisco Conservatory of Music • San Quentin Prison Radio • SF Performances • Stanford Storytelling Project • StoryCorps • Youth Radio KALW VOLUNTEER PRODUCERS Shereen Adel, Josiah-Luis Alderete, Dennis Aman, Dan Becker, David Boyer, Susie Britton, Sarah Cahill, Bob Campbell, Lisa Cantrell, Bonnie Chan, Julie Dewitt, Ethan Elkind, Chuck Finney, Richard Friedman, Janos Gereben, Nato Green, Nicole Grigg, Dawn Gross, Anne Harper, Meradith Hoddinott, Wendy Holcombe, Jeremy Jue, Dianne Keogh, Kendra Klang, Carol Kocivar, Justine Lee, Martin MacClain, JoAnn Mar, Holly J. McDede, Greer McVay, Rhian Miller, Sandy Miranda, Helena Murphy, Emmanuel Nado, Marty Nemko, Erik Neumann, Chris Nooney, Edwin Okong’o, Kevin Oliver, Steve O’Neill, David Onek, Joseph Pace, Colin Peden, Peter Robinson, Dana Rodriguez, Dean Schmidt, Raja Shah, Lezak Shallat, Steven Short, Kanwalroop Singh, Cari Spivack, Dore Stein, Claire Stremple, Devon Strolovitch, Niels Swinkels, Beatrice Thomas, Peter Thompson, Kevin Vance, Boawen Wang, Eli Wirtschafter KALW VOLUNTEERS Daniel Aarons, Frank Adam, Bud Alderson, Jody Ames, Jean Amos, Judy Aune, Leon Bayer, Brenda Beebe, Susan Bergman, Laura Bernabei, Christopher Boehm, Karl Bouldin, Robbie Brandwynne, Karen Brehm, Nathan Brennan, Diane Brett, Joshua Brody, Gregory Brown, Marie Camp, Ceinwen Carney, Jessica Chylik, Linda Clever, Susan Colowick, Peter Conheim, Carolyn Deacy, Roger Donaldson, Louis Dorsey, James Coy Driscoll, Laura Drossman, Nanette Duffy, Linda Eby, Eleanor Eliot, Jim & Joy Esser, Peter Fortune, Nina Frankel, Stephen Gildersleeve, Helen Gilliland, Andrei Glase, Dave Gomberg, Jo Gray, Terence Groeper, Paula Groves, Ted Guggenheim, Daniel Gunning, Ian Hardcastle, Barbro Haves, Jeffrey Hayden, Donna Heatherington, Eliza Hersh, Tom Herzfeld, Phil Heymann, Kent Howard, Clara Hsu, Susan Hughes, Judge Eugene Hyman, Didi Iseyama, Jenny Jens, Vicky Julian, Kathleen Kaplan, Brenda Kett, Lou Kipilman, Betty Kohlenberg, Franzi Latko, Claire LaVaute, Joseph Lepera, Fred Lipschultz, Toni Lozica, Diana Lum, Jennifer Mahoney, Jack Major, Horace Marks, Tom Mason, John MacDevitt, Michael McGinley, Sam McLelland, Sylvie Merlin, Matt Miller, Susan Miller, Linda Morine, Reba Myall-Martin, John Navas, Brian Neilson, Antonio Nierras, Tim Olson, Alice O’Sullivan, Art Persyko, Dale Pitman, Elise Phillips, Maria Politzer, Caterine Raye-Wong, Ronald Rohde, Marti Roush, John Roybal, Jaimie Sanford, Jean Schnall, Bill Schwalb, Ron Scudder, Marc Seidenfeld, Lezak Shallat, Steve Sherwood, Flora Sommers, Kevin Stamm, Tim Sullivan, Bian Tan, Howard Tharsing, Sal Timpano, Rob Trelawney, Kathy Trewin, David Vartanoff, Charlie Wegerle, Harry Weller, Patrick Wheeler, Steve Wilcott OUR LICENSEE, THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Interim Superintendent: Myong Leigh • Board of Commissioners: Stevon Cook, Matt Haney, Hydra Mendoza-McDonell, Emily Murase, Rachel Norton, Mark Sanchez, Shamann Walton, Director, Office of Public Outreach and Communications: Gentle Blythe KALW PERSONNEL Matt Martin, General Manager Ben Trefny, News Director Holly McDede, Reporter William Helgeson, Julie Caine, Managing Producer Olivia Henry, Engagement Operations Manager Jennifer Chien, Managing Editor Manager Phil Hartman, Engineering Jeremy Dalmas, Producer W. Kamau Bell, Host Annette Bistrup, Leila Day, Producer Development Director Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Producer Max Jacobs, Producer Emily Algire, Membership Angela Johnston, Producer Phil Surkis, Producer Chris Hambrick, Membership Judy Silber, Producer Becca Hoekstra, Producer Shipra Shukla, Program Lisa Morehouse, Editor Jeremy Dalmas, Producer Information Andrew Stelzer, Editor Part-time Announcers Ashleyanne Krigbaum, Liz Mak, Producer Eric Jansen Announcer Chris Hoff, News Engineer Debi Kennedy David Latulippe, Announcer James Rowlands, News Engineer JoAnn Mar, Announcer Ted Muldoon, Engineer Damien Minor Rose Aguilar, Host Hana Baba, Host/Reporter Bob Sommer Malihe Razazan, Sr. Producer Hannah Kingsley-Ma, Producer Kevin Vance Laura Flynn, Producer Liza Veale, Producer Eric Wayne ABOUT KALW KALW is a pioneer educational station licensed to the San Francisco Unified School District, broadcasting since September 1, 1941 — the oldest FM signal west of the Mississippi. Mailing address: KALW Radio Offices: (415) 841-4121 500 Mansell Street Fax: (415) 841-4125 San Francisco, CA 94134 Studio Line: (415) 841-4134 KALW program guide edited by Matt Martin, David Latulippe and Shipra Shukla, designed by Georgette Petropoulos. © Contents KALW ON THE COVER: Award-winning San Quentin Prison Report journalist Louis A. Scott, holding his letter of membership in the Society of Professional Journalists of Northern California (photo courtesy of Life of the Law); W. Kamau Bell laughing with Alicia Garza and Anna Sale on the stage of the Nourse Theater (photo: Brooke Anderson). 2 We create the alternative As 2017 begins, we at 2011, would be the network’s KALW are acutely aware of first-ever Spanish-language the importance of public podcast, and that its English- radio, and of our particular language stories would have responsibilities as commu- a regular presence in NPR’s nity media rooted in the Bay newsmagazines. Area. Immediately following We need a space where that, the Society for Profes- we can talk about how to sional Journalism of North- defend our democracy, our ern California honored two common humanity, and the reporters who graduated planet we all depend on. We from KALW’s Audio Acad- need media that will serve as emy – Hannah Kingsley-Ma a watchdog on the powerful, and Liza Veale – for their and that will report on what their deci- report diving deep into the experience sions mean for people in the Bay Area, of unaccompanied immigrant minors in especially the most vulnerable. Oakland’s high schools. Because of the support of listeners, And just before the New Year, we got KALW is ready to provide that space and the exciting news that Inflection Point, do that journalism. You have grown this Lauren Schiller’s show featuring women station’s capacities and prepared us for who are changing the status quo, was this moment. chosen to be part of Catapult, PRX’s Together, we also do something accelerator project for emerging public equally important. We create a potent radio podcasts. alternative to media that is shallow, divi- These programs are what public sive and profit-driven. And it is having an media should be: Compassionate and impact beyond KALW: boundary-crossing, informative and In November, Ear Hustle, a podcast engaged. And they would have never from producers for the San Quentin happened without the listeners who Prison Report, won Radiotopia’s Pod- have committed to building KALW. quest, having been chosen from more than 1500 international entries. In 2017, With gratitude, its true stories of prison life will be distributed by the same network that presents KALW’s 99% Invisible. Matt Martin Days later, NPR announced that General Manager Radio Ambulante, launched at KALW in [email protected] On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, W. Kamau Bell returns with the latest episode of Kamau Right Now! It will be time for real conversation about what’s next for our country, and how we stay engaged while maintaining our sense of humor (and outrage). Tune in Thursday, January 19th at 7pm, or be in the live audience at Odell Johnson Theatre at Oakland’s Laney College. Tickets now on sale at kalw.org. 3 City Visions celebrates 25 years on KALW City Visions, heard Mondays at 7pm on KALW, is celebrating 25 years of volunteer-driven, listener-participation radio about issues that matter to the Bay Area. Today, City Visions is co-hosted by Joseph Pace and Ethan Elkind, and is produced by a team that includes Susie Britton, Anne Harper, Wendy Holcombe, Kendra Klang, and Chris Nooney. But it began with Rose Levinson, the show’s founding host of City Visions when it went on the air in December of 1991. Since hosting City Visions, Rose Rose Levinson has earned her Ph.D. in cultural studies and has published a book, Death of a show together, particularly a live radio Holy Land: Reflections in Contemporary show that reflected what we hope were Israeli Fiction. She’s now a fellow at the important issues. University of London, where she’s teach- The goal that we set was to make ing a course called “The Humanities every producer feel like what they after Brexit and Trump” and she spoke contributed was crucial, and that it was with us from London. very much of a partnership, a collegial situation. Even though the producers Talk about how City Visions started. were volunteers, I would always say to I have had this life-long concern with issues of the day, social action, activism. them, “The fact that you’re not getting I was in the Peace Corps as a young paid for your work doesn’t mean you’re woman and when I started working at not working.” KALW, I knew I wanted to be on air and Do you remember any of convinced the then-manager to let me those early shows? do a half hour, and we named it City The first one was on the difference Visions. between Christmas and Hanukkah and I did it on my own for about a year how it reflects different identity politics, and a half, two and then was very lucky if you will. to get people coming into the role of Whenever there was an election we producer. John Covell was the first, and would do things on what were the dif- he was crucial and helped build City ferent referendums being considered Visions.