By Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Public Radio On Saturday, KALW held a retreat to determine a station-wide strategic plan. While it was the culmination...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Last week we had the pleasure of hosting NPR‘s Western Bureau Chief Jason DeRose for a few days. He led workshops...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Dr. Paul D. Krivonos, Secretary, ACE Board While searching the Internet for information on the use of social media by teachers, I came across three...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Right now, I just listened to Start-Up podcast #9, which features former Audio Academy member Lina Misitzis and a...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Happy New Year! Our news department took a two-week holiday to refresh ourselves and prepare for the year to come....
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums Conjugating the French language’s imparfait tense took on a new meaning – it means I could be a programmer. Okay, let me back up. First, welcome to...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW I’ll start this week by bragging about KALW’s increasing national presence, thanks to the Audio Academy....
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Ben Trefny and Liza Veale Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW We’re at a very exciting moment in this year’s Audio Academy: it’s the...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums I love bragging about the great accomplishments of the ACE Partner Schools, so I tweeted that Diane Tavenner, CEO of Summit Schools, attended the...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Ben Trefny and Jack Detsch Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Many members of my team and I traveled to Chicago last Friday for the Third Coast...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums The fine work of Oakland International High School (OIHS) was documented in the New York Times Sunday edition, 11/9. This ACE Partner School, that...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Kyle Halle-Erby, Span Program Coordinator This year, ACE and San Francisco International High School (SFIHS) launched the Span program to support SFIHS...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums and Guest Bloggers Ms. Aiesha and Ms. Wendy Oakland International High School (OIHS) is dedicated to helping support recently arrived immigrants...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Ben Trefny and Hannah Kingsley-Ma Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW On Monday, we had a couple of news items that we decided warranted a newscast. So we...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Ben Trefny and Olivia Cueva Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW This week, some of our Audio Academy students and alums were honored for their radio work....
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums NASA’s Ames Research Center was partying down this past Saturday. It was their 75th Anniversary Open House, and by noon Moffett Field was packed. But...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Ben Trefny and Colin Peden Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW Hello! This week, the Audio Academy trainees chose their reporting beats. Here they are:...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Ben Trefny and Marcy Fraser Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW This week, we wrapped up the last major piece by our summer volunteers – a 40-minute show...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Ben Trefny and Lina Misitzis Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW As we reach the first month anniversary of the new Audio Academy, I think the trainees...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums Today’s educators focus so much on technology in the classroom, but the inspiration to learn can come from the stars. Astronaut José M. Hernández was...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Ben Trefny and Raja Shah Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW This week, the 10 members of the Audio Academy started getting busy with assignments. Aside...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Ben Trefny and Marlo McKenzie Ben Trefny, News Director, KALW This week we really started training in earnest with our ten Academy members. They...
Read MoreBy Guest Bloggers Ben Trefny and Chris Hambrick Ben Trefny, Executive Editor, KALW News This week we started working with Audio Academy members on an individual basis....
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Ben Trefny, Executive Editor, KALW News The KALW Audio Academy kicked off last week! After the process of going through more than 50 applications and...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums On Tuesday, September 2, all students in France return to school. Called “La Rentrée,” it also signals the end of the traditional August vacation...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Holly Kernan, KALW News Director Last year, KALW public radio, in partnership with the Association for Continuing Education (ACE), launched a 10-month...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Lawrence Chan, KALW Summer Intern My internship at KALW is a lot better than I expected. I got a lot of freedom and time to do my work, so my work did...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Jeannie Doan, KALW Summer Intern The KALW internship is one of the best things I signed up for during the summer. This was my first internship, so I...
Read MoreBy Guest Blogger Julie Caine, Senior Producer, Crosscurrents, KALW 91.7 FM This summer we’re very happy to welcome Jeannie Doan and Lawrence Chan as our Burton High...
Read MoreBy Martha Sessums The 17 graduates of KALW‘s Audio Academy’s first year had a fitting graduation ceremony. They spent nearly 10 months learning about how to find...
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