ABOUT CROSSCURRENTS

Crosscurrents is the evening news magazine from KALW public radio, 91.7 F.M. We are part of KALW's Public Interest Reporting Project.

KALW's Public Interest Reporting Project began in 2003, with the goal of expanding local depth reporting, at a time when most news organizations were cutting back on public interest journalism.

Since we began the project, much has changed in the media landscape: local outlets such as the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News and CBS local news have suffered drastic cutbacks. These cuts signal that the commercial model for journalism is in crisis. We believe that public interest, non-profit media is one way to begin to fill that void, and that doing so is critical to public understanding and engagement.

We have a small but dedicated staff and we work with community volunteers, our News Crew, along with student journalists from Mills College in Oakland and UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

OUR WEBSITE IS DESIGNED BY THE TEAM AT 499 COMMUTE. YOU CAN VISIT THE 499 COMMUTE WEBSITE AT WWW.499COMMUTE.COM OR CALL 1.415.546.7441

CONTACT US:

Newsroom
news [at] kalw [dot] org

Holly Kernan
News Director
hollykernan [at] pacbell [dot] net

Ben Trefny
Senior Editor
trefny [at] kalw [dot] org

Hana Baba
Co-Host
hannoya [at] yahoo [dot] com

Zoe Corneli
Reporter
zoe [at] kalw [dot] org

Kristi Coale
Reporter
zurda [at] cal.berkeley [dot] edu

Roman Mars
Senior Producer
roman_mars [at] yahoo [dot] com

Nathanael Johnson
Senior Producer
nathanael47 [at] yahoo [dot] com

Thea Chroman
Assistant Producer
tchroman [at] gmail [dot] com

Steven Short
News Crew
shortreport [at] sbcglobal [dot] net