Rachael Myrow

Rachael Myrow

Rachael Myrow

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I’m KQED’s Silicon Valley Arts Reporter, covering arts, culture and technology in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties. I regularly file stories for NPR, Here & Now and the KQED podcast Bay Curious. I also guest host KQED’s Forum.
My passion for public radio was born as an undergrad at the University of California at Berkeley, writing movie reviews for KALX-FM. After finishing one degree in English, I got another in journalism, landed a job at Marketplace in Los Angeles, and another at KPCC, before returning to the Bay Area to work at KQED. I spent more than seven years hosting The California Report, before begging to get off the AM swing schedule.  Can’t complain about the regular joy of being out in the field (sometimes literally), interviewing amazing people and animals (see photo).

EDUCATION

  • UC Berkeley: J-School
    UC Berkeley: English BA

EMPLOYERS

  • KQED: Host/Reporter
    KPCC: Reporter
    Marketplace: Associate Producer/Reporter

AWARDS & HONORS

  • I've won a Peabody and three Edward R. Murrow Awards (one for covering the MTA Strike, my first assignment as a full-time reporter in 2000)  as well as numerous other honors including from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio Television News Directors Association and the LA Press Club.

PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK

  • https://www.kqed.org/author/rachael-myrow

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

  • SPJ
    ONA

REPORTING INTERESTS

Arts, Business, Criminal Justice, Education, Environment, Food, Gender/Sexuality, Health, Human Rights, Immigration, Politics, Science, Social Issues, Technology, Urban Reporting

MEDIA PLATFORMS

Audio Journalism, Documentary, Multimedia, Narrative Writing