Audio

Audy McAfee's ('25) audio thesis project on how these days the WNBA is on fire with record viewership and attendance, we rarely hear about the early players who fought for professional women’s basketball to get respect, including her mother Judy Mosley McAfee, the sixth woman drafted into the WNBA. The story aired on KQED's "The California Report."

Cat Schuknecht's ('18) thesis project on a man's quest to solve the mystery of the giant hole, aired on KQED's "The California Report Magazine."

Kori Suzuki's (’23) thesis project explores a little-known piece of Japanese-American history that aired on NPR’s “Code Switch” during AAPI heritage month.

KQED's "The California Report Magazine" profiles alum Aisha Wallace-Palomares ('25) about her bilingual coverage on increased immigration enforcement in the North County area of San Diego.

Khwaga Ghani ('24) reports that when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan three years ago, one of the first policy changes was to ban public education for girls and women beyond sixth grade. In the years since, those laws have become more restrictive, and they’re enforced more stringently.

Nikka Singh’s ('19) audio thesis project about an officer in the Bay Area who has been able to stay employed at a series of police departments, despite repeated allegations of serious misconduct, airs on Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.

Lauren DeLaunay Miller‘s (’23) audio thesis project about a 21-year-old Afghan woman rock climber — one of roughly 77,000 Afghans who’ve come to the U.S. through a rare workaround to the nation’s immigration laws known as humanitarian parole — aired on NPR as a longform version for “Up First Sunday,” a shorter radio version for “Weekend Edition,” and in print.

Cayla Mihalovich’s (’24) audio doc “Forced Sterilization Survivors Undertake Own Healing After Feeling ‘Silenced Again’ by State”, for The California Report’s weekly Magazine on KQED aired in October.

Holly McDede ('25) reports on a poetry group for caregivers to people living with dementia, for KQED's "California Report Magazine."

Aisha Wallace-Palomares ('25) reports on an African American musician from Los Angeles is a rising star in Southern California’s regional Mexican music scene, for KQED's "California Report" magazine. 

Andrew Lopez ('23) reports on how lack of transportation presents a challenge for older adults who want to age in their rural communities.

Elena Neale-Sacks ('22) and Isabella Bloom ('22), with support from Professor Shereen Marisol Meraji, report stories of two families grappling with how best to communicate across linguistic differences, that aired nationally on NPR's "Code Switch."

Are imaginary friends helpful or harmful? Laura Klivans' (’16) audio thesis documentary about people who start hearing voices in their heads but instead of trying to get rid of the voices, try to make more, airs on the Gimlet podcast "Reply All".

Aisha Natalia Wallace-Palomares (’25) reports on a new generation of Mexican singers embracing corridos, for KQED’s “California Report.”

Writer and audio producer Hussain Khan ('25) reports on a San Diego jazz band called 'Al Akhbar' that fuses cultures and sounds with Middle Eastern jazz, and tells the backstories of the musicians, for KQED's "The California Report."

Chris Harland-Dunaway ('17) reports on an American war crime nearly forgotten to history for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a story that he began at Berkeley Journalism.

Celeste Hamilton Dennis (‘24) with support from Professor Shereen Marisol Meraji publishes moving story about El Daña — one of the nation's oldest drag kings still performing in the US — that aired on NPR's CodeSwitch.

Now that the fall of Roe v. Wade has ended the constitutional right to abortion, some have a new goal: undermining trust in, and limiting access to, hormonal contraception – including the pill. UC Berkeley students Leah Roemer, Emma MacPhee, Elizabeth Moss, Anabel Sosa, Zhe Wu, Gisela Pérez de Acha, Brian Nguyen, Eliza Partika and Eleonora Bianchi contributed reporting.

Hanisha Harjani (‘23) looks at family blogging, a trend that's become so popular there's now a name for it: "sharenting." But a growing number of young people are starting to object, saying such blogs take a toll on their mental health and violate their privacy, for The NPR's "Up First."

Laura Isaza (’24) reports on a journey through the depths of disordered eating in the sport of rock climbing, on NPR's "All Things Considered."

Matt Beagle's (17) audio thesis project on one of the most controversial moments in NBA history that sparked a national discussion on race and violence and revealed fears and prejudice lying beneath the surface of the sports world, airs on WBUR.