Amanda Hernandez
Summer Journalism FellowI'm Amanda Hernandez, a Bay Area multimedia journalist and recent San Francisco State University graduate with experience in radio, broadcast, documentary filmmaking, and digital reporting. As a Latina journalist and nontraditional student, I returned to school with a renewed sense of purpose and found my place in storytelling centered on people and communities.
Growing up, I watched the morning news with my mom and was drawn to stories about people pushing against systems that made life harder, stories about resilience, inequity, and change. Today, that curiosity shapes my reporting on housing, education, human rights, and community issues across the Bay Area.
My work spans radio, television, documentary, and digital journalism, and I’m passionate about using a multimedia approach to meet audiences where they are. Whether I’m anchoring a newscast, reporting in the field, producing audio stories, or creating documentaries, I aim to tell stories with accuracy, empathy, and personality.
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For many San Franciscans, e-bikes are an easy way to power up the city’s hills, but some say more regulation is needed. -
August 31 is the deadline for California to secure emergency funding. -
Standards set by California and the European Union give users a history of when and how the content was created and how it may have changed using AI tools over time. -
Galarza, who lives with HIV, has been a recipient of meals since 2020. He says the program helped him during a time when he faced job loss and now he continues to receive weekly meals and groceries. -
BART Spokesperson, Chris Filippi says this is in part due to a 19% growth in ridership from last year. -
San Francisco and other Bay Area cities are currently behind in meeting their target for the sixth cycle of the California Regional Housing Needs Allocation program. -
It's been one week since elections. Oakland is still waiting on the final result of Measure E.
