Ben Trefny
Executive ProducerBen earned a Master's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 2000 and got his start in public radio at NPR member station KLCC in Eugene. After freelancing for many magazines and producing for regional and national commercial and public radio programs, he joined KALW in 2004. As Executive News Editor and then News Director, he helped the news department win numerous regional and national awards for long- and short-form journalism. He also helped teach hundreds of audio producers, many of whom work with him at KALW, today.
Ben lives with his wife near San Francisco's Ocean Beach, and spends as much time as he can outside.
You can reach him at ben@kalw.org.
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Click the play button to listen to the live newscast with info & resources for San Francisco's Bayview District.
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The temporary COVID-19 relief program, Great Plates Delivered SF, is set to serve meals to older adults in need for the duration of 2021, thanks to a unanimous vote by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
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Click the play button to listen to the live newscast with info & resources about West Oakland.
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Click the play button to listen to the live newscast with info & resources about West Oakland.
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San Francisco Opens New Mental Health Facility In Mission District / Santa Clara Power Outage Resolved After Vandalism / California Lawmakers Release A Deluge Of Bills / Concord City Council Considering Renaming Regional Park After Thurgood Marshall
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Click the play button to listen to the live newscast with info & resources about West Oakland.
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Governor Newsom Submitted The "May Revise" Budget On Friday / Public Health Advocates Criticize Governor Newsom's Budget For Shortfalls / Formerly Historic Berkeley Site Burglarized
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Click the play button to listen to the live newscast with info & resources in East Palo Alto.
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Lawsuit Contends Salvation Army Should Pay Recovering Addicts For Their Work / Newsom Proposes $12 Billion Plan To Shelter Homeless People
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Several cities in the East Bay are set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for COVID-19-related relief.