Eli Wirtschafter
Uncuffed Program DirectorEli is the Program Director for KALW's project in state prisons. We teach incarcerated people how to record and edit audio stories, and air them as part of the series Uncuffed.
Eli graduated from KALW's Audio Academy in 2016. He became KALW's transportation reporter, and also interned with KQED News and The California Report. He's been working in KALW's training programs in prison since 2018.
Eli lived in the East Bay between the ages of seven and 29, and is now based in Los Angeles. He's a musician, a bicyclist, and an active member of the Jewish community.
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On January 1, over 200,000 drivers of electric and plug-in vehicles will lose the right to take the fast lane solo. It’s an effort to speed up carpool… -
Gas prices have topped $4 a gallon at some stations in the Bay Area. Fuel in California usually costs more than any other in state in the continental US.… -
The fight over housing in the Bay Area has turned up even in the elections for BART’s board of directors. The candidates are divided as to whether the… -
Proposition 6 would repeal the gas tax and transportation funding package that Governor Brown signed last year. That could put money back in your pocket… -
Alright, let’s say you are a paramedic and you work for an ambulance company. When you take a lunch break, are you still on-call? Can your company make… -
Proposition 6 is all about repealing the new gas tax, and making it harder to raise gas taxes in the future.Here’s a little background. Last year, the… -
The dockless electric scooters that appeared on the streets of Oakland a few months ago quickly become a popular form of transportation. Now, officials… -
In the spring of 2018, KALW and East Oakland Youth Development Center teamed up to present a series of audio storytelling workshops for East Oakland… -
The California Global Youth Peace Summit brings together immigrants, refugees, and US-born youth for a week of community-building and reflection.In a… -
The new Transbay Transit Center opens next month in San Francisco. It’s meant to connect buses from the East Bay with MUNI, Caltrain, and High-Speed Rail.…
