Johanna Miyaki
Community Engagement ManagerJohanna Miyaki is KALW's Community Engagement Manager. A KALW Audio Academy Alumni (2021-2022), she returned to the KALW newsroom as the Elections Production Manager for the 2024 General Election. She was a producer and editor at KCBS San Francisco, reported on Indigenous communities for El Tecolote, and worked on their podcast, Radio Teco. She has also worked as a freelance journalist, videographer, audio recordist, and field producer while making a career transition from a live event producer to a multimedia producer. Johanna was born in Washington DC, raised in Maryland, and now calls San Francisco home. She lives in Oceanview with her husband, daughter and their rescue, Rocco. Community work is in her DNA. She represents her local public library branch for the Council of Neighborhood Libraries, is a cofounder of the neighborhood group, We Are OMI, and the project director of their SF Parks Alliance group, Friends of the OMI Mini Parks. You can find her wandering trails in the Bay Area including the SF Crosstown Trail, and volunteering for the Crosstown Trail Coalition.
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CrosscurrentsThe California Migration Museum doesn't exist in any one space. Instead, they recently launched a catalog of immersive experiences that are entirely digital and portable! -
CrosscurrentsTo hear about what the next generation of Bay Area voters is focused on, KALW recently hosted a Youth Power Listening Party as part of our live series, Bay Agenda. -
Two Bay Area non-profit organizations made a “land back” announcement official. -
CrosscurrentsPeople serving time in federal prisons are denied the right to vote, but they still care about elections. Today, we go inside San Quentin’s mock elections. -
CrosscurrentsCoast Miwok Indians can be traced back nearly 5000 years to the land known today as the Point Reyes National Seashore. A Coast Miwok family wants the US National Park Service to restore – and give them access to – their ancestral home nestled in a small cove on Tomales Bay. -
CrosscurrentsThe 'call to action' of a campaign led by young people in Richmond makes their appeal to apathetic voters very simple and personal. -
CrosscurrentsIn Alameda County, an anti-recall movement is gaining momentum. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and District Attorney Pamela Price are both facing recalls this November. We speak with Oaklandside reporter Roselyn Romero who has been following this story. -
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted four-to-one on Tuesday to approve the final agreement for Measure QQ. This would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in Oakland and Berkeley school board elections. But, it’s unclear if it will make it onto the November ballot. -
A controversial ballot measure challenging restrictions on oil and gas wells in California will not be on the ballot in November. -
The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, or BAHFA, passed a resolution on Wednesday to put a $20 billion affordable housing bond on the ballot this November.
