Mark Nieto
Producer, Your CallMark Nieto is a producer on KALW's daily call-in program, Your Call.
Mark’s work in public radio and podcasting includes stints at KQED, the Los Angeles Times, and The New Humanitarian. At KQED, he was a producer for Forum and won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for a story he reported for The California Report Magazine. At the Los Angeles Times, he worked on the daily news podcast The Times and contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-finalist investigation.
In addition to his newsroom work, Mark reported a story for Monument Lab’s podcast series Plot of Land on the legacy of oil extraction in the Los Angeles basin and his family’s experience after a devastating 1980 petroleum pipeline explosion.
In 2021, Mark earned an M.A. in Research Architecture from Goldsmiths, University of London, where he collaborated with the investigative agency Forensic Architecture. He was part of a team that geolocated and verified police attacks on journalists during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, with the findings published on an interactive platform built with Bellingcat. Films he worked on with the agency have premiered at the Berlinale and the Venice Biennale and won a Golden Nica at Ars Electronica.
He studied film at Loyola Marymount University, where he was an on-air host at the campus station, KXLU.
A Long Beach native, Mark now lives in Oakland, where he also produces the podcast for The Oaklandside, the city’s nonprofit newsroom. His interests include trail running and composing music.
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Your CallCorrespondent Sebastian Walker takes us inside gang-controlled Haiti and to Springfield, Ohio, where Haitians now live under ankle monitors and the threat of deportation. -
Your CallCourt records in the Minnesota 15 case reveal ICE agents infiltrated activist groups and tracked finances using tools meant for terrorism and money laundering probes. -
Billionaires spent $378 million to defeat Prop. 40, yet voters made a tax on top earners permanent with Prop. 3. What’s next for the movement to tax the ultra-rich? -
Gleick’s new book traces 4,000 years of violence over water, highlights the dangers of water-driven violence, and offers solutions for a sustainable future -
Your CallThe festival, which runs through November 14, features films about the diversity and range of Arab experiences, including a program of shorts titled, Palestinian Voices. -
Your CallVoters sent a loud message last night by giving Democrats control of Congress and a majority of governorships. They also ended three decades of Republican rule in Texas. -
Your CallOn Election Day, we look at how rising costs, redistricting, immigration raids, and the climate crisis are shaping the election, and where we go from here. -
Your CallDemocrats need three seats to take the House and four to take the Senate. Seven races will decide control of the Senate. Over $1.5B has been spent in toss-up races. -
Your CallAl Jazeera found that 50 donors and group have spent almost $3 billion. The top three donors are Republican supporters: Elon Musk, Richard Uihlein, and Jeff Yass. -
Your CallBillionaires, AI companies and a new donor class are pouring millions into San Francisco’s election, from Mayor Lurie’s charter push to the race for Pelosi’s seat.
