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Raphael Cohen

News Producer

Raphael Cohen is a writer and journalist committed to telling insightful stories about the urgent cultural and political issues of our time. With a focus on the Bay Area, his work frequently spotlights remarkable figures at the intersection of arts, athletics, and activism. Raphael’s profile of Yusef Wright, Stephen Curry's longtime barber, for KALW’s Bounce podcast won the Public Media Journalists Association’s Best Sports Feature award in 2020. More recently, he’s reported on Charley Nordin, an Oakland-raised Paralympic rower who used his sporting success to speak out against racial injustice, and Charley Crockett, a country and blues singer from the Rio Grande Valley who credits his time in Northern California with catapulting his career.

Raphael’s also the author of Rebel Elegant, a poetry book and solo performance paying tribute to 1990s NBA star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, whose principled protest of the national anthem led to his exile from the league in the prime of his playing days.