Shereen Adel
Director of ImpactShereen has over a decade of experience in media, communications, and education. After teaching middle and high school students in Egypt, Shereen moved into public radio, getting her start by joining KALW's Audio Academy in San Francisco. She went on from there to organize and facilitate workshops for media startups and local news outlets from around the country with Matter Ventures.
She returned to KALW to manage production for the award-winning local news magazine, Crosscurrents. She then moved into a role overseeing KALW’s in-house training programs, which are integrally connected to our local news production. We offer opportunities for adults and teens to learn how to make documentary-style audio stories, creating pathways for independent storytellers and audio producers throughout the field.
Now, in her current role, she supports all KALW program leads in advancing our mission to use our platforms to foster a sense of belonging within and across Bay Area communities. Shereen believes in the value of community-powered journalism to help us push boundaries and connect meaningfully with one another.
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Passed in 2020, Measure W created a half-cent tax in Alameda County to go towards essential county services, with housing and homelessness being one of the key focus areas. -
At KALW, we build on the foundations of journalism, while being unafraid to try new things — always asking, why? When we shift our practices slightly we create space for new ideas and new questions that help us challenge our assumptions about what we do. -
Fabio Rodriguez served as acting police chief starting in April after Jennifer Gonzalez retired from the role. -
People who need housing vouchers can now submit pre-applications through the Oakland Housing Authority. -
There’s a new program providing funding to small businesses in Oakland that are facing financial hardship. -
The Point Fire that started on Sunday in Sonoma County is one of a dozen wildfire incidents that CalFire is actively responding to. Half of those have already burned more than 1,000 acres, with the Point Fire spreading across more than 1,200 so far. -
Starting Monday, fast food workers are going to get paid a minimum of $20 an hour in accordance with a new statewide law. -
It’s coyote pupping season and that means that some of the trails in San Francisco's Presidio are closed to dogs. -
A new bill introduced by California Assembly member Bill Essayli would require school districts to have at least one armed law enforcement officer on every campus while students are present. -
The coronavirus has pumped the brakes on air travel. But before that, flying was responsible for about 5% of man-made global warming. So if and when the…
