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Sunni Khalid
News EditorSunni M. Khalid is a veteran of more than 40 years in journalism, having worked in print, radio, television, and web journalism.
He has worked for Time magazine, USA TODAY, The Wilmington News-Journal,The Baltimore Sun, and National Public Radio, where he was a diplomatic correspondent and the Cairo bureau chief.
During his career, Sunni has reported from more than 35 countries in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean on a number of breaking international stories. These include Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, the U.S. military intervention in Haiti, Israel’s Operation Grapes of Wrath in Lebanon and South Africa’s historic, first all-race elections in 1994.
Over the years, Sunni has also been a guest on several television and radio programs, including CNN, Al-Jazeera, ITN, Sky News and the Voice of America. He attended Howard University in Washington D.C. and graduated cum laude, majoring in print journalism. He also studied at the Johns Hopkins University’s Nitze School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington D.C., majoring in African studies and international economics.
More recently, Sunni helped establish the award-winning news department at WYPR-FM in Baltimore, where he served as managing news editor for nine years. Mr. Khalid was born in Detroit and raised in Highland Park, Michigan.
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CrosscurrentsWhen the Oakland A’s announced they would relocate to Las Vegas, there was a strong reaction from Bay Area baseball fans. But what kind of reception can the team expect after moving?
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CrosscurrentsSince FBI agents raided the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, more questions have been raised. We hear from Oaklandside reporter Eli Wolfe about the expanding probe into the administration of Mayor Sheng Thao and its dealing with the Duong family.
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East San Jose may keep its only medical trauma center after all -- just not in the same form.
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California Forever pulled its ballot measure for a planned city in rural Solano County on Monday, just one day before it was up for a vote by county supervisors.
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Baby, it’s hot out there. And it’s going to stay that way, as a three-day heat wave will bring another round of high temperatures to much of the Bay Area starting today, according to the National Weather Service.
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Tom LoBianco, a longtime national political reporter, whose been covering Washington for 20 years and currently the co-founder and editor of 24sight News. KALW News Editor Sunni Khalid asked him about this historic moment with President Biden withdrawing from his re-election bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee.
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A political earthquake erupted in Washington Sunday morning, sending out aftershocks across the nation and the world, as President Joe Biden formally withdrew from his bid for re-election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination.
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Tech CEOs and business leaders were the main sources of funding behind a contentious Silicon Valley congressional recount earlier this year.
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CrosscurrentsLong before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last weekend, the level of political anxiety in the country, specifically concerns about political violence has been rising as the nation prepares to go to the polls this fall.
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Michael Colbruno will lead the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners after it elected him last week to serve as board president, the port announced Monday.