First Name
Hana
Last Name
Baba
City, State
San Francisco, CA
Country
USA
Pronouns
she/her/hers
Gender
Female
Roles
Producer
Host
Reporter
Other role
voice/narration coaching, teaching
Formats / Genre
Interviews / Roundtable
Narrative Non-fiction / Documentary
News / Journalism
Daily shows
Languages spoken
English, Arabic
Open to relocating
No
Open to branded content?
No
More about me
Hana Baba is a Sudanese American radio journalist- host of "Crosscurrents"- the award-winning daily newsmagazine on NPR station KALW Public Radio in San Francisco. She reports on immigrants and communities of color, health, education, culture, religion, and arts. Her work also appears on NPR, PRI, BBC, and OZY.
Hana is also co-host of the award winning podcast The Stoop, which explores stories from across the Black diaspora.
Hana teaches/speaks on podcasting and radio voicing/narration in the San Francisco Bay Area-at USF, SFSU, and is on the team of UC Berkeley's Advanced Media Institute's Podcast Bootcamp.
Her work has won awards from NABJ, the San Francisco Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California, and she was named a Bay Area African Cultural Icon by the California Legislature.
Hana is also co-host of the award winning podcast The Stoop, which explores stories from across the Black diaspora.
Hana teaches/speaks on podcasting and radio voicing/narration in the San Francisco Bay Area-at USF, SFSU, and is on the team of UC Berkeley's Advanced Media Institute's Podcast Bootcamp.
Her work has won awards from NABJ, the San Francisco Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California, and she was named a Bay Area African Cultural Icon by the California Legislature.
Links to website / work
thestoop.org
kalw.org
radiohana.org
kalw.org
radiohana.org