Sandhya Dirks
Sandhya Dirks (@sandhyadirks) (she/her) is the race and equity reporter at KQED public radio, where she focuses on long form documentary storytelling.
She is a reporter and producer of On Our Watch, an investigative podcast about how police police themselves; is the host and reporter of the podcast American Suburb, which explores how a new great migration to suburbia has changed the demographics of a place once defined as "white”; and was also the editor of the first season of Truth Be Told, an advice podcast made by, and for, people of color. Sandhya got her start covering presidential politics in the swing state of Iowa and her investigative reporting led to the resignation of San Diego's mayor over charges of sexual abuse, long before #MeToo. She believes all stories are stories about power.
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This week, all stories - even stories about Dunkin' Donuts - are about power.
A decade ago, a 22-year-old black man was killed by a white police officer at Oakland's Fruitvale BART station.
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Two moments are colliding: An oppressive politics of hate and repression, and a boom in narrative storytelling. So how do we use one to confront the other?
If you're looking for community, solidarity, collective brain-power, or resource-sharing, Thursday Meetups are for you.
Swirling beneath every single one of this year’s breaking stories and major crises is work and labor: not only of the people in the headlines, but of the audio storytellers, ourselves.
You can now hear sessions from the 2018 Third Coast Conference on the new season of the Third Coast Pocket Conference podcast!
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Celebrate the Best Audio Stories of 2021