KalaLea is an audio journalist who has produced stories for NPR’s Latino USA, Slate Studios, NPR’s Interfaith Voices, The New Yorker podcasts and KCRW.
She received her Master’s degree from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism with a specialization in multimedia storytelling. In 2017, KalaLea was a recipient of the Tow-Knight Entrepreneurial Journalism fellowship.
Before working in audio, KalaLea worked as a digital producer for advertising and publishing companies. And before that, she was the owner of a little cafe in Brooklyn.
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KalaLea appears in the following:
Is the Gift of Tuition Enough?
Friday, December 17, 2021
Élite universities want to diversify. A college senior explains how, even when schools give full scholarships, they may misunderstand the needs of the students they seek to recruit.
Life After Prison
Friday, December 03, 2021
In 2019, Jonathan was released from prison. Our producer shadowed him to learn what emancipation feels like after two decades of being locked up.
A Dozen Years After “The New Jim Crow”
Friday, December 03, 2021
In 2010, Michelle Alexander’s best-selling book spelled out how mass incarceration harms communities of color. Assessing its impact, she looks back, and forward, with David Remnick.
Wole Soyinka on His New Satire of Corruption and Fundamentalism
Friday, October 29, 2021
In a conversation with Vinson Cunningham, the Nobel laureate, known as a playwright and poet, explains why it took him almost fifty years to write his third novel.
Kara Walker Talks with Thelma Golden
Friday, October 08, 2021
The influential artist on how she uses historical imagery to address the issues of our moment.
Susan Orlean and David Remnick on Animals
Friday, October 08, 2021
The staff writer talks about her obsession with animals, and the ways we communicate with them.
Jelani Cobb on the Kerner Report, an Unheeded Warning about the Consequences of Racism
Friday, September 17, 2021
More than half a century after the report was published, white America still struggles to acknowledge its conclusion: racism is the root cause of inequality in the United States.
Klancy Miller Talks with Helen Rosner
Friday, August 20, 2021
The author of “Cooking Solo” talks with our food correspondent about her underlying philosophy: you should treat yourself as well as you would treat anyone else.
'Blindspot: Tulsa Burning'
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Host KalaLea on the new season of the WNYC Studios podcast Blindspot, about the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Episode 3: The Two Wars
Friday, June 11, 2021
The HISTORY® Channel
Fighting abroad — and at home — for equality.
The Dawn of ‘Anti-Racist’ America
Monday, June 07, 2021
Ibram X. Kendi reflects on a shifting political culture -- and the fierce backlash against it. Plus, a remembrance of the 1921 Tulsa massacre.
OTM Presents: "Blindspot: Tulsa Burning"
Wednesday, June 02, 2021
Episode one of a new series from our WNYC colleagues and The HISTORY Channel.
Episode 1: The Past Is Present
Friday, May 28, 2021
The HISTORY® Channel
A horrible secret surfaces. Two families struggle with its legacy.
Introducing Blindspot: Tulsa Burning
Friday, May 21, 2021
The HISTORY® Channel
What happened in Tulsa 100 years ago?
Actor Daniel Kaluuya’s Road to Revolutionary
Thursday, March 04, 2021
Kai talks to the “Judas and the Black Messiah” star about his award-winning portrayal of Fred Hampton and the legacy of the Black Panther Party.
Daniel Kaluuya Plays “the Black Messiah”
Friday, February 19, 2021
The actor—known for “Get Out” and “Black Panther”—talks about his role in “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Kaluuya stars as Fred Hampton, a Black Panther leader many see as a martyr.
