Sarah Aida Gonzalez is the youth and families reporter at WNYC. She has dug deep into data and documents to reveal systemic inequalities in New Jersey’s foster care system, and into how the state prosecutes minors and disciplines federal immigration detainees.
Sarah received the 2017 Daniel Schorr Prize, awarded to a public radio reporter under age 35, and was named a finalist for the 2017 Livingston Awards for young journalists. Her investigative and feature reporting has received a national Edward R. Murrow award, and national awards from PRNDI, The Society of Professional Journalists and the Education Writer’s Association. Her investigation into Florida charter schools turning away students with severe disabilities received an Online News Association award for Innovative Investigative Journalism.
Sarah graduated from Mills College in Oakland, CA in 2009. She grew up on the San Diego/Tijuana, Mexico border.
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Sarah Gonzalez appears in the following:
Episode 853: Peak Sand
Friday, July 13, 2018
Sand. It's in buildings, windows, your cell phone. But there isn't enough in the world for everyone. And that's created a dangerous black market.
How Universities And Businesses Are Trying To Engineer More Accidental Genius
Friday, July 13, 2018
Some of the greatest discoveries in the world have been totally random and happened by accident. Penicillin, X-ray images, the smoke detector, popsicles. Now, universities and businesses are trying to see if they can create the conditions for the next great accident.
Episode 847: Inventing Accidents
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
The medical world has been trying to cure color blindness for centuries. Then a glass scientist figured it out. By accident.
How The World Trade Organization Resolves Trade Disputes
Friday, May 25, 2018
Twenty-three years ago, a lot of countries agreed to follow certain trade rules. If a country broke one of those rules, they agreed the World Trade Organization could make them pay. As the U.S., China and the EU negotiate trade disputes, a look at a past case explains how these issues should get resolved.
Episode 842: Showdown at the WTO
Friday, May 18, 2018
The World Trade Organization: Can't live with it, hard to crush your trade opponents without it.
Women Find New Ways To Raise Venture Capital
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Just 2 percent of all venture capital dollars go to women. Now women are finding a different way to fund their businesses.
Episode 835: Tariffied
Friday, April 13, 2018
We're in a full-fledged trade war with China. We dig into the list of Chinese tariffs on American products. It gets weird...and delicious.
NYC Teachers Say Safety Drills Feel Different After Parkland Shooting
Friday, March 23, 2018
The New York City protocol tells teachers to remember "Lock, Lights, Out of Sight" during lock-down and other safety drills.
Episode 4: 'Oh My God, What Have I Done?'
Monday, March 19, 2018
Children who struggle with mental health issues are often swept up in the justice system. Honor perpetrates a violent crime, but instead of jail, he gets a shot at a diversion program.
#WalkOut and Call In
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Special coverage of the 17-minute walkout with students, teachers, reporters.
This Is How NYC Students Plan a Walkout
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Students around New York City are taking it upon themselves to organize their school’s walkout.
Here are the Rules If Your Student Wants to Join School Walk Out
Friday, March 09, 2018
New York City students who walk out of class for 17 minutes on March 14 won't be disciplined, as long as their parents give their school permission to participate.
Miami Schools Chief Tapped to Replace Chancellor Fariña
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Mayor de Blasio has announced that Alberto Carvalho, the Miami-Dade school superintendent, will be next to lead New York City schools.
NYC Extends the Deadline for Kindergarten Applications
Friday, January 12, 2018
The New York City Department of Education has extended the deadline to apply to kindergarten.
Inmates Can't Receive Donated Books Anymore, They Have to Buy Them
Tuesday, January 09, 2018
Inmates in three NY prisons can no longer receive donated books in the mail from family and community groups. They have to buy books from state-approved vendors with a limited selection.
Hundreds Attend Erica Garner Funeral
Tuesday, January 09, 2018
Rev. Al Sharpton said Erica Garner's “heart was attacked.” And that the attack began when she saw the video of her father, Eric Garner, dying from an unauthorized police choke-hold.
Salvadorans in U.S. Could Be Next to Lose Protected Status
Sunday, January 07, 2018
After a massive earthquake in 2001, immigrants from El Salvador were granted Temporary Protected Status from deportation. The Trump Administration could announce its end Monday.
Teens Arrested On Gang Suspicion Are Released Due To Lack Of Evidence
Tuesday, December 05, 2017
After his arrest in New York and immigration detention across three states, a 16-year-old has been released. A federal judge ruled there wasn't enough evidence to prove he was an MS-13 gang member.
Don’t Point
Thursday, November 30, 2017
We want our listeners to learn and be moved and see the world differently -- but what’s the line between those experiences and merely gawking at people different from ourselves?
Ask The Ethicist
Thursday, November 30, 2017
What’s fair use? Do you need to get approval from Richard Simmons to do a podcast about Richard Simmons? A journalist and a lawyer tackle all your pod-ethics questions.
