Elena Neale-Sacks (they/them) is a reporter and audio producer from Davis, California currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. They’re passionate about storytelling and love reporting on how politics and policy impact people’s everyday lives. Elena’s favorite stories to tell are ones that identify and challenge widespread assumptions, and illuminate alternative perspectives.

Elena interviewing the co-founders of Shelterwood—an Indigenous, Black, and Queer-led community forest collective, in September 2022.

ELENA’S WORK HAS APPEARED ON…

  • NPR

  • NPR’s Code switch

  • KQED

  • Netflix

  • 90.3 KAZU

  • The Oregonian/OregonLive

  • CALMATTERS

  • BAY NATURE magazine

  • San josé Spotlight

  • THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  • And more!