Elena Neale-Sacks (they/them) is an Emmy-winning researcher, reporter, and audio producer. They grew up in Davis, California and have lived in Santa Cruz, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Portland, Oregon. They’re passionate about rich storytelling and reporting on how politics and policy impact people’s everyday lives.

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

ELENA’S WORK HAS APPEARED ON…

  • All things considered (NPR)

  • Npr newscast

  • Code switch (NPR)

  • KQED

  • Netflix

  • 90.3 KAZU

  • The Oregonian/OregonLive

  • CALMATTERS

  • BAY NATURE magazine

  • San josé Spotlight

  • THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  • And more!