Elena Neale-Sacks is an award-winning reporter, producer, and researcher. They grew up in Davis, California and have lived in Santa Cruz, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Portland, Oregon. They currently live in Southwest Washington. Elena is 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 public radio

  • KAZU public radio

  • Netflix

  • The Oregonian

  • CALMATTERS

  • BAY NATURE magazine

  • San josé Spotlight

  • THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  • And more!