Sara Shakir

Managing News Producer/ Health and Environmental reporter

I am Managing News Producer for Radio Bilingüe. I work with reporters and newsroom staff in the production of health, environmental, and immigration stories, among others. I particularly enjoy covering health and environmental justice issues. I studied journalism at Mexico's Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and at CSU Northridge. I earned a degree on Environmental Health from CSU Fresno in 2008. I am a marathon runner.

Articles

Radio Bilingue Fellowship Project

<p>The number of parks, fresh food stores, bicycle and jogging paths are influencing the spread of obesity and diabetes, particularly in minority communities, according to popular and scientific literature. I am reviewing the academic work been developed in several important cities that are trying to map out obesity and to correlated its prevalence with environmental factors. Recommendations and innovative solutions to the obesity epidemic in low income communities will be of particular interest.</p><p>Related work (comming soon!)</p>