Hana Baba

Sudanese-American Hana Baba is a San Francisco-based co-host of CrossCurrents, a daily radio newsmagazine that broadcasts on KALW Public Radio 91.7. She is also a freelance writer and reporter. She interviews and reports on ethnic communities, poverty, health, culture, religion, arts, and the global nature of the San Francisco Bay Area. She has interviewed high profile people including former US President Jimmy Carter. Her radio work also appears nationally on various NPR programs, PRI’s The World, BBC World Service, and New America Media. Her articles have appeared on New America Media and Sudan Tribune. Fluent in Arabic, Hana also reports from and about Sudan. She sits on the Board of Directors of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Northern California chapter, and has moderated the SPJ’s panel discussions on local media and journalism. She is a bilingual English and Arabic voice-over talent, and is the voice of the audio tour of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s permanent exhibit.