Anthony Wallace
Producer, The FinestAnthony Wallace is the producer of The Finest, a documentary and interview style podcast that covers the people, stories and art that are redefining culture in San Diego.
He produced two documentary podcast series for KJZZ, Phoenix’s NPR member station, and his audio and written work has been published by BBC, NPR, Associated Press, and The Guardian. He lived and worked in 2023 in Mexico and Peru, where he covered migration, history, and culture stories for a variety of outlets.
Anthony grew up in the Phoenix area and studied philosophy at Northern Arizona University before earning a master’s degree from Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism. In 2021, he received an Edward R. Murrow award for a podcast series about the American juvenile justice system.
In his free time Anthony makes music, hikes, and eats adventurously.
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Southeast San Diego's Shua opens up about his journey from signing a record deal as a teen to struggling to make ends meet. His story pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to survive as a musician today. -
Amy Truong and Lani Gobaleza's journey from viral success to reshaping the San Diego tea scene is a story of love, mindfulness and bold decisions. Tune in to hear their incredible story and how they're transforming the tea game.
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"Fashioning an Icon" explores the use of the Virgin of Guadalupe in fashion, textiles and adornment in Mexico and the San Diego border region. The exhibit includes work by locals Claudia Rodríguez-Biezunski, Diana Benavídez and Arianna Ytselle alongside nearly 70 Mexican artists. It is on view April 5 through Sept. 7. -
The alternative weekly is laying off staff and shifting to online-only publishing after printing approximately 2,600 issues. -
Jason Magabo Perez, appointed San Diego Poet Laureate in 2023, is closing his term — and his San Diego Poetry Futures 2024 initiative — with a poetry festival at UC San Diego this weekend.
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- El Cajon police and state AG’s Office at odds over sharing of surveillance data
- San Diego teens turn to peers for mental health support
- New housing development on horizon for South Bay
- 5 things to know about Gavin Newsom’s plan to redraw California’s election maps