Ashley Kang
Content ProducerAshley Kang is a content producer for WAER 88.3 FM under Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. She supports the station with community-driven story ideas; planning of the monthly public affairs show; Syracuse Speak; and the launch of an education beat.
She previously served at Syracuse University as director of The Stand, Syracuse’s South Side Community Newspaper Project, for 13 years. That effort targeted Syracuse’s South Side neighborhood and was produced in partnership with Newhouse students, Syracuse residents and a community board of directors. Both the print and online news source aimed to show the positive things happening within the neighborhood as well as the obstacles to success residents face.
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Central New York ceramic artist Jordan Coons creates double-walled vessels that mimic human expression -
The Hanover Thursdays concert series returns, filling Hanover Square with five consecutive Thursdays of live music and civic pride -
A new community housing fair addresses Syracuse's housing crisis -
Syracuse University professor launches Project Mend to train individuals impacted by incarceration and share their voices -
The Arts Project Syracuse recently released a music video to raise funds to sustain support for arts education serving under-resourced youth -
The Syracuse Police Athletic/Activities League to offer four sessions of free summer camp to local youth -
Ever wonder why Syracuse is known as the “Salt City? If you’re in need of the answer, look no further than a city fourth grader because all 1,600 can now tell you why, thanks to a collaboration between the school district, Syracuse Salt Company and the Onondaga Historical Association. -
The Central New York Community Foundation's community dataset website, CNYvitals.org, now offers analysis of community indicators by race. -
A Syracuse support group meets monthly to primarily support Black residents deal with generational trauma, feelings of grief and the lasting impact of COVID-19 -
STEM From Dance, a nationally offered program, is being brought to Syracuse this summer to empower middle school girls of color to consider careers in STEM using dance.
