Ambika Kandasamy

Personal Information

First Name

Ambika

Last Name

Kandasamy

Public Press role

Reporter & Assistant News Editor

Bio

Ambika Kandasamy is a reporter and an assistant news editor at the San Francisco Public Press, where she reports on international development, scientific research and local culture. She was awarded the Women Immigrants Fellowship by New America Media this year. Her work has appeared on KQED News, Christian Science Monitor, GreenBiz, Shareable, World Journal and other news websites. She received her master's degree in Journalism from Boston University in 2010.

History

Member for

3 years 45 weeks

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More by Ambika Kandasamy

• Performer plays on the edge of reality
• Dying Northern India art form revived in Bay Area
• ‘Socially responsible outsourcing’ takes tech jobs to developing world
• Green hip-hop group pruned by budget cuts
• Women's comedy groups offer another outlet for humor in San Francisco
• Superfund site in San Francisco proves toxic for Navy, neighbors
• While big banks sink, microcredit thrives
• SF International Film Festival attendance up
• Earthquake readiness tips for 2010
• East Bay children’s theater company makes debut in San Francisco
• Worldwide micro-lender looks homeward: Q&A with Kiva.org’s Premal Shah
• Black and white graphic novel gets colorful in gallery exhibit
• Berkeley scientists’ next green energy alternative: stomach bug to biofuel
• Fund to boost Mid-Market Street cultural district has money but few takers
• Book examines life along Octavia Boulevard
• Microfinance comes under intense scrutiny for high interest rates, profits
• Bay Area nonprofit helps develop affordable medicines for Third World patients
• "Visual Aid" offers outlet, insight into artists with AIDS
• Sharing skills during the holidays
• Payday loan industry: the stories
• U.S. visas help trafficking victims, if applicants can vault legal hurdles
• Without long-term support, human trafficking survivors at risk of re-exploitation
• Bay Area Carbon Dioxide Sensor Network Aims to Check Climate Change Policies
• Food Prices at Center of Debate Over GMO Labeling in Prop 37