Sasa Woodruff
News DirectorExpertise: News wrangling, longform story editing, documentary
Education: U.C. Berkeley + University of Utah
Highlights
- Reported, produced and edited for NPR and American Public Media’s Marketplace
- Editorial Integrity and Leadership Initiative fellow
- Public Media Journalism Association, Board Member
Experience
I moved to Boise in the fall of 2019 to run the Boise State Public Radio newsroom as news director. I help shape the local stories you hear with a phenomenal team of reporters and hosts. Before Boise, I reported, produced and edited for NPR and American Public Media on everything from racism against Roma in Slovakia to a glow in the dark ramen popup.
I have degrees in journalism and German language and literature from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where I grew up. I’m also a graduate of U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism’s documentary film program.
When I’m not thinking about audio, I’m in the kitchen fermenting cabbages or persimmons and piping cream puffs. For the record, I was into sourdough before it was COVID cool. Oh, and I don’t have a stomach.
Email: sasawoodruff@boisestate.edu
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Organic materials in landfills is a major contributor to methane emissions, but keeping things like grass clippings, apple cores or paper products out of the regular waste stream is a win for reducing greenhouse gases. -
The State of Idaho issued a death warrant for 73-year-old convicted murderer, Thomas Eugene Creech. -
Screech, the white peacock, showed up almost two decades ago and has become a fixture of a Boise-Bench neighborhood. -
Eleven aboard a YMCA summer camp bus are injured on Highway 55 -
The Blaine County Sheriff is issuing a mandatory evacuation order for parts of Hailey. -
Global demand for potatoes is spiking prices for Idaho's largest crop export, but supply is having a hard time keeping up. -
New carbon dating shows point spears found in Idaho are thought to be the oldest known weapons in North America -
Boise State University biology professor Jesse Barber studies light pollution's effects on animals and insects and how an experiment with red lighting could mitigate the effects of blue and white lights -
Cogon grass is considered one of the most invasive weeds in the country; a recent sighting in the Boise foothills has Ada County working to kill and contain the noxious plant. -
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Boise State Public Radio's Sasa Woodruff about her experience with genetic testing and how she chose to live without a stomach as a result.
