109 // Sakshi Venkatraman // Journalist at NBC News // Share Their Stories

Sakshi Venkatraman, a senior at NYU and intern at NBC News, shares her story of finding her voice through the power of journalism and storytelling. Guest host Marva interviews Sakshi as they recollect about their times together at Washington Square News. Join us for this powerful conversation on finding our own voice through sharing others' stories.Meet Sakshi!Sakshi Venkatraman is a senior at NYU majoring in Politics with minors in Spanish and Web Programming and Applications. She's a multimedia journalist with experience in writing, photography, and audio for various publications, broadcast networks, and radio stations in New York City and Texas. She also has experience working with Python and programming websites with HTML, PHP and Javascript (in fact, she programmed this one). Sakshi served as editor-in-chief of NYU's Washington Square News in 2019, and she is currently an intern with NBC News Digital, where she covers national news, including race, culture, coronavirus, South Asians, and the LGBTQ+ community.Connect with Sakshi!Instagram: @oompapa1Twitter: @sakshi_sarojaLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sakshi-venkatraman/Sakshi's portfolio: http://sakshivenkatraman.com/index.htmlWSN: https://nyunews.com/2019/01/28/venkatraman-journalism-darkest-days/#Learn more about and RSVP for the New Your City Asian American Student Conference at https://nycaasc.com/// Meet Marva Shi, our Guest Host during the month of April 2021Connect with Marva:LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/marva-shi/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/marvashi/Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/marvaaaaaa// Support the show:Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/dearasianamericans/DAA Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dearasianamericansSupport Jerry & Just Like MediaBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jerrywon// Join the Dear Asian Americans Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dearasianamericans// Listen to Dear Asian Americans on all major platforms:Transistor.fm: http://www.dearasianamericans.comApple: https://apple.dearasianamericans.comSpotify: https://spotify.dearasianamericans.comStitcher: https://stitcher.dearasianamericans.comGoogle: https://google.dearasianamericans.com  Follow us on Instagram:  http://www.instagram.com/dearasianamericans  Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dearasianamericans  Subscribe to our YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/dearasianamericans  Learn more about DAA Producer and Host Jerry Won:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrywon/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerryjwon/// Support the show by becoming a patron on Patreon at http:www.patreon.com/dearasianamericans// Join the Asian Podcast Network:Web: https://asianpodcastnetwork.com/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/asianpodcastnetwork/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asianpodcastnetwork/Dear Asian Americans is produced by Just Like Media:Web: http://www.justlikemedia.comInstagram.com: http://www.instagram.com/justlikemedia