Desmond Meagley has been on the staff of The Peralta Citizen for the past two and a half years. Desmond recently won a James Madison Freedom of Information Award from the regional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for exemplary leadership as Editor in Chief of the paper during 2025. He is a California Press Foundation scholar and serves on the board of the Northern California chapter of the National Association for LGBTQ+ Journalists. He received an Honorable Mention from NPR for the audio story he produced about a shooting on the Laney College campus in 2025 that took the life of the athletic director. Currently he is a Newscast intern at KQED working on general assignment reporting.
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