Cityside launches The Oaklandside, sister site to Berkeleyside, built on a foundation of listening
The Oaklandside is the first launch for Cityside, the newly formed nonprofit that is also parent to Berkeleyside.
Tasneem Raja
Tasneem Raja is the editor-in-chief of The Oaklandside and co-founder of Cityside. She was a former senior editor at NPR and Mother Jones, and co-founder of The Tyler Loop, a nonprofit local journalism platform in East Texas. A graduate of the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of journalism, she helped launch The Bay Citizen and Oakland North.
Articles by Tasneem Raja
Relief for East Bay artists, mapping food security, and goodbye Stork Club (for now)
News and notes from our Oakland newsletter.
Berkeleyside hires 2 new journalists; Natalie Orenstein to join new Oakland newsroom
Berkeleyside reporter Orenstein joining the Oakland newsroom brings the total number of staff there to seven.
OUSD’s digital divide, voices from Santa Rita, helping Chinatown eateries: your weekly Oakland news roundup
News and notes from our Oakland newsletter.
Corner stores step up: Temescal Produce Market
From the first dizzying days of lockdown, Temescal Produce Market has proved a reliable source of groceries and community for nearby Oaklanders.
Berkeleyside announces 3 new journalists for its Oakland newsroom
Jacob Simas, Ashley McBride and Ricky Rodas are hitting the ground running reporting on COVID-19 Oakland news ahead of the launch of our standalone Oakland newsroom.
Distance learning, births, jail protest: your weekly Oakland news roundup
News and notes from our Oakland newsletter
Oakland physicians on COVID-19: How community health centers are serving Oakland through the crisis
A ‘virtual roundtable’ with public-health experts from La Clínica de la Raza, the African American Wellness Project and Roots Community Health Center
COVID-19 prompts Cityside to accelerate Oakland expansion with joint, rapid-response newsroom
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Berkeleyside like everyone else, but it’s also presenting us with an opportunity to innovate.
