Sarah Allen(XLVIII)
- Producer
Sarah Allen has 20 years of experience working in various areas of media; including video production, online media and writing. Shortly after graduating college, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in Broadcast media and was hired as one of the first employees for a start-up network called the Tennis Channel; which has since been on the air for close to 20 years. She also got on the ground floor of the now defunct, Current TV, founded by former Vice President, Al Gore. She eventually transitioned from broadcast to print and online media.
She has a Bachelor's degree in radio & TV from San Francisco State University, is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and has served as a board member for the Bay Area Black Journalists Association since January, 2011. She has also served as a board member for the last 4 years at the Maynard Institute, a non-profit dedicated to promoting diversity in newsrooms nationwide.
Sarah loves connecting people through community organizing and event planning. In August, 2019 she hosted a panel discussion in Miami at the National Association of Black Journalists convention with actor/rapper, Ice Cube and the BIG3 basketball league on Diversity in Sports. In October, 2019 she negotiated an autobiography book deal for former NBA player, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, called "In the Blink of An Eye" to be released in October, 2022 by Kaepernick Publishing. She has worked as an executive producer on Abdul-Rauf's feature documentary, Stand, slated to be released on Showtime Network in early 2023.
She has a Bachelor's degree in radio & TV from San Francisco State University, is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and has served as a board member for the Bay Area Black Journalists Association since January, 2011. She has also served as a board member for the last 4 years at the Maynard Institute, a non-profit dedicated to promoting diversity in newsrooms nationwide.
Sarah loves connecting people through community organizing and event planning. In August, 2019 she hosted a panel discussion in Miami at the National Association of Black Journalists convention with actor/rapper, Ice Cube and the BIG3 basketball league on Diversity in Sports. In October, 2019 she negotiated an autobiography book deal for former NBA player, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, called "In the Blink of An Eye" to be released in October, 2022 by Kaepernick Publishing. She has worked as an executive producer on Abdul-Rauf's feature documentary, Stand, slated to be released on Showtime Network in early 2023.