Interviews

A few news stories, radio shows, & video documentaries I’ve had the pleasure and honor of contributing to through various interviews . . .

• “Professor explains perks, precautions for visiting parks during the pandemic.” SF State News, Strategic Marketing & Communications, by Kent Bravo, 7/21/20
• “National Park Service continues to grapple with diversity in workforce.” National Parks Traveler, by Lori Sonken, 7/05/20
• “Diversity in the great outdoors” by Julian Espinoza, XPRESS Magazine (serving the SFSU community), 12/26/18
• “Why national parks accessibility matters: Here are three ways the National Park Service is proving parks belong to all Americans.” by Christina Djossa. National Geographic | Travel, 10/29/18
• “Transporting kids to nature” by Aleta George. Bay Area Monitor: A publication of the League of Women Voters of the Bay Area, June/July 2018, 43(6), p. 3-4. (web version of story)
• “Fostering diversity in land management: An Interview with Dr. Nina S. Roberts” by Claire Meyler, California Invasive Plant Council for the Dispatch, Summer newsletter, 2018, 26(2), p. 6-7
• “Study finds U.S. Forest Service lands underused by minorities”. By Lisa Owens Viani, SF State News, Strategic Marketing & Communications, 5/31/18
• National Park Service Proposes Fee Increases (various interviews):
  1. “National Park Service proposes hiking entry fee for Yosemite, popular parks” – Interview with Michael Krasny, KQED Forum, audio broadcast, 10/26/17
  2. “Donald Trump wants to double the price of getting into Yosemite. Is that fair?” Sacramento Bee, 10/27/17
  3. “Will Higher Fees Hurt the National Park Service’s Diversity Efforts?“. The Atlantic/CityLab, 10/27/17
• “Are the Bay Area’s parks too crowded? Depends on your perspective“. Bay Nature Magazine, 6/28/17
• “How nature heals: Why East Bay doctors are prescribing the outdoors to people of color.” East Bay Express, News & Opinion. 5/18/17
• “National Parks have some work to do to become Parks for All“. KQED Science Radio – Story transcripts and audio, 8/8/16
• “Fostering equal access to the Forest.” Community engagement with Save the Redwoods League, 6/24/15
• “To get kids to the wilderness, Oakland group trains and equips trip leaders” – Bay Nature Magazine, 12/15/14
• “Parks for All? The National Park Service struggles to connect with a changing America” – High Country News, 5/19/14
• Faculty spotlight: An Interview with Nina Roberts, Professor of Recreation, Parks & Tourism. SF State University, Environmental Studies Program Newsletter, p. 3, 2013/14
• “Same dance, different day” – Interview with Raynelle Rino for “The D Word: Creating a Niche for Diversity”, 11/23/13
• “Give back: Community Service Learning and cultural humility”  SFSU Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, Spring 2013, video documentary, 9/18/13
• “Outdoor Advice + Tips: With Liberty and Adventure For all” – National Geogaphic | Adventure, 1/19/12
• “Bringing the San Gabriel Mountains closer to the people“ – The City Project, 2/9/12
• “America’s Great Outdoors Diversity Initiative” – High Country News, 3/11/11
• “National parks reach out to Blacks who aren’t visiting” – New York Times, 11/2/10
• “Expanding the Palette: As America’s population become more diverse, will its changes be reflected in park visitors?” NPCA magazine, Summer 2010
• Inner City Outward Bound: SF State University student documentary on urban youth experiencing the outdoors. This film follows a class of students from Mission High School, San Francisco to Point Reyes National Seashore for a wilderness expedition, Spring 2010
• Student Conservation Association, Community Programs: Documentary-style profile co-directed and co-edited by Stephanie Mackley, Fall 2009
• “Aiming to add more diversity under America’s blue skies” – CNN.com, 9/2/09
• Closing State Parks could have domino effect on the economy – New America Media, June  2009
• Visitors to Nation’s Parks Need to Represent the New America – New America Media, April 2009
• Governor proposes cuts to California State Parks – Interview with student journalist from the SFSU campus newspaper “The Golden Gate XPress“, Jan. 2008
• “Welcoming Minorities to State Parks” – Radio interview with The Allegheny Front for Great  Outdoors Week. Interview occurred during the PA Governor’s Conference Outdoors in March 2007, published 5/30/07
• People on Campus- Interview with Denize Springer for SF State News, 4/20/07
• Race in the Backcountry on WildeBeat – The audio journal about getting into the wilderness.  Interview with Steve Sargent posted on 1/25/07. See Show #73, extended version (12 minutes) and update #11 (4 min.)
• Trailblazers: When scholarship meets recreation – “From hiking trails to academic journals, Nina Roberts leaes her mark”. Interview appears in Parks & Recreation Magazine, June 2006, 41(6)