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Carren Jao

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Born and raised in the Philippines, Carren is a storyteller at heart, working to uplift diverse voices. She is a skilled digital storyteller with more than a decade of experience working on engaging content that lives on multiple platforms. Her arts and culture stories have won recognition from the LA Press Club and the Asian American Journalists Association.

As arts and culture editor for KCET, a public television station and online destination in Southern California, she leads editorial strategy and content development for arts, culture, food, travel and history content. Working with collaborators across 11 Southern California counties, she tells award-winning stories that matter.

Previously, Carren has worked as a full-time freelance journalist. Her work has been published around the world, including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Wired UK, Surface, Dwell and many others.

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Winners pose for photos with Clifford the Big Red Dog | Courtesy of Mae Koo Photography
PBS SoCal KIDS Writers Contest Winners Awarded
After receiving a record 895 submissions, sixteen Southern California writers from kindergarten to third grade were recognized for their storytelling talents.
NASA research pilot Bill Dana takes a moment to watch NASA's NB-52B cruise overhead after a research flight in the HL-10. | NASA
'Blue Sky Metropolis' Uncovers the Untold Story of Southern California's Aerospace Industry
A new four-part documentary mini-series from acclaimed filmmaker Peter Jones showcases a century of aerospace in Southern California and explores the intersection of aerospace and Southern California from multiple perspectives.
"Los tenis de Cuauhtémoc" 2018 Día del los Muertos Commemorative Print | Dewey Tafoya, Courtesy of Self Help Graphics & Art
[CLOSED] Giveaway: Limited Edition 2018 Día de los Muertos Print
Día de los Muertos prints have been a staple in Self Help Graphics & Art's celebration of the sacred tradition for decades. Enter to win one of these precious prints.
Heath Ceramics primary image | Still from "Heath Ceramics: The Making of a California Classic"
Visual Timeline: The Making of a California Classic Company, Heath Ceramics
Heath Ceramics is a hallmark of mid-century modern design. See a visual timeline of the company's pivotal moments using many rare photos.
A student of Chiura Obata's art classes painting a free water color | Dorothea Lange, War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement / National Archives ABs10 MMD
Creativity in Captivity: Photos of Resilience Inside the Camps
After Pearl Harbor, nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent were sent to relocation camps, bereft of their belongings and removed from their communities. These photos are a glimpse of the strength of spirit they found in art during those times.
Some of the people finding solutions to overhaul broken food systems. | Stills from "Broken Bread"
The Fixers: Meet the People Overhauling the Broken Food System
The broken food system is a hydra-headed problem. Meet the people working to make significant change on multiple fronts.
Detail of Wadsworth Jarrell's Revolutionary (Angela Davis), 1971. Acryclic and mixed media on canvas. | Carren Jao
'Soul of a Nation' Exhibition Gives Black Artists Their Due
“Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983" creates constellations of relationships that succeed in giving viewers a deeper appreciation of the multiple concerns of African American artists then, which still reverberate today.
Still from Kenneth Tam's "Griffith Park Boys Camp" | Courtesy of the artist
Artist’s Boys Camp Asks What It Means to be a Man Today
One summer day in Griffith Park, a small line of grown men dressed in newspaper costumes clambered up a hiking trail. They were participants in artist Kenneth Tam’s social experiment, “Griffith Park Boys Camp," which re-imagines masculinity today.
Desert X installation view, John Gerrard, Western Flag (Spindletop, Texas) 2017, 2017-2019 | Lance Gerber, courtesy of Desert X
The Best Guide to Desert X 2019
Covering 55 miles of Coachella Valley (and even a few spots in Mexico), the art biennial Desert X can be a daunting task to view. Use this map to maximize your road trip to the desert this year.
Paul Pescador, "Going West" 2018. Film still. | Courtesy of the artist
Paul Pescador Excavates and Remixes L.A. Neighborhoods
Artist Paul Pescador creates a feature-length art film called “Going West or 15 Years in L.A.” It tackles his time in four of L.A.’s neighborhoods — University Park, Melrose, Highland Park and Santa Monica — and how each have morphed in the years since
Robert Winter upon receiving the freshly printed sixth edition of "An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles" | Robert Inman
Author of L.A.’s Architectural Bible, Robert Winter, Has Died
Cultural historian and co-author of the seminal, “An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles,” Robert Winter has died at the age of 94. His passing has left many in this vast, complicated city saddened.
Samantha Boshnack in her final performance in L.A. | Emma Wang
L.A. Residency Gives Young Jazz Artists a Leg Up
It may not get top billing, but the jazz scene in Los Angeles is unexpectedly rich. An ongoing L.A. residency for young jazz artists is ensuring that it stays that way.
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