At Cabrillo, you will learn from award winning journalists with years of real-world experience!
Alexandria Bordas
Alexandria Bordas is an award-winning investigative journalist and editor. She worked as a reporter on the San Francisco Chronicle's Investigative Team from 2020-2023 to report on dozens of sexual assault allegations against a Sonoma County mayor and winery owner. The resulting report, a multi-part investigative series published over two years, revealed systemic failures by city and police, and ultimately spawned four criminal investigations, two lawsuits, two state political ethics probes, an FPPC investigation, an investigation of the town that employed the mayor; and the resignation of the mayor himself from multiple Sonoma County positions of authority. Alexandria was named journalist of the year in 2022 by the Society of Professional Journalists. She has been a professor of journalism for three years and is a mentor to early-career investigative reporters across the Bay Area.
Brad Kava
Brad Kava is an award-winning journalist who has been published in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the San Jose Mercury News, the Kansas City Star and the Bradenton Herald, among others. He was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for coverage of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. He’s also won awards for news and feature writing. He’s covered hard news and features, including a 10-year stint as a music critic. He is currently the publisher of the magazine Growing Up in Santa Cruz.
Rachel Goodman
Rachel Goodman has been in the field of broadcast journalism for the past 40-plus years. She earned a Peabody award for her work on the NPR series “The DNA Files” and produced several popular long-form radio documentaries, including “Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farmworkers” and “Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country Music.” Ms. Goodman is the founder of KSQD community radio in Santa Cruz where she is the board chair. She currently teaches at the University of California, Santa Cruz as well as at Cabrillo College. Her interests include the impact of fake news on politics and culture and the connection between advertising and public attitudes about environmental issues.