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Sachi Cunningham

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Sachi Cunningham is an American filmmaker, surf photographer, journalist and Professor Emerita of Multimedia Journalism at San Francisco State University.[1][2][3]

Career

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Cunningham is the director and producer of Big Wave Women (formerly SheChange), an upcoming documentary about female surfers.[4] She is also a journalism professor at San Francisco State University.[5]

She was a producer and director of photography for PBS FRONTLINE/World. She was also a video journalist for the Los Angeles Times.[6][7]

Education

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Cunningham is an alumnus of Brown University and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.[7]

Personal life

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Cunningham is a cancer survivor.[8]

References

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  1. Tsui, Bonnie (2023-02-17). "A Big-Wave Photographer Faces Frigid Water, Sharks and Currents to Get the Shot". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  2. "Need A Day At The Beach? Tag Along With Big Wave Photographer Sachi Cunningham". Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  3. "San Francisco surf photographer turns lens on women and athletes of color". KTVU FOX 2. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  4. "SheChange | About | Big Wave Women Surfers | San Francisco". SheChange. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  5. "Sachi Cunningham | Department of Journalism". journalism.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  6. Roosevelt, Margot (2010-06-08). "Gulf oil spill: Cambodian cleanup workers speak out". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  7. 1 2 "Stepping Into Liquid". www.brownalumnimagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  8. Douglas-Rosa, Ashtyn (2017-06-11). "Photographer Sachi Cunningham, on overcoming cancer". Surfer Magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-17.