SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Sally Baker is the host of “Wee Poets,” an organization that seeks to improve children’s literacy skills through creation and interpretation of poetry in a multimedia environment. During the past 40 years, thousands of children have appeared on the program.
Hundreds of youth have completed the free internship training program as television technicians. Some continued on to college, majored in multimedia, created their own TV programs or got jobs at TV stations.
Over the 40 years since it was launched in 1984, “Wee Poets” has won over 50 prestigious awards. It has also trained hundreds of interns. KRON4’s Reyna Harvey, a former guest on the show, has the story (Watch in the player above).
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