Sally Joan Baker
Executive Producer and Host, WEE POETS
Berkeley, CA
For the past 20 years, Sally Joan Baker has been helping young, at-risk children and teens through the use of poetry. During her weekly cable television program, WEE POETS, children ages 7 to 13 in the Alameda and Contra Costa County School systems recite original poems on camera and learn from members of the community about different career opportunities.
Many of these children come from single parent families, have behavior problems, physical disabilities, or speak English as a second language. WEE POETS provides them with the opportunity to improve their reading, writing, public speaking and self-esteem. WEE POETS also provides free television technician internships to unskilled, at-risk teens, who produce the program.
To date, WEE POETS has reached over 27,000 children and trained more than 370 interns, 95 percent of who subsequently major in broadcasting. Baker began her career as an anchorwoman for KPFA radio and later moved into television broadcasting.
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