My name is B. Sakura Cannestra, and welcome to my website!

I’m a politics reporter based in the Bay Area. Right now, I report on Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and a host of other topics for San José Spotlight.

I graduated from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2023, with a focus on web design, writing passionately, and telling interactive stories.

Previously, I interned at POLITICO California, covering tech regulation and policy in California and helping to organize the California Playbook newsletter.

I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in English, minors in History and Creative Writing. In that time, I also grew my skills at The Daily Californian, covering everything from student government to higher education policy to protests attended by thousands. I also have experience in writing personal essay-style columns and publishing illustrations, also from The Daily Californian.

My interests in journalism are wide and varied, though my primary topic of interests are tech — tech culture, policy, innovation and advocacy. I am also very interested in new forms of telling stories, such as building digital interactive packages or audience engagement on social media.

I'm a plant dad and an avid calligrapher with a modest collection of gel pens.

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