Sylvia Cunningham is an Associate Editor and Reporter at KCRW Berlin. She first joined the team in October 2017 as a grantee from the Fulbright Young Professional Journalist Program.
Before moving to Berlin, Sylvia worked in New York for NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. She also contributed to NBCNews.com, her stories ranging from the impact of Muhammad Ali’s death on the Louisville community, Michelle Obama’s final commencement speech as First Lady, and blood donation regulations in the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida.
For David Spengler, Matt Walthall, and Tom Crozier, the idea to start home-brewing beer in Berlin came to them during band practice in 2009. They were getting tired of…
At 7:00 p.m. on Saturday night, 200 students from all over the world will be taking the stage at the RBB Große Sendesaal in Berlin for the annual High…
This year marks the 20th anniversary of V-Day, a global campaign started by playwright and activist Eve Ensler to end violence against women. In recognition of the anniversary, the…
The 2018 Winter Olympic Games will officially kick off on Friday, with 154 German athletes heading to Pyeongchang to compete for the gold in 15 disciplines. Sports reporter Claus…
As of this week, the Berlin Wall has been gone for longer than it stood. The world may know “The Wall” through memorials and iconic photos, but stories from…
In the early 1970s, Holly-Jane Rahlens packed up her New York life and moved to Berlin for love. She describes experiencing Berlin “like a fish out of water,” a…
The Obama presidency is marked by iconic moments caught on camera: from tense scenes in the situation room to intimate interactions between the former president and a young boy,…
The earliest memory Raven Chacon recalls of music-making is hearing his grandfather sing Navajo songs while working, watching television, or reading. Later as Chacon began taking piano lessons and…
Christmas came early this year for Berlin cook Susan Choi and her business partners, Shawn Beck and Damien Guichard. Just about a week ago, they were handed the keys…
A new memorial unveiled at the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market on the one year anniversary of the terror attack shows a crack in the pavement, filled in with a gold-colored…
