Anthony Wallace
Producer, The FinestAnthony Wallace is the producer of "The Finest," a documentary and interview style podcast that covers the people, stories and art that are redefining culture in San Diego.
He produced two documentary podcast series for KJZZ, Phoenix’s NPR member station, and his audio and written work has been published by BBC, NPR, Associated Press, and The Guardian. He lived and worked in 2023 in Mexico and Peru, where he covered migration, history, and culture stories for a variety of outlets.
Anthony grew up in the Phoenix area and studied philosophy at Northern Arizona University before earning a master’s degree from Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism. In 2021, he received an Edward R. Murrow award for a podcast series about the American juvenile justice system.
In his free time Anthony makes music, hikes, and eats adventurously.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a business accused of knowingly hiring workers without legal status Thursday afternoon. Federal agents on the scene said they arrested fewer than 20 people. -
Vice President JD Vance landed at a U.S. military base in Greenland on Friday, amid concerns that the U.S. is seeking to seize control of the Danish island territory. -
Gavi, which helps countries purchase and distribute vaccines, is among thousands of programs determined to be "inconsistent with the national interest or Agency policy priorities." -
The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration over its use of the wartime law to quickly deport people, which they say violates due process. -
Pinch-hitter Gavin Sheets’ tying homer kicked off the Padres’ four-run rally in the seventh inning, Jackson Merrill drove in four runs and San Diego beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 Thursday on opening day. -
"Reopening this campground while the air and water remain compromised is dangerous to rangers and campers and a waste of our tax dollars. We need the county to do its part to fix the sewage crisis, not pretend like it doesn't exist."
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The alternative weekly is laying off staff and shifting to online-only publishing after printing approximately 2,600 issues. -
Jason Magabo Perez, appointed San Diego Poet Laureate in 2023, is closing his term — and his San Diego Poetry Futures 2024 initiative — with a poetry festival at UC San Diego this weekend. -
Books Through Bars San Diego fulfills thousands of book requests from incarcerated people nationwide. Volunteers ship books and write letters in response.
- New regulation on money transfers will likely impact San Diego border region
- ICE raids El Cajon paint shop accused of knowingly hiring workers without legal status
- Poway Councilmember Tony Blain accused of harassment, faces recall
- Who gets parole? Investigation reveals stark racial differences in past sentencing of robbery murder cases
- Investigation shows racial disparity in life sentences doled out by San Diego courts