Sajina Shrestha
Producer/ReporterSajina Shrestha is a WAMC producer and reporter. She graduated from the Newmark Graduate School in 2023 with a Masters in Audio and Data Journalism. In her free time, she likes to draw and embroider. She can be reached at sshrestha@wamc.org.
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Those honored Tuesday will now be memorialized in the New York State Police Officers Memorial at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. -
Mother-daughter relationships can take on many forms, including in drag culture, where a drag mother functions as a mentor to her drag daughter. Ahead of Mother’s Day, a local mother-daughter drag duo shares more about the importance of these maternal figures to drag performers. -
Rachel Reilly, of the Hinckle United Tenants Union, is among advocates pushing the state Legislature to pass the Rent Emergency Stabilization Act. -
The Democrat has been a county lawmaker since 2021. It remains to be determined if he will face four-term incumbent Mayor Gary McCarthy in a primary. -
Mayor Dorcey Applyrs said the 2025 deficit is actually $19.6 million, and that poor budget management oversight by former Mayor Kathy Sheehan's administration and unbudgeted expenses contributed to the deficit. -
A resident was killed and six other people were injured in a Troy structure fire Wednesday. -
Over the years, the Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association has made efforts to be more inclusive of other gender minorities. WAMC’s Sajina Shrestha visited a local team to learn what that entails as sports leagues grapple with laws regarding the participation of transgender individuals in sports. -
The average number of exams administered has remained steady, but 66% of students passed in 2025 versus just 44% in 2019. -
On this week’s 51%, WAMC’s Sarah LaDuke speaks with actress and comedian Cecily Strong about her role in the new off-Broadway production of What Happened Was… in New York City. We also chat with writer Lori Carlson-Hijuelos, wife of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos, about how they supported and pushed each other creatively during their 15-year marriage. WAMC’s Sajina Shrestha also meets an up-and-coming Albany, New York band showcasing the softer center of the hardcore rock scene. -
On this week’s 51%, WAMC’s Sarah LaDuke speaks with actress and comedian Cecily Strong about her role in the new off-Broadway production of What Happened Was… in New York City. We also chat with writer Lori Carlson-Hijuelos, wife of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos, about how they supported and pushed each other creatively during their 15-year marriage. WAMC’s Sajina Shrestha also meets an up-and-coming Albany, New York band showcasing the softer center of the hardcore rock scene.
