About Me

Renée Bartlett-Webber is an audio and investigative journalist covering the public institutions that wield power and how it shapes individuals on a local level. She reports on how decisions made in city halls, school boards, and federal agencies reverberate through classrooms, labor markets, housing, and immigrant communities. 

Her work has explored San Francisco’s RV ban and arts funding cuts, federal reductions in teacher training programs serving low-income students and the effects of immigration enforcement on local laborers and asylum seekers. She is currently an immigration reporter with the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. 

Originally from Michigan and now based in California, Renée draws on her background in anthropology to inform a data-driven and culturally aware approach to her reporting. Her work has been published and broadcast by KALW Public Media, LAist, Napa Valley Register, AfroLA, and more.