Athena Ankrah
Assistant Producer - The ShowAthena Ankrah is an assistant producer for KJZZ's The Show. Their award-winning work centers underserved voices in Phoenix.
Ankrah graduated from Arizona State University in 2023 with a bachelor’s in journalism and a second degree in Chicano media and expressive culture.
Before accepting a national student Edward R. Murrow award for Radio Feature Reporting in 2023, Ankrah began their broadcasting career in high school, where they hosted a monthly Teen Talk radio show.
Originally from Peoria, Arizona, they enjoy singing in their car and tending to their beloved houseplants.
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In part three of the special report OVERWHELMED, KJZZ’s The Show sit down with the sister of a man diagnosed with both schizophrenia and autism who was recently a patient at the Arizona State Hospital. -
In part two of the special report OVERWHELMED, The Show reports on the complexities for people diagnosed with both autism and serious mental illness. -
In part one of the special report OVERWHELMED, meet Matt Solan, who has autism and has been in the Arizona State Hospital for almost five years. He says he's out of coping tools and barely surviving. -
Autistic patients at the Arizona State Hospital say they are not receiving accommodations and it’s making them worse. -
As soon as they saw it for the first time, producer Athena Ankrah knew they would be watching "The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Special" every year for the foreseeable future. -
We’re taking a broad look at how each generation shows up in the workplace, and what issues local business leaders are working to solve. -
You might remember the results of the 2020 election, but not likely the winner in 1920. Now try to remember the losers of these races. -
Eleven teams of Arizona architects, engineers and construction workers recreated Olympic scenes in sculptures made entirely from cans of food for the 17th annual Canstruction Phoenix Metro Design Build. -
An oral historian working with the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center has been collecting stories from the descendants of the first Chinese families who found a home in Tucson. -
On Sunday, a children’s choir from Hermosillo, Sonora, joins two Phoenix-based music groups for a concert called "Música Sin Fronteras," or “Music Without Borders.”
