UC Berkeley Journalism - Events

We host public events with distinguished speakers from the media, politics, business and other fields. You can receive event notifications by mailing list, RSS feed, or iCal.

Many school-sponsored events are also webcast as streaming video, either live or as video archives. All events with associated video are listed on the Webcasts page. Currently featured: Jack Hitt: The Art of the Query and Mao's Revolution: What Remains.

Some J-School-sponsored events can also be viewed at UCTV (Real video format).

Many J-School-sponsored events are also available at webcast.berkeley.edu.

About the Program

As part of its ongoing effort to revitalize scholastic journalism, the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) has selected UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism to host one of the society’s highly successful two-week summer training programs. Called the ASNE High School Journalism Institute, the program provides teachers the necessary tools to start or improve a high school paper.

Thirty-three teachers from across the nation will participate in the all expense paid institute at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism that begins June 5 and ends June 17.

"The institutes are a highly effective way to train and prepare dedicated high school teachers who in turn are inspiring and shaping the next diverse generation of journalists," said Peter K. Bhatia, ASNE president and Executive Editor of The Oregonian, Portland.

The institute will inform teachers about daily newspaper operations, news values and ethical decision-making in journalism. Participants will receive hands-on training in reporting, editing, design, photo and graphics skills. The institute also aims to help shift the focus of many high school newspapers to fair and balanced news reporting and writing rather than essay writing, public relations and opinion pieces.

A concerted effort is made to target teachers from schools where scholastic media is foundering or non-existent. In its first three years, ASNE Institutes trained 554 teachers from 47 states, plus
the District of Columbia.

ASNE is the principal organization of the top editors at daily newspapers throughout the Americas. ASNE focuses on the professional development of its members and journalism-related issues, including the First Amendment, newsroom staff diversity, journalism education, and journalism credibility.