Business Reporting Events:
The J-School hosts numerous public events of interest to students and the general public. The events listed below are of particular interest to students in our program. Use the "Events View" picklist below to see events associated with other programs. See also: J-School Events (full listing).
- Nov
- 10
- 2008
- Peril and Possibility
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A discussion with Pulitzer-prize winning author Ron Suskind.
- Nov
- 20
- 2008
- JO WHALEY
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For one evening butterflies, beetles, dragonflies, and other colorful insects take center stage. Come see photographer Jo Whaley's newest work, celebrated in her book, The Theater of Insects, and highlighted this evening with a special lecture and book-signing.
- Nov
- 04
- 2008
- Live Election Night Coverage
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AUDIO WEBCAST: Please join us for an exciting evening of discussion featuring North Gate Hall journalists, analysts, and pollsters as they examine congressional races in battleground states across the country.
- Sep
- 26
- 2008
- Business Journalism Workshop
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A FREE one-day business journalism workshop will be held in Berkeley, Calif., on Friday, September 26, 2008. This workshop is open not only to business journalists, but to journalists covering other beats who wish to learn more about covering business.
- Mar
- 20
- 2008
- The Art of Interviewing
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Cecil Brown, an award winning author, screenwriter, and filmmaker who co-wrote the screenplay for "Which Way is Up?", will give a presentation on the art of interviewing. Brown has profiled a range of legendary artists, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Tennessee Williams, and Richard Pryor
- Feb
- 15
- 2008
- Ethnic Media Crossing the Digital Divide:
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Nearly 40 Bay Area media leaders visit the J-School to participate in a day-long conference and workshop sponsored by the School of Journalism, New America Media and the Knight Digital Media Center.
- Feb
- 28
- 2008
- The "War on Terror" and Human Rights
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The "War on Terror" and Human Rights will engage the public in a
thought-provoking discussion about the methods used to pursue the "war on terror" and its impact on America's reputation at home and abroad.
Admission is free.
- Mar
- 06
- 2008
- 3rd Annual First Amendment and the Environment Symposium
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The Symposium is an interactive forum on the intersection of First Amendment issues with environmental law and policy.
Earn 4 Hours MCLE Credits!
- Feb
- 13
- 2008
- Film Criticism and the 2008 Academy Awards
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Award-winning San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick Lasalle visits the J-School to discuss movie reviewing and the 2008 Academy Awards. Lasalle is the author of "Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of Modern Man," and "Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood."
- Sep
- 26
- 2008
- Presidential Debate
- Public viewing party of the presidential debate at the journalism school
- Nov
- 02
- 2006
- 10th Annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture & Young Activist Award
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Former State Senator and 60's activist Tom Hayden and Hip-hop journalist Jeff Chang will give the tenth annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture on November 2, 2006, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the death of the famed Berkeley political activist and leader of the Free Speech Movement. The ev
- Apr
- 06
- 2006
- California: America's High-Stakes Experiment
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Author Peter Schrag will discuss his new book on immigration, globalization, and the impact of California's politics on its quality of life as the Golden State struggles to recapture the American dream.
- Nov
- 22
- 2004
- Darfur: How to Respond to Genocide
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John Prendergast is one of the world's leading experts on Sudan, and will discuss the crisis in Darfur -- solving the immediate humanitarian crisis in Sudan as well as developing long-term strategies for establishing peace. Introduction by Dave Eggers.
- Oct
- 18
- 2004
- Potent Presidential Politics: Inequality, Race, and Welfare Reform
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New York Times reporter, Jason DeParle, in conversation with Michael Krasney
- Oct
- 08
- 2004
- California First Amendment Coalition Annual Assembly
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Featured speaker will be journalist and New Yorker writer Sy Hersh
- Oct
- 04
- 2004
- Debate: Does America Need A New President?
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William Kristol is Editor of the Washington-based political magazine, The Weekly Standard, and co-author, "The War Over Iraq." Mark Danner is a professor at the Graduate School of Journalism and author of "Torture and Truth". The two will debate the topic "Does America need a new president?".
- Oct
- 06
- 2004
- 8th Annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture & Young Activist Award
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Part of the Savio Memorial Lecture Series featuring Molly Ivins, a nationally-syndicated political columnist, author of "Bushwhacked! life in George Bush's America" and the new "Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known"
- Apr
- 20
- 2004
- Our Own Worst Enemy
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John Arquilla in conversation with Mark Danner
Arquilla is Professor of Defense Analysis at the US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He is the co-author, most recently, of Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime and Militancy.
- Apr
- 15
- 2004
- Joe Domanick
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Domanick is a Senior Fellow in Criminal Justice at the University of Southern California Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism. His previous book, To Protect and to Serve: The LAPD's Century of War in the City of Dreams, won the 1995 Edgar Award for Best True Fact Crime.
- Apr
- 05
- 2004
- At the Mercy of the Saudis: Bush's Failed Energy Policy
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David Goldwyn served as Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs from 1999-2001 and has held senior positions in the Department of State and the United States Mission to the UN. He is the head of Goldwyn International Strategies, which advises Fortune 100 companies on energy issues
- Mar
- 16
- 2004
- Media At War Conference
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A three-day series of panels, lectures and discussions by 50 journalists and foreign policy experts on the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq begins the evening of March 16 with a panel discussion by foreign reporting and other staff members at the Los Angeles Times.
- Mar
- 18
- 2004
- Did We Get it Right?
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A panel on the media's coverage of Iraq, with representatives of Al Jazeera, The New York Times, ABC Nightline, ITN Channel 4 News, Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio and the San Francisco Chronicle. Part of the Media at War conference.
- Mar
- 16
- 2004
- The Los Angeles Times at War in Iraq
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A panel discussion with the foreign reporting and other staff members at the Los Angeles Times on coverage of the War in Iraq. Part of the Media at War conference.
- Feb
- 18
- 2004
- The New York Times at War
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Gerald Marzorati is the editor of the New York Times Magazine, where he has worked for ten years. He has been a non-fiction editor at the New Yorker, a senior editor at Harper's Magazine, and a features editor at the SoHo News, an alternative paper in Manhattan in the 1970s.
- Mar
- 18
- 2003
- Alice Waters
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A special premier of "Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution." A panel discussion will follow.
- Feb
- 24
- 2004
- The Real State of the Union -- A Town Hall Meeting
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This lively discussion about the real state of our union will feature authors from the Atlantic Monthly, fellows of the New America Foundation and faculty from the University of California.
- Feb
- 19
- 2004
- Selling Out the First Amendment
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John Carroll, editor and executive vice president of The Los Angeles Times, and Michael Krasny, host of KQED-FM's Forum, will meet at Wheeler Auditiorium February 19th at 7:30 to discuss how the state's biggest newspaper operates when the lines between news, politics and entertainment are blurre
- Mar
- 03
- 2004
- George Soros: The Bubble of American Supremacy
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Financier, philanthropist and author, George Soros, will be discussing the interesting facets of the bubble phenomenon as it relates to the United States' notion of self-supremacy in the world. Mr. Soros is also the founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute.
- Mar
- 27
- 2003
- UNAFF Traveling Festival Berkeley
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The United Nations Association Film Festival presents its next traveling film festival, showcasing the struggle of international filmmakers for peace, justice and dignity. The 3rd UNAFF Traveling Festival Berkeley, co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, will take place at
- Mar
- 24
- 2003
- Multimedia Reporting & Convergence Workshop I
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The J-School is hosting five presentations this month on online publishing topics - journalism weblogs on March 24, the state of wireless technology on March 26 , online publishing trends and charging for online content on March 27, and putting multimedia into practice. See
- Mar
- 20
- 2003
- The New Metropolis
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Do cities have a future? A discussion with Washington Post writer and author Joel Garreau, San Francisco Chronicle urban design writer John King, and Bay Area developer Rick Holliday. Moderated by UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Terner Teaching Fellow Bradley Inman.
- Mar
- 20
- 2003
- Dialogues
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Presentation of four documentaries from the Graduate School of Journalism: In Whose Interest? (David Kaplowitz), Afghan Elvis (Matthew MacLean), In Good Faith (Kelly Davis, Megan Lardner) and Celestial Real Estate (Yvonne Kennedy). Artists will be present for discussion.
- Mar
- 28
- 2003
- Connecting with the Wired Generation
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The J-School's sixth annual new media conference. This session covered how young people are using digital technology, the Internet and the media. See full event listing for more information.
- Apr
- 02
- 2003
- Looking at America from Abroad
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A conversation with journalists Peter Schneider and Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff of Germany, Federico Rampini of Italy, Patrick Jarreau of France, and Godfrey Hodgson of Great Britain.
- Apr
- 04
- 2003
- The Politics of Food
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A discussion on factors that affect food, with Michael Pollan, Knight Chair in Science Reporting at the J-School, Dr. Raj Patel, policy analyst at Food First, and Rick Young, author of Measure O, Berkeley's 2002 initiative that would require all brewed coffee in the Berkeley to be Fair Trade.
- Apr
- 02
- 2003
- Visiting Scholar on KQED Radio Show
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Harry Bhaskara, an Indonesian journalist and visiting scholar at the J-School, will appear on a KQED radio show on April 4 to discuss "California in the Foreign Press."
- Apr
- 10
- 2003
- Tom Standage
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Tom Standage, technology correspondent for The Economist, will discuss the difference between science and business journalism. He will also talk about writing for The Economist -- including the benefits of not having a byline.
- Apr
- 10
- 2003
- Weblogs, Information, and Society
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Weblogs are mainstream, and they are changing the way we manage knowledge, work and communicate. Dan Gillmor, Scott Rosenberg, Donna Wentworth and others are on a panel to explore how this change continues to affect academia, journalism, business, and society.
- Apr
- 14
- 2003
- Spoils of War?
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David L. Goldwyn, adjunct professor at Colombia University and Georgetown University in the Geopolitics of Energy, in conversation with Mark Danner on deciding the future of Iraqi oil
- Apr
- 17
- 2003
- Geograhic Information Systems
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San Francisco State University Journalism Prof. John T. Johnson will discuss "GIS: Unifying Theory/Methodology for Journalism and the Social Sciences?" with UC Berkeley J-School Prof. William Drummond
- Apr
- 16
- 2003
- U.S. war in Iraq
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In a talk titled, "U.S. war in Iraq: Despair, delight or division in Indonesia?" visiting scholar and Jakarta Post managing editor Harry Bhaskara will address the potentially divisive effect the current war may have on the 2004 presidential elections in Indonesia.
- Apr
- 16
- 2003
- The Weather Underground
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UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism invites you to a screening of "The Weather Underground" with Director, Producer and Editor Sam Green. Watch former Underground members, speak about the trajectory that placed them on the FBI's most wanted list.
- Apr
- 18
- 2003
- Covering Business in California
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Join business editors Ken Howe of the San Francisco Chronicle, David Satterfield of the San Jose Mercury News, and Drew Voros of the Oakland Tribune as they gather to talk about covering business in California
- Apr
- 17
- 2003
- Mystery of the Monkey
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Shi Lihong, a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Journalism, will have a screening of her documentary film, "The Mystery of Yunnan's Snub-nosed Monkey."
- Apr
- 27
- 2003
- Edwin Bayley Memorial Service
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A memorial celebration at North Gate Hall for Edwin Bayley, the founding dean of the Graduate School of Journalism, who died October 27, 2002. Friends, colleagues and alumni will join in to celebrate Dean Bayley's contributions to journalism and to the school.
Streaming video of Bayley's
- Apr
- 26
- 2003
- Proposed Media Ownership Rule Changes
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The J-School and several other Bay Area journalism departments invite people to attend Northern California's only public hearing on the Federal Communication Commission’s Proposed Media Ownership Rule Changes, presided over by FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein
- Apr
- 30
- 2003
- Weapons of Mass Destruction In An Age of Terror
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A conversation with Jonathan Schell, fellow at The Nation Institute and senior fellow at the Center for Globalization at Yale University; Frances FitzGerald, author; and Mark Danner, professor at the Graduate School of Journalism and staff writer with the The New Yorker
- Apr
- 29
- 2003
- Turning Fact Into Fiction
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Please join us as Barbara Wright, author of "Plain Language" and Tom Englehardt, author of" The Last Days of Publishing" discuss how they write in "Turning Fact into Fiction: How a Novelist Works." Books will be available for sale.
- May
- 12
- 2003
- Hearing on Media Consolidation
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Dean Orville Schell will be on a panel on proposed new FCC rules that would lift limits on media ownership and enable large conglomerates to own multiple broadcast outlets and newspapers in local markets.
- Feb
- 04
- 2004
- The Fog of War
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Errol Morris and Robert McNamara together on stage discussing the latest buzz generating documentary "The Fog of War". Moderating the discussion will be Mark Danner, Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism with introductions by Dean Orville Schell and Chancellor Berdahl.
- Sep
- 30
- 2003
- Covering the Bush White House
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Join Helen Thomas, Daniel Schorr, Scott Lindlaw and Orville Schell for a live discussion on "The Bush White House: How Covering the Beat has Changed".
- Oct
- 02
- 2003
- California Recall and the Environment
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J-School Senior Lecturer Susan Rasky will be on a panel on "The California Recall: Who, Why and What it Means for the Environment." The panel is co-sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Resource Development.
- Nov
- 04
- 2003
- Hitchens v. Danner: Has Bush Made Us Safer?
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Christopher Hitchens and Mark Danner take off the gloves for another round of debates on the Bush administration.
- Oct
- 02
- 2008
- Vice Presidential Debate 2008
- Public viewing party of the vice-presidential debate at the journalism school.
- Oct
- 15
- 2008
- Third Presidential Debate 2008
- Students gather at the j-school to watch the third presidential debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain.
- Jan
- 20
- 2009
- Inauguration 2009
- Berkeley residents and students gather in front of the Student Union at UC Berkeley to watch the inauguration of President Obama. The university hosted a community viewing of the inauguration in Sproul Plaza on January 20, 2009.