Berkeley J-School Events

FRESH: Berkeley Screening

2009-06-15T19:00:00-08:00

June 15, 2009, 7:00 pm - A new documentary about sustainable agriculture featuring Michael Pollan of the Graduate School of Journalism.

Knight Digital Media Center June 2009 Lecture Series

2009-06-14T14:00:00-08:00

June 14, 2009, 2:00 pm - The Knight Digital Media Center's June 14-19 Multimedia Training Workshop for journalists is under way. For those not able to attend, we're webcasting most of our noon and evening presentations.

FRESH: San Francisco Screening

2009-06-12T19:00:00-08:00

June 12, 2009, 7:00 pm - A new documentary about sustainable agriculture featuring Michael Pollan of the Graduate School of Journalism.

Knight Digital Media Center May 2009 Lecture Series

2009-05-19T12:30:00-08:00

May 19, 2009, 12:30 pm - The Knight Digital Media Center's May 17-23 Multimedia Training Workshop for journalists is under way. For those not able to attend, we're presenting most of our noon and evening speakers as

Graduation 2009

2009-05-16T12:00:00-08:00

May 16, 2009, 12:00 pm - Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Graduation Ceremony 2009.

Copyright in the Digital Age Panel Discussion

2009-04-29T19:00:00-08:00

April 29, 2009, 7:00 pm - Please join our guest panelists for what promises to be an engaging, educational and lively discussion about the adaptation and evolution of copyright in the digital age.

Calvin Sims

2009-04-29T09:30:00-08:00

April 29, 2009, 9:30 am - Calvin Sims, former Latin America and Asia correspondent of The New York Times and Media Program Officer of the Ford Foundation, visits the J-School.

A Night at the Met with Larry Fink

2009-04-24T19:00:00-08:00

April 24, 2009, 7:00 pm - Night at the Met, is an interesting look at the ritual of the donor party at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. So, we invite you, the photo community, our collectors and lovers of photography to celebrate our mutual passion for the arts and photography with our own ritual party.

CNN: Black in America 2

2009-04-24T17:00:00-08:00

April 24, 2009, 5:00 pm - Black in America 2 will take you to neighborhoods all across America to meet people - some famous, some not - who are working everyday in real-life situations to find solutions to challenges facing their communities.

The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq

2009-04-09T17:00:00-08:00

April 9, 2009, 5:00 pm - Columbia J-School Professor Helen Benedict discusses her new book, "The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq".

Investigative Reporting Seminar with Professor Lowell Bergman

2009-04-03T11:00:00-08:00

April 3, 2009, 11:00 am - As part of the 3rd Annual Logan Symposium on Investigative Reporting April 3-5th, Professor Lowell Bergman's weekly investigative reporting for print and television seminar will include a handful of print and radio reporters dedicated to reporting in the public interest.

THE JEWS OF SINGAPORE

2009-04-01T18:00:00-08:00

April 1, 2009, 6:00 pm - Joan Bieder, Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer of the Graduate School of Journalism, discusses her book on the history, deliverance and growth of an Orthodox Baghdadi community and its Southeast Asian legacy.

The Resurgence of al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan

2009-04-01T12:00:00-08:00

April 1, 2009, 12:00 pm - Hamid Mir will talk about the precarious state of the Pakistani government, the effectiveness of US foreign policy in the region, and what it's like to be an investigative journalist in one of the most turbulent regions in the world.

A Discussion with Professor Lowell Bergman and Nuhu Ribadu

2009-03-31T16:00:00-08:00

March 31, 2009, 4:00 pm - In his first public appearance in the United States since fleeing Nigeria, embattled prosecutor Nuhu Ribadu will sit down with Professor Lowell Bergman for a discussion on international bribery.

Knight Digital Media Center March 2009 Lecture Series

2009-03-22T15:15:00-08:00

March 22, 2009, 3:15 pm - The Knight Digital Media Center's March 22-27 Multimedia Training Workshop for journalists is under way. For those not able to attend, we're presenting most of our noon and evening speakers as live webcasts.

The SF Chronicle in Transition

2009-03-16T18:00:00-08:00

March 16, 2009, 6:00 pm - A panel discussion about the plight of Northern California's largest daily newspaper.

Peter Eichstaedt

2009-03-12T17:30:00-08:00

March 12, 2009, 5:30 pm - Peter Eichstaedt speaks about his most recent book, First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army.

Abraham Lincoln as a Writer

2009-03-10T18:00:00-08:00

March 10, 2009, 6:00 pm - Fred Kaplan, biographer of Mark Twain and Henry James, will discuss his new book, Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer, which is cited as among the latest reading of President Obama.

FRONTLINE/World Showcase Screening

2009-02-26T19:00:00-08:00

February 26, 2009, 7:00 pm - FRONTLINE/World's season eight premiere broadcast was produced entirely by recent alumni of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Meet the journalists and help us celebrate the success of our unique partnership at this special screening.

Africa: A Love Story

2009-02-24T17:00:00-08:00

February 24, 2009, 5:00 pm - Former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent and New York Times columnist Gregg Pascal Zachary visits to talk about his new book, Married to Africa.

Practicing Journalism in the Middle East

2009-02-23T12:00:00-08:00

February 23, 2009, 12:00 pm - Launching a Career as a Foreign Correspondent.

Meet the Reporters

2009-02-21T12:00:00-08:00

February 21, 2009, 12:00 pm - Join the NABJ at Berkeley for an intimate panel discussion, media showcase and Q & A session featuring four outstanding African American journalists in TV, radio, print and multimedia.

Ernesto Bazan

2009-02-20T18:00:00-08:00

February 20, 2009, 6:00 pm - Ernesto Bazan has been photographing the changing lives of Cubans since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Passing Strange

2009-02-20T13:30:00-08:00

February 20, 2009, 1:30 pm - Princeton History Professor Martha A. Sandweiss visits Berkeley to discuss her new book probing the secret life of 19th century explorer Clarence King, Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color the Line.

Will the New York Times Survive?

2009-02-18T18:30:00-08:00

February 18, 2009, 6:30 pm - A Dialogue on the Future of Journalism

Knight Digital Media Center February 2009 Lecture Series

2009-02-17T15:00:00-08:00

February 17, 2009, 3:00 pm - The Knight Digital Media Center invites you to attend the guest speaker presentations for the February 2009 Technology Tools Workshop, in the Journalism School's Bayley Library. These presentations will be webcast live, and available as streaming video archives the following week.

So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government

2009-02-10T18:30:00-08:00

February 10, 2009, 6:30 pm - Robert G. Kaiser speaks about his book in Sibley Auditorium.

Pulitzer Prize Winner Steve Fainaru

2009-02-04T17:30:00-08:00

February 4, 2009, 5:30 pm - Please join Washington Post Staff Writer Steve Fainaru, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, as he visits to discuss his new book, Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq.

"SNARK: It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation"

2009-01-29T19:00:00-08:00

January 29, 2009, 7:00 pm - David Denby, film critic for The New Yorker, and author of the just-released book, SNARK: It's Mean, It's Personal, and It's Ruining Our Conversation, will sign and talk about his book with linguist and professor Geoff Nunberg of the I-School.

WAYNE MILLER IN CONVERSATION

2009-01-22T18:00:00-08:00

January 22, 2009, 6:00 pm - Photographs 1942-1958 takes us to the midpoint of the career of one of the country's most important visual artists and ends with his tremendously successful series that came to be published as The World is Young. This long overdue volume is an irreplaceable addition to American heritage.