Bob Calo

Senior Lecturer
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Bob Calo began his career in television at KQED in San Francisco, where he produced daily news and documentaries for the local and national PBS audience. He moved to New York to join ABC News “Primetime Live,” and then to NBC News as a broadcast producer. Calo produced stories throughout the U.S. and foreign countries, including assignments in Pakistan, Chile, Croatia, Kenya, and Somalia. His work has been honored by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, IRE, and National Headliner awards, among others. As an independent producer, he produced a documentary profile of the late landscape historian J.B. Jackson for PBS. Calo joined the faculty in 2001 and continues to write and produce for the national broadcast audience. He received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master’s in broadcast communication arts from San Francisco State University.

Published Stories & Highlights:

New year, new look, new reporters

Richmond Confidential

Richmond confidential welcomes 18 new reporters.

Disengaged: Elite Media in a Vernacular Nation

Joan Shorenstein Fellowship

Tracing the cultural, political and demographic roots of audience disengagement and mistrust of the media, J-School senior lecturer Bob Calo examines the role of journalists in a new paper. Calo researched and wrote the paper while a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School during the spring semester.

CNN Broadcasts Student Work: The US Military Abroad

CNN

CNN will broadcast an hour special this Friday night at 8 and 11PM, PST, entitiled 'Beyond the Frontlines.' The television reports were produced by Berkeley students who took part in the News21 fellowship last year. Reporting on the US Military Abroad, and charged with developing innovating storytelling approaches, our television and multi-media teams reported on the Defense Department's far flung new strategy. The CNN hour will include work by '06 graduates Lee Wang, Emily Taguchi, Najlae Benmbarek, Aaron Selverston, Aliza Nadi, and Cerissa Tanner. The newsinitative web site includes multi-media work by '06 Catherine Price, Matt Vree, Kim Perry, and Vanessa Gregory.

Breaking Away

MSNBC

For MSNBC, Professor Bob Calo produces an interactive streaming video version of a Dateline NBC segment produced on four families who moved out of housing projects and into the suburbs.

Courses Taught by Bob Calo:

Fall 2002: J294 Master's Project Tutorial - Fall 2002

Fall 2002: J298 Political Reporting - Fall 2002

Fall 2002: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2002

Fall 2002: J285 TV Magazine - Fall 2002

Spring 2003: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Spring 2003

Spring 2003: J285 Longform Television - Spring 2003

Spring 2003: J234 Metropolis: Mining Votes in NH - Spring 2003

Spring 2003: J283 Advanced Reporting for TV - Spring 2003

Fall 2003: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2003

Fall 2003: J285 Longform Television - Fall 2003

Fall 2003: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Fall 2003

Fall 2003: J228 The Presidential Reporting Project - Fall 2003

Spring 2004: J228 The Presidential Reporting Project - Spring 2004

Spring 2004: J283 Advanced Reporting for TV - Spring 2004

Spring 2004: J285 Longform Television - Spring 2004

Spring 2004: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Spring 2004

Fall 2004: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2004

Fall 2004: J285 Longform Television - Fall 2004

Fall 2004: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Fall 2004

Fall 2004: J228 The Presidential Reporting Project - Fall 2004

Fall 2000: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2000

Fall 2000: J298 Advanced TV News - Fall 2000

Spring 2001: J283 Advanced Reporting for TV - Spring 2001

Fall 2001: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2001

Fall 2001: J285 TV Magazine - Fall 2001

Spring 2002: J234 Metropolis: Politics of Urban Growth - Spring 2002

Spring 2002: J283 Advanced Reporting for TV - Spring 2002

Spring 2002: J285 TV Magazine - Spring 2002

Spring 2005: J283 Advanced Reporting for TV - Spring 2005

Spring 2005: J285 Longform Television - Spring 2005

Spring 2005: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Spring 2005

Fall 2005: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2005

Fall 2005: J285 Longform Television - Fall 2005

Fall 2005: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Fall 2005

Spring 2006: J283 Reporting for Television - Spring 2006

Spring 2006: J285 Long-form Television - Spring 2006

Spring 2006: J298 News 21: The US Military Abroad - Spring 2006

Spring 2006: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Spring 2006

Fall 2006: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2006

Fall 2006: J285 Longform Television - Fall 2006

Fall 2006: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Fall 2006

Spring 2007: J283 Advanced Reporting for Television - Spring 2007

Spring 2007: J285 Long-form Television - Spring 2007

Spring 2007: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Spring 2007

Spring 2007: J298 News 21: Religion - Spring 2007

Fall 2007: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2007

Fall 2007: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Fall 2007

Fall 2007: J285 Longform Television - Fall 2007

Spring 2008: J285 Longform Television - Spring 2008

Spring 2008: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Spring 2008

Spring 2009: J283 Reporting for Television - Spring 2009

Spring 2009: J285 Longform Television - Spring 2009

Fall 2009: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2009

Fall 2009: J285 Longform Television - Fall 2009

Spring 2010: J285 Longform Television - Spring 2010

Spring 2010: J283 Reporting for Television - Spring 2010

Spring 2010: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Spring 2010

Fall 2010: J200 Reporting the News -Calo/Snow/Griffin - Fall 2010

Fall 2010: J211 Reporting the news-lab--Calo/Snow/Griffin - Fall 2010

Fall 2010: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2010

Fall 2010: J285 Longform Television - Fall 2010

Fall 2010: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Fall 2010

Fall 2011: J285 Longform Television - Fall 2011

Fall 2011: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2011

Fall 2011: J200 Reporting the News -Calo/Simons/Rogers - Fall 2011

Fall 2011: J211 Reporting the news-lab--Calo/Simons/Rogers - Fall 2011

Spring 2012: J285 Longform Television - Spring 2012

Spring 2012: J283 Reporting for Television - Spring 2012

Fall 2012: J285 Longform Television - Fall 2012

Fall 2012: J200 Reporting the News -Richmond Confidential - Fall 2012

Fall 2012: J211 Reporting the News -Richmond Confidential--Lab - Fall 2012

Fall 2012: J215 Oakland North Multimedia Bootcamp - Fall 2012

Fall 2012: J215 Mission Local Multimedia Bootcamp - Fall 2012

Fall 2012: J215 Richmond Confidential Multimedia Bootcamp - Fall 2012

Spring 2013: J285 Longform Television - Spring 2013

Fall 2013: J282 Introduction to TV News - Fall 2013

Fall 2013: J285 Longform Television - Fall 2013

Spring 2014: J285 Longform Television - Spring 2014