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Paul Grabowicz

Senior Lecturer, Associate Dean and Bloomberg Chair in Journalism
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Paul Grabowicz directs the New Media Program at the Graduate School of Journalism and teaches classes in multimedia reporting and new media publishing.

He is co-author of "California Inc.," a book about how the entrepreneurial spirit shaped the politics, culture and economy of California, and has written extensively about issues in online journalism and digital technology.

A professional journalist for more than 25 years, he spent most of his career as the investigative reporter at The Oakland Tribune. He also served as night city editor and acting city editor and developed an early prototype of a Web site for the paper (it was rejected).

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, he began his journalism career in 1973 working for local papers in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the Bay Guardian. He has written for publications such as the Washington Post, Esquire magazine, The Village Voice and Newsday.

In 1995 he began setting up the New Media Program at the Graduate School of Journalism. He also was the driving force in creating the Knight Digital Media Center at the school, a Knight Foundation funded program that provides multimedia training for mid-career journalists and others.

Books:

California, Inc.

co-authored by Joel Kotkin

 

Published Stories:

Blogging on J-School Video Game Project
Idea Lab weblog

New Media Program Director Paul Grabowicz is posting updates on the "Saving 7th Street" video game project to the Idea Lab weblog. The game is a collaboration of J-School and Architecture students to re-create Oakland's old 7th Street jazz and blues club scene as a virtual world.

Oakland Jazz & Blues Clubs Video Game
3D Visualisation in the Arts Network

New Media Program Director Paul Grabowicz writes in an article for the 3D Visualisation in the Arts Network about a class project by the Journalism School and the Architecture School to do a video game recreation of Oakland's famed jazz and blues club scene of the 1940s and 1950s.

Privacy Practices and Policies at Online Publications
Journalism Studies

For Journalism Studies, Adjunct Professor Paul Grabowicz co-authored an article about a research project on how media company Web sites deal with privacy issues like the use of browser cookies.

The Inconvenient Boss
Poynter Online

In an essay published at Poynter Online, Adjunct Professor Paul Grabowicz honors Leroy Aarons, crusading former Oakland Tribune editor, who died November 28.

E-Media Tidbits
E-Media Tidbits

Adjunct Professor Paul Grabowicz is a contributor to the group Weblog E-Media Tidbits.

Weblogs Bring Journalists into a Larger Community
Nieman Reports

In an article in the Fall 2003 Nieman Reports, Adjunct Professor Paul Grabowicz writes about how Weblogs could help restore the media's credibility with the public.

Points to Click
Online Journalism Review

Adjunct Professor Paul Grabowicz wrote a regular column in the Online Journalism Review on Internet resources for journalists.

Privacy Polices at Online Media Sites
Online Journalism Review

For the Online Journalism Review, Adjunct Professor Paul Grabowicz writes about a Ford-Foundation-funded study on which he was co-investigator.

Basic Skills and Emerging Issues in Journalism
Nieman Reports

In the Winter 2002 Nieman Reports, Adjunct Professor Paul Grabowicz writes about lessons learned from a class he co-taught on Weblogs.

Courses Taught by Paul Grabowicz:

Spring 2012: Advanced Multimedia
Fall 2011: Advanced Multimedia
Fall 2011: Public Records
Fall 2011: Multimedia Boot Camp-Chavez's J200--week #3
Fall 2011: Multimedia Boot Camp-Gorney's J200--week #2
Fall 2011: Multimedia Boot Camp-Calo's J200--Week #1
Spring 2011: Advanced Multimedia
Fall 2010: Advanced Multimedia
Fall 2010: Multimedia Boot Camp-Gorney's J200
Fall 2010: Multimedia Boot Camp-Calo's J200
Fall 2010: Multimedia Boot Camp-Chavez's J200
Fall 2010: Public Records
Spring 2010: Advanced Multimedia
Spring 2010: Master's Project Seminar
Fall 2009: Multimedia Boot camp-sec.1
Fall 2009: Multimedia Boot camp-sec.2
Fall 2009: Multimedia Boot camp-sec.3
Fall 2009: MINI: Web Development: HTML/CSS/PHP (6 weeks)
Fall 2009: Advanced Multimedia
Fall 2009: Master's Project Seminar
Spring 2009: Advanced Multimedia
Spring 2009: Oakland Blues Video Game Class--CANCELLED
Spring 2009: News 21: Metropolis
Spring 2009: Master's Project Seminar
Fall 2008: Multimedia Boot camp-sec.1
Fall 2008: Multimedia Boot camp-sec.2
Fall 2008: Multimedia Boot camp-sec.3
Fall 2008: Master's Project Seminar
Fall 2008: Oakland 7th Street Video Game
Fall 2008: Advanced Multimedia
Spring 2008: Master's Project Seminar
Spring 2008: Introduction to Multimedia
Spring 2008: Oakland Jazz and Blues
Fall 2007: Intro Multimedia Reporting--Sec. 1
Fall 2007: Intro Multimedia Reporting--Sec. 2
Fall 2007: MINI: Advanced Flash
Fall 2007: MINI: Web Design
Fall 2007: MINI: Web Site Development
Fall 2007: Master's Project Seminar
Fall 2007: Oakland Jazz and Blues
Spring 2007: MINI: Advanced Flash (4 weeks)
Spring 2007: Introduction to Multimedia Reporting
Spring 2007: Introduction to Multimedia Reporting
Spring 2007: Master's Project Seminar
Spring 2007: Oakland Jazz and Blues
Spring 2007: MINI: Web Design (4 weeks)
Fall 2006: Computer-Assisted Reporting - Section 1
Fall 2006: Computer-Assisted Reporting - Section 2
Fall 2006: Intro Multimedia Reporting
Fall 2006: Master's Project Seminar
Fall 2006: Oakland Jazz & Blues Clubs Virtual Reality Project
Spring 2006: Introductory Multimedia Reporting - Section 1
Spring 2006: Oakland Jazz & Blues Clubs Virtual Reality Project
Spring 2006: Master's Project Seminar
Fall 2005: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2005: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2005: Intro Multimedia Reporting
Fall 2005: Master's Project Seminar
Spring 2005: Intro Multimedia Rpt'g
Spring 2005: Master's Project Seminar
Spring 2002: Multimedia Skills
Fall 2001: Master's Project Tutorial
Fall 2001: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2001: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2001: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2001: Multimedia Skills
Spring 2001: Master's Project Tutorial
Spring 2001: NM Publishing: Journalism & Business Strategies
Fall 2000: Reporting the News-Gunnison/Grabowicz
Fall 2000: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2000: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2000: Master's Project Tutorial
Fall 2000: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Spring 2000: Master's Project Tutorial
Spring 2000: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Spring 2000: Online Journalism & Business Models
Fall 1999: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Spring 1999: Journalism & Business/Models On-Line
Fall 2004: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2004: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2004: Master's Project Seminar
Fall 2004: Intro Multimedia Reporting
Spring 2004: Intro Multimedia Rpt'g
Spring 2004: Master's Project Seminar
Spring 2004: MINI: Using FLASH
Fall 2003: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2003: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2003: Multimedia Skills
Fall 2003: Master's Project Seminar
Fall 2003: Creating the Berkeley China Internet Weblog
Fall 2003: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Spring 2003: Master's Project Seminar
Spring 2003: Multimedia Skills
Fall 2002: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2002: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2002: Computer-Assisted Reporting
Fall 2002: Master's Project Tutorial
Fall 2002: Multimedia Skills
Fall 2002: Weblogs
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