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 & Highlights:

The Transition To Digital Journalism

KDMC

A guide covering the major digital tools and trends that are changing the way journalists do their jobs.

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:

Fall 2002: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2002

Fall 2002: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2002

Fall 2002: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2002

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

Fall 2002: J298 Multimedia Skills - Fall 2002

Fall 2002: J299 Weblogs - Fall 2002

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

Spring 2003: J298 Multimedia Skills - Spring 2003

Fall 2003: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2003

Fall 2003: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2003

Fall 2003: J298 Multimedia Skills - Fall 2003

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

Fall 2003: J298 Creating the Berkeley China Internet Weblog - Fall 2003

Fall 2003: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2003

Spring 2004: J215 Intro Multimedia Rpt'g - Spring 2004

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

Spring 2004: J299 MINI: Using FLASH - Spring 2004

Fall 2004: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2004

Fall 2004: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2004

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

Fall 2004: J215 Intro Multimedia Reporting - Fall 2004

Spring 1999: J298 Journalism & Business/Models On-Line - Spring 1999

Fall 1999: J298 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 1999

Spring 2000: J294 Master's Project Tutorial - Spring 2000

Spring 2000: J298 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Spring 2000

Spring 2000: J298 Online Journalism & Business Models - Spring 2000

Fall 2000: J200 Reporting the News-Gunnison/Grabowicz - Fall 2000

Fall 2000: J298 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2000

Fall 2000: J298 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2000

Fall 2000: J294 Master's Project Tutorial - Fall 2000

Fall 2000: J298 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2000

Spring 2001: J294 Master's Project Tutorial - Spring 2001

Spring 2001: J298 NM Publishing: Journalism & Business Strategies - Spring 2001

Fall 2001: J294 Master's Project Tutorial - Fall 2001

Fall 2001: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2001

Fall 2001: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2001

Fall 2001: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2001

Fall 2001: J298 Multimedia Skills - Fall 2001

Spring 2002: J299 Multimedia Skills - Spring 2002

Spring 2005: J215 Intro Multimedia Rpt'g - Spring 2005

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

Fall 2005: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2005

Fall 2005: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Fall 2005

Fall 2005: J215 Intro Multimedia Reporting - Fall 2005

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

Spring 2006: J215 Introductory Multimedia Reporting - Section 1 - Spring 2006

Spring 2006: J298 Oakland Jazz & Blues Clubs Virtual Reality Project - Spring 2006

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

Fall 2006: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Section 1 - Fall 2006

Fall 2006: J211 Computer-Assisted Reporting - Section 2 - Fall 2006

Fall 2006: J215 Intro Multimedia Reporting - Fall 2006

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

Fall 2006: J298 Oakland Jazz & Blues Clubs Virtual Reality Project - Fall 2006

Spring 2007: J219 MINI: Advanced Flash (4 weeks) - Spring 2007

Spring 2007: J215 Introduction to Multimedia Reporting - Spring 2007

Spring 2007: J215 Introduction to Multimedia Reporting - Spring 2007

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

Spring 2007: J298 Oakland Jazz and Blues - Spring 2007

Spring 2007: J219 MINI: Web Design (4 weeks) - Spring 2007

Fall 2007: J215 Intro Multimedia Reporting--Sec. 1 - Fall 2007

Fall 2007: J215 Intro Multimedia Reporting--Sec. 2 - Fall 2007

Fall 2007: J219 MINI: Advanced Flash - Fall 2007

Fall 2007: J219 MINI: Web Design - Fall 2007

Fall 2007: J219 MINI: Web Site Development - Fall 2007

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

Fall 2007: J298 Oakland Jazz and Blues - Fall 2007

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

Spring 2008: J215 Introduction to Multimedia - Spring 2008

Spring 2008: J298 Oakland Jazz and Blues - Spring 2008

Fall 2008: J215 Multimedia Boot camp-sec.1 - Fall 2008

Fall 2008: J215 Multimedia Boot camp-sec.2 - Fall 2008

Fall 2008: J215 Multimedia Boot camp-sec.3 - Fall 2008

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

Fall 2008: J298 Oakland 7th Street Video Game - Fall 2008

Fall 2008: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Fall 2008

Spring 2009: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Spring 2009

Spring 2009: J298 Oakland Blues Video Game Class--CANCELLED - Spring 2009

Spring 2009: J298 News 21: Metropolis - Spring 2009

Spring 2009: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Spring 2009

Fall 2009: J215 Multimedia Boot camp-sec.1 - Fall 2009

Fall 2009: J215 Multimedia Boot camp-sec.2 - Fall 2009

Fall 2009: J215 Multimedia Boot camp-sec.3 - Fall 2009

Fall 2009: J219 MINI: Web Development: HTML/CSS/PHP (6 weeks) - Fall 2009

Fall 2009: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Fall 2009

Fall 2009: J294 Master's Project Seminar - Fall 2009

Spring 2010: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Spring 2010

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

Fall 2010: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Fall 2010

Fall 2010: J215 Multimedia Boot Camp-Gorney's J200 - Fall 2010

Fall 2010: J215 Multimedia Boot Camp-Calo's J200 - Fall 2010

Fall 2010: J215 Multimedia Boot Camp-Chavez's J200 - Fall 2010

Fall 2010: J298 Public Records - Fall 2010

Spring 2011: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Spring 2011

Fall 2011: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Fall 2011

Fall 2011: J298 Public Records - Fall 2011

Fall 2011: J215 Multimedia Boot Camp-Chavez's J200--week #3 - Fall 2011

Fall 2011: J215 Multimedia Boot Camp-Gorney's J200--week #2 - Fall 2011

Fall 2011: J215 Multimedia Boot Camp-Calo's J200--Week #1 - Fall 2011

Spring 2012: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Spring 2012

Fall 2012: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Fall 2012

Fall 2012: J215 Multimedia Web Skills-GROUP #1 - Fall 2012

Fall 2012: J215 Multimedia Web Skills--GROUP #2 - Fall 2012

Fall 2012: J298 Public Records--Richmond Confidential - 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: J298 Online News Packages - Spring 2013

Spring 2013: J298 Mobile Reporting-Cancelled - Spring 2013

Spring 2013: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Spring 2013

Spring 2013: J219 MINI: Photoshop Tutorial - Spring 2013

Fall 2013: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Fall 2013

Fall 2013: J215 Introductory Multimedia Reporting - Section 1 - Fall 2013

Fall 2013: J215 Introductory Multimedia Reporting - Section 2 - Fall 2013

Fall 2013: J298 Public Records--Oakland North - Fall 2013

Fall 2013: J298 Public Records--Richmond Confidential - Fall 2013

Spring 2014: J216 Advanced Multimedia - Spring 2014

Spring 2014: J298 Online News Packages - Spring 2014