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Paul Grabowicz

Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean
Phone: 510-642-3310
Email: Paul Grabowicz

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.

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