Susan Rasky
Sr. LecturerPhone: 510-642-9054
Email: Susan Rasky
Susan Rasky was the congressional correspondent for The New York Times. A winner of a George Polk Award for National Reporting, she began her career in Washington, D.C., covering economic policy for the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. and later reported for Reuters from Capitol Hill and the White House. Rasky was a columnist and contributing editor for the California Journal as well as a frequent political commentator for the Los Angeles Times, The Sacramento Bee and NPR. She established and supervises the J-School’s California News Service, which gives students experience covering government and politics for news organizations throughout the country. She joined the faculty in 1991. Rasky received her bachelor’s degree in history from the University of California at Berkeley and holds a master’s degree in economic history from the London School of Economics.
Published Stories
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Covering the Economy: Tips for Journalists and Economists Nieman Watchdog
J-School Senior Lecturer Susan Rasky and Economics Professor Brad DeLong team up in the Nieman Watchdog with commentaries on how to write better economic stories. Among their tips: Report on government the same way you'd report to your siblings about the rental agent who handles your mother's Florida condo.
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How Green Is The Governor? Capitol Weekly
Sacramento Bureau reporters Claudia Lauer and Shelly Meron (Class of 2007) look at environmental politics in Capitol Weekly. Lauer finds environmentalists worried about Governor Schwarzenegger's upcoming picks for a powerful state water agency. Meron asks gubernatorial campaigns to put environmental plans on the record. Guess who's not talking.
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Fact Checking the Bush Resume The Presidential Reporting Project
A satiric résumé of President George W. Bush has been making appearances in the blogosphere and the email accounts of just about every US voter with a friend fond of forward-spam. Entertaining as it is, the resume begged to be fact checked, and students in Susan Rasky's The Presidential Reporting Project class took on the task.
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Federal Campaign Finance Reform Legislation Los Angeles Times
For Los Angeles Times, Professor Susan Rasky writes about federal campaign finance reform legislation.
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State Net Articles State Net
Professor Susan Rasky writes on California politics regularly for
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On the Reelection of Gray Davis Los Angeles Times
For Los Angeles Times, Professor Susan Rasky writes about how the recall election of Gov. Gray Davis is likely to produce a classic campaign based on issues and political parties rather than personalities.
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California's Political Theater, Complete With Strings Washington Post
For the Washington Post, Professor Susan Rasky writes about how the California recall is great fun for political reporters, but is ultimately no more than cartoon populism, manipulated by political consultants.
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Dispute Over SF Chronicle/Examiner Sale American Journalism Review
For American Journalism Review, Professor Susan Rasky writes about the political and personal feuds behind the disputed SF Chronicle/Examiner sale.
Courses taught by Susan Rasky
- Spring 2010: Political Reporting
- Spring 2010: Master's Project Seminar
- Fall 2009: Key Issues with Faculty and Campus Experts
- Fall 2009: Opinion Writing: The Reported Column
- Fall 2009: Opinion Writing
- Fall 2009: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2009: Law and Ethics
- Spring 2009: News 21: Metropolis
- Spring 2009: Master's Project Seminar
- Fall 2008: The Presidential Campaign Trail in Print (and Occasional Film)
- Fall 2008: Master's Project Seminar
- Fall 2008: Key Issues with Faculty and Campus Experts
- Fall 2008: Political Reporting
- Spring 2008: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2008: Political Reporting
- Spring 2008: News 21: Presidential Election: What's at Stake
- Fall 2007: Reporting the News - Rasky
- Fall 2007: Reporting the news-lab--Rasky
- Fall 2007: Master's Project Seminar
- Fall 2007: Key Issues with Faculty and Campus Experts
- Spring 2007: Political Reporting: The New Congress
- Spring 2007: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2007: Tales from the Ethnoburbs
- Fall 2006: Master's Project Seminar
- Fall 2006: Introduction to Opinion Writing: Walter Lippmann Meets the Blog
- Spring 2006: Sacramento Bureau
- Spring 2006: Covering the Economy: The Story Behind The Numbers
- Spring 2006: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2006: Washington Reporting Seminar
- Fall 2005: FSP: Initiative Madness - Blogging The Special Election
- Fall 2005: Reporting the News - Rasky
- Fall 2005: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2005: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2005: Law and Ethics
- Spring 2002: Frosh Seminar: Pundits, Pollsters & Politics
- Spring 2002: Politics Workshop
- Spring 2002: Metropolis: Politics of Urban Growth
- Spring 2002: Opinion Writing
- Fall 2001: Frosh Seminar: Pundits, Pollsters & Policy
- Fall 2001: Reporting the News-Rasky
- Fall 2001: Master's Project Tutorial
- Fall 2001: Policy Writing Workshop (xlisted GSPP)
- Spring 2001: Frosh Seminar: Punditocracy
- Spring 2001: Master's Project Tutorial
- Spring 2001: Political & Governmental Reporting
- Spring 2001: Opinion Writing
- Fall 2000: Following the 2000 Campaign
- Fall 2000: Reporting the News-Rasky
- Fall 2000: Master's Project Tutorial
- Fall 2000: Elections 2000
- Spring 2000: Master's Project Tutorial
- Spring 2000: Election 2000: Part II
- Fall 1999: J200 Weekly Assembly
- Fall 1999: Reporting the News-Rasky
- Fall 1999: Election 2000: Part I
- Spring 1999: Government Reporting
- Spring 1999: Opinion Writing
- Fall 2004: Reporting the News-Rasky
- Fall 2004: FSP: Presidential Campaign Trail
- Fall 2004: Master's Project Seminar
- Fall 2004: The Presidential Reporting Project
- Fall 2004: CA Political Almanac Workshop
- Spring 2004: FSP: Pres Campaign Trail
- Spring 2004: The Presidential Reporting Project
- Spring 2004: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2004: Opinion Writing
- Spring 2004: Clark-Atlanta Exchange Program
- Fall 2003: Frosh Seminar: Pres Campaign Trail
- Fall 2003: Master's Project Seminar
- Fall 2003: The Presidential Reporting Project
- Fall 2003: Advanced Rpt'g: Who We Are
- Fall 2003: Background Rpt'g: Who We Are
- Spring 2003: Frosh Seminar: Real West Wing
- Spring 2003: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2003: Metropolis: Mining Votes in NH
- Spring 2003: American South Workshop
- Spring 2003: Introduction to Opinion Writing: Walter Lippmann Meets the Blog
- Fall 2002: Frosh Seminar: Real West Wing
- Fall 2002: Reporting the News-Rasky
- Fall 2002: Master's Project Tutorial
- Fall 2002: Political Reporting