Stories published by J-School Faculty & Instructors

"One Less Investment Banker: Chung To Quit Wall Street to Sponsor Schooling for China's Blood Orphans"

Harvard Magazine by Marilyn Chase on 09/01/2011

Marilyn Chase, UC Berkeley Lecturer, writes in Harvard Magazine about a Wall Street investment banker who gave up a career in finance to launch a small AIDS charity in China, addressing one of the most sensitive and vulnerable populations in the country: youth orphaned by a blood-selling scheme gone awry.  Read more...

Disengaged: Elite Media in a Vernacular Nation

Joan Shorenstein Fellowship by Bob Calo on 07/14/2011

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.  Read more...

Lecturer Samantha Grant named 2011 BAVC MediaMaker Fellow

BAVC blog by Samantha Grant on 12/18/2010

As a 2011 BAVC Media Maker Fellow, UC Berkeley lecturer Samantha Grant will be developing a robust outreach and engagement plan for her upcoming feature length documentary about the 2003 Jayson Blair/New York Times scandal. The new BAVC MediaMaker Fellows program is designed to engage eight local artists in a year-long series of opportunities that will support project development through professional mentorship in multiplatform and transmedia storytelling through emerging technologies, strategic social media, marketing, and fundraising. The BAVC MediaMaker Fellows program will build an engaged local community of creative media artists from diverse fields, increase their capacity for diverse and lasting impact, and inspire new partnerships to support future work.  Read more...

The Perfect Stride

The New Yorker by Jennifer Kahn on 11/01/2010

A profile of marathon coach Alberto Salazar, and his quest to build the perfect runner.  Read more...

Site Helps Chefs Find Farmers, And Fresh Produce

NPR by Beth Hoffman on 08/25/2010

A new web site connects farms with chefs  Read more...

Rape of the Congo

The New York Review of Books by Adam Hochschild on 08/24/2010

Lecturer Adam Hochschild went to the Democratic Republic of Congo in June, 2009 to write several magazine pieces. The first appears in The New York Review of Books.  Read more...

Blood and Treasure

Mother Jones by Adam Hochschild on 03/01/2010

Why does one of the world's richest countries have some of its poorest people?  Read more...

To Heal Haiti, Look to History, Not Nature

New York Times by Mark Danner on 01/22/2010

Recovery [in Haiti] can come only with vital, even heroic, outside help; but such help, no matter how inspiring the generosity it embodies, will do little to restore Haiti unless it addresses, as countless prior interventions built on transports of sympathy have not, the manmade causes that lie beneath the Haitian malady.  Read more...

2010: Hopes and Wishes

Mission Local by Helene Goupil on 01/03/2010

San Francisco's Mission District residents share their hopes, wishes and dreams.  Read more...

Underground Farmer’s Market

Mission Local by Helene Goupil on 12/19/2009

People of all ages showed up at the secret venue on Thursday night ready to taste homemade jams, buy foraged mushrooms and tinctures with intriguing names like “Penetrate the Heart.”  Read more...

Guilty Robots

The New York Times Magazine by Dara Kerr on 12/13/2009

Dara Kerr, class of 2010, writes in The New York Times Magazine about ethical software embedded into battlefield robots.  Read more...

Gourmet Dirt

The New York Times Magazine by Dara Kerr on 12/13/2009

Dara Kerr, class of 2010, writes in The New York Times Magazine about an agricultural activist who holds soil tastings to demonstrate the connection between food and where it’s grown.  Read more...

The Trial of Thomas Lubanga

The Atlantic by Adam Hochschild on 12/01/2009

In the third of three magazine pieces from his trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hochschild observes former child soldiers watching the International Criminal Court's first trial.  Read more...

Ari Marcopoulos Photo Exhibit

ESPN.com by Dara Kerr on 11/11/2009

Dara Kerr, class of 2010, writes for ESPN.com about legendary photographer Ari Marcopoulos.  Read more...

Engineering the Bay Bridge

Wall Street Journal by Helene Goupil on 11/05/2009

Helene Goupil, class of 2010, contributes to an interactive timeline of the Bay Bridge for the Wall Street Journal.  Read more...

San Francisco's Street Eats

Mission Local by Helene Goupil on 11/01/2009

Helene Goupil, class of 2010, manages a team multimedia project on San Francisco's street food for Mission Local.  Read more...

Bridge Fix Awaits Further Tests

Wall Street Journal by Helene Goupil on 10/29/2009

Helene Goupil, class of 2010, along with two classmates, helped produce an interactive graphic on the repairs done on the Bay Bridge.  Read more...

Ken Light Talks About Sebastiao Salgado's Work

KQED-TV by Ken Light on 10/26/2009

Ken Light does a walk through of the images of Sebastiao Salgado on view at the Brower Center in Berkeley, California.  Read more...

History to Make Way for Housing

Richmondconfidential.org by Robert Rogers on 10/13/2009

Multimedia piece and 900 word story on historic Japanese nurseries and their impending destruction to make way for new development.  Read more...

Family Calls For End To Violence

richmondconfidential.org by Robert Rogers on 10/13/2009

Story on community violence with photos/maps.  Read more...

New Website Pairs Visitors With Parisians

USA Today by Helene Goupil on 09/21/2009

Helene Goupil, class of 2010, writes about a new website that puts visitors in touch with Parisians for The Associated Press.  Read more...

U Can’t Touch This

East Bay Express by Dara Kerr on 09/09/2009

Dara Kerr, class of 2010, writes in the East Bay Express about MC Hammer's former back-up dancer who is now a high school football coach and how he uses his dance training to get his players to excel both on the field and in the classroom.  Read more...

Proton Cancer Therapy Accelerates

CBS News by Dara Kerr on 08/20/2009

Dara Kerr, class of 2010, writes for CBS News about technological advances in proton therapy that may make the once-rare treatment more widely available for treating cancerous tumors.  Read more...

Unusual Tours Give View of Paris' Hidden Corners

LA Times by Helene Goupil on 08/19/2009

Helene Goupil, class of 2010, reports on offbeat tours of Paris, for The Associated Press.  Read more...

France May Charge Tourists Rescued From Hot Spots

San Jose Mercury News by Helene Goupil on 08/18/2009

Helene Goupil, class of 2010, reports for The Associated Press.  Read more...

Odd Tricycle Mapping Paris Streets for Google

Washington Post by Helene Goupil on 08/07/2009

Helene Goupil, class of 2010, reports for The Associated Press.  Read more...

French Auto Workers Threaten to Blow Up Factory

Associated Press by Helene Goupil on 08/05/2009

Helene Goupil, class of 2010, writes for the Associated Press about laid-off workers in France threatening to blow up their factory.  Read more...

Workers End Threat To Blow Up Factory Over Layoffs

Forbes by Helene Goupil on 07/31/2009

Helene Goupil, class of 2010, reports for The Associated Press  Read more...

In The News: Walter Cronkite

PBS Frontline by Lowell Bergman on 07/29/2009

Following the death of CBS newsman Walter Cronkite, PBS Frontline highlighted Professor Lowell Bergman's 2006 interview with Cronkite for the four-part documentary series "News War" produced out of the Journalism School.  Read more...

Graft Inquiry in Namibia Finds Clues in China

New York Times by Qiang Xiao on 07/22/2009

J-School's China Digital Times breaks the news on The New York Times about China's Internet censors blocked news Thursday about a graft probe in Namibia involving a firm linked to the son of President Hu Jintao.  Read more...

Twitter takes the Tour de France on new course

CNET News by Dara Kerr on 07/17/2009

Dara Kerr, class of 2010, writes for CNET News about how social networking site, Twitter, is changing the way fans follow the Tour de France.  Read more...

For Uganda's poor, a cellular connection

CNET News by Dara Kerr on 07/13/2009

Dara Kerr, class of 2010, writes for CNET News about how many people in Uganda don't have electricity--much less Internet access--and are now using text messaging to recieve information about health, agriculture and the weather.  Read more...

China's Media Strategy

BBC by Qiang Xiao on 07/07/2009

Anchor Lisa Mullins of the BBC speaks with adjunct professor Xiao Qiang about China's strategy for handling media coverage of the protests in western China.  Read more...

China Applies New Strategies to Control Flow of Information

New York Times by Qiang Xiao on 07/07/2009

Adjunct professor Xiao Qiang was interviewed by New York Times' Michael Wines on Chinese government's handling information control in current Xinjiang unrest.  Read more...

China delay 'victory for public opinion'

AFP by Qiang Xiao on 07/03/2009

ForAFP, adjunct professor Xiao Qiang commented on China's decision to delay the installation of Internet filtering software on computers.  Read more...

French Restaurant Tax Drops in Bid to Lure Diners

ABC News by Helene Goupil on 07/01/2009

Helene Goupil, class of 2010, writes about restaurant tax drop in France for The Associated Press  Read more...

Ripped (or Torn Up?)

The New York Times Magazine by Cynthia Gorney on 06/30/2009

For The New York Times Magazine, Cynthia Gorney profiles the international tennis champion Rafael Nadal, whose most serious battle right now is with his own beaten-up knees.  Read more...

China blocks Google services

The Guardian by Qiang Xiao on 06/25/2009

For The Guardian, adjunct professor Xiao Qiang provides comments on disruption of Google search functions and Gmail by China's censors.  Read more...

Newspapers are Dead. Now What?

The Commonwealth Club by Lowell Bergman on 06/24/2009

On Monday, June 29th Logan Professor Lowell Bergman will join Phil Bronstein of the San Francisco Chronicle and others to discuss the changing world of journalism at The Commonwealth Club  Read more...

Artisan chocolate makers get techie

CNET News by Dara Kerr on 06/18/2009

Dara Kerr, class of 2010, writes an article and produces a video for CNET News about how chocolate and technology meet at the TCHO chocolate factory.  Read more...

Civic-Minded Chinese Find a Voice Online

New York Times by Qiang Xiao on 06/17/2009

Adjunct professor Xiao Qiang is interviewed by Michael Wines for the New York Times about the recent legal case of Deng Yujiao, which generated national online protests to corrupted officials in China.  Read more...

Anti-Abortion Rhetoric Still Strong

NPR by Cynthia Gorney on 06/17/2009

The murder of Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller has put the abortion debate back in the national spotlight. Journalism professor Cynthia Gorney, author of Articles of Faith: A History of the Abortion Wars discusses the state of the abortion debate on NPR.  Read more...

The Big Shift

TEDxSF by Lowell Bergman on 06/10/2009

On May 28th, 2009 Logan Professor Lowell Bergman was a featured speaker at an inaugural event hosted by the creators of the annual "TED" conference. The theme of Bergman's talk was "Deep Journalism: Investigative Reporting in a Post-Profit Era."  Read more...

Rebuilding China's Moral Foundation

The Huffington Post by Qiang Xiao on 06/09/2009

On the 20 years anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre, adjunct professor Xiao Qiang published this essay on The Huffington Post.  Read more...

The Roar of Dissent Online

New York Times by Qiang Xiao on 06/02/2009

Adjunct professor Xiao Qiang writes on the New York Times on what forms of dissent are alive in China now.  Read more...

San Francisco High School Relishes Last Spin as Skateboarding Mecca

SF Weekly by Dara Kerr on 06/01/2009

Dara Kerr, class of 2010, writes in the SF Weekly about the last skateboard contest at the historic "Wallenberg Four" skate spot.  Read more...

China Tighten Internet Access Around Tiananmen Anniversary

PBS Newshour by Qiang Xiao on 06/01/2009

Adjunct professor Xiao Qiang talked about the internet control as Tiananmen twenty years anniversary approaches on the PBS Newshour.  Read more...

Iraq: Living in Hiding

PBS' Frontline/World by Mimi Chakarova on 05/30/2009

For PBS' Frontline/World "Conflict Zones" Series, photojournalist Mimi Chakarova and war correspondent Anna Badkhen report about the conditions for Iraqi women six years after the US invasion. The multimedia piece explores a secret network of shelters for victims of rape, abuse and reprisal killings.  Read more...

The Price of Sex Website

Center for Investigative Reporting by Mimi Chakarova on 05/30/2009

After six years of reporting on sex trafficking in Eastern Europe and parts of the Middle East, lecturer Mimi Chakarova launches THE PRICE OF SEX – a multimedia series featuring interviews with young women sold into prostitution against their will.  Read more...

Students Leading Way For News Industry

San Francisco Chronicle by Neil Henry on 05/26/2009

Dean Neil Henry published an Op-Ed article in the San Francisco Chronicle extolling student work in digital media, in tribute to the Class of 2009.  Read more...