http://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/stories/ Events at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism 2008-08-28T18:22:01-08:00 August 26, 2008, 11:57 am - Adjunct professor Xiao Qiang's China Digital Times provides insights about Beijing Olympics in this For <a href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/1965DB24EB2929F9CC2574B00014DB59">Computer World</a> report. 2008-08-26T11:57:05-08:00 August 17, 2008, 12:11 pm - Logan Professor Lowell Bergman discusses the past, present and future of investigative reporting with hosts Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield of <a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2008/08/15/segments/105519">On The Media - WNYC/NPR</a>. 2008-08-17T12:11:27-08:00 August 16, 2008, 4:26 pm - <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20080816.OLYBLATCHFORD16/TPStory/TPComment">The Globe and Mail</a>, Christie Blatchford reports China Digital Times research group for leading the way on some of the major fraud-and-fakery stories of these Olympics. 2008-08-16T16:26:52-08:00 August 12, 2008, 11:25 pm - <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/china.promises/?iref=mpstoryview">CNN</a> interviewed adjunct professor Xiao Qiang on China's record on freedom of press and freedom of information. 2008-08-12T23:25:55-08:00 August 11, 2008, 10:33 pm - Adjunct professor Xiao Qiang was interviewed by the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/sports/olympics/11chinatown.html?em">The New York Times</a> reporter Erik Eckholm about overseas Chinese' reaction to the Beijing Olympics. 2008-08-11T22:33:01-08:00 June 6, 2008, 3:40 pm - Mark Magnie interviewed adjunct professor Xiao Qiang for the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-rollback5-2008jun05,0,4679706.story">Los Angelas Times</a> on the Chinese government's media control and propaganda efforts after the initial openness of earthquake reporting. 2008-06-06T15:40:04-08:00 June 2, 2008, 4:16 am - Lecturer Adam Hochschild talks to historians about his experience of coming as a journalist to the writing of history. 2008-06-02T04:16:33-08:00 May 26, 2008, 10:07 pm - Simon Elegant interviewed adjunct professor Xiao Qiang for <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1808638,00.html">Time Magazine</a> on the role of China's media and civil society during the recent Sichuan earthquake. 2008-05-26T22:07:59-08:00 May 19, 2008, 12:14 am - For <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/16/asia/AS-GEN-China-The-Quake-Online.php">Associate Press</a>, adjunct professor Xiao Qiang comments on the reasons behind of current earthquake coverage on Chinese media. 2008-05-19T00:14:58-08:00 May 14, 2008, 9:55 pm - Adjunct professor Xiao Qiang talks about Chinese official media's coverage on the <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXHthhbvqGHLGp3FBbsSWrsznzyAD90LKP2G0">Sichuan earthquake disaster</a>. 2008-05-14T21:55:11-08:00 April 24, 2008, 6:34 am - <a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h4JU7G6n0msdVLLl2Am-yi3JYCjg">AFP</a> interviewed adjunct professor Xiao Qiang about recent anti-West protests in China, especially on the role of Internet in organizing those protests. 2008-04-24T06:34:06-08:00 April 16, 2008, 1:14 pm - Adjunct professor Xiao Qiang provides his <a href="http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1152&Itemid=31"> analysis</a> of the different voices among the Chinese people on the issue of Tibet. 2008-04-16T13:14:29-08:00 March 17, 2008, 7:38 pm - For the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chispin17mar17,0,3546222.story">Los Angeles Times</a> Beijing correspondent Mark Magnier, adjunct professor Xiao Qiang analyze the intense censorship and propaganda efforts by the Chinese government on the current uprising in Tibet. 2008-03-17T19:38:22-08:00 February 22, 2008, 12:16 pm - <a href="http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/080211-china-web-guru">Radio Netherlands Worldwide</a> reporter Sigrid Deters interviewed Adjunct Professor Xiao Qiang about how millions of Chinese bloggers on the ground provides new access for western media to tackle the lack of information from China, in spite of the censorship. 2008-02-22T12:16:33-08:00 February 8, 2008, 9:42 pm - James Fallows, Atlantic's Shanghai based writer interviewed adjunct professor Xiao Qiang about <a href="http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/02/17123/"> The Great Firewall of China</a>. 2008-02-08T21:42:30-08:00 February 4, 2008, 6:14 pm - Five years ago, FRONTLINE and The New York Times joined forces to investigate death and dismemberment in one of America's most dangerous industries -- the iron pipe foundry business. One company stood out, the McWane Corporation. It had more health and safety violations than all of its competitors combined, and there were a number of environmental violations as well. In the five years since our original broadcast, federal prosecutors obtained indictments against and juries convicted the company in five cases in four states. Today McWane says it has made a dramatic turnaround and that worker safety and environmental protection are now high priorities. For <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/mcwane/">PBS FRONTLINE</a> revisits its original broadcast with correspondent Lowell Bergman who then reports on what has changed at McWane and whether the company has become a less dangerous business. Bergman received the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for The New York Times' series accompanying the original broadcast. 2008-02-04T18:14:16-08:00 January 30, 2008, 11:21 pm - For <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2008/01/30/xiao.qiang.china.net.intv.cnni.cnn">CNN International</a>, correspondent Kristie Lu Stout interviewed adjunct professor Xiao Qiang about the recent Internet video crackdown. 2008-01-30T23:21:20-08:00 January 6, 2008, 11:57 pm - Mimi Chakarova curates another stunning photo essay for PBS <a href="http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/flash_point/darfur/">FRONTLINE/World FlashPoint</a> series. Photographer Jan Grarup takes us into Darfur, inside the lives of refugees. 2008-01-06T23:57:57-08:00 January 3, 2008, 8:55 pm - For <a href="http://www.redherring.com/Home/23395">Red Herring</a>, adjunct professor Xiao Qiang provided analysis on the Chinese government's new regulations on the ownership of online video sites and their content last week. 2008-01-03T20:55:11-08:00 January 2, 2008, 4:02 pm - New Media Program Director Paul Grabowicz is posting updates on the "Saving 7th Street" video game project to the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/idealab/paul_grabowicz/">Idea Lab weblog</a>. 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. 2008-01-02T16:02:04-08:00 January 1, 2008, 12:32 pm - For the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16wwln-lede-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin">The New York Times Magazine</a>, Michael Pollan takes a closer look at two stories in the news--disease-resistant staph and Colony Collapse Disorder-- that may point to an imminent breakdown in the way we're growing food today. 2008-01-01T12:32:46-08:00 December 26, 2007, 9:17 am - For the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-jewelry26dec26,1,1232887.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=2&cset=true">Los Angeles Times</a>, Beijing correspondent Mark Magnier interviewed adjunct professor Xiao Qiang about the influence of the Chinese government over overseas Chinese-language media. 2007-12-26T09:17:02-08:00 December 13, 2007, 8:05 am - Logan professor Lowell Bergman has been <a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/12/13_Bergman.shtml">nominated</a> for three <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i51057e90b0ae537411989f7513cd3991">Writer's Guild of America Awards</a> for "The Enemy Within" which assessed domestic anti-terror efforts 5 years after 9/11, and parts one and three of "News War" a four-part Frontline documentary series co-produced by the Graduate School of Journalism examining the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today. He shares the nomination for hour three with Steve Talbot, a lecturer in the Documentary Program. Ten current and former UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism students worked on "The Enemy Within." Fifteen current and former students contributed to “News War”, a landmark examination of the state of American news media. The WGA Awards are scheduled for Feb. 9th, 2008. 2007-12-13T08:05:59-08:00 December 9, 2007, 6:37 am - Five North Gate students were published in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/index.html">The New York Times Magazine</a>'s annual round-up of 2007's most intriguing new ideas and technologies. Read Andi McDaniel on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09mobjuris.html?ref=magazine" title="Mob Jurisprudence - New York Times">DIY Democracy</a>; David Gelles on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_1_turbine.html?ref=magazine" title="Airborne Wind Turbines - New York Times">Floating Wind Turbines</a>; Charlie Foster on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_20_fish.html?ref=magazine" title="Fish-Flavored Fish - New York Times">Fish-Flavored Fish</a>; April Dembosky on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_6_coffin.html?ref=magazine" title="Biodegradable Coffins - New York Times">Biodegradable Coffins</a>; and Malia Wollan on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09zygotic.html?ref=magazine" title="Zygotic Social Networking - New York Times">DNA Based Social Networking</a>. The project has become an annual undertaking of the Knight Program under the direction of Professor Michael Pollan. 2007-12-09T06:37:06-08:00 December 1, 2007, 10:05 pm - An essay first translated and published on <a href="http://chinadigitaltimes.net">China Digital Times</a> by adjunct professor Xiao Qiang was republished in full in the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113001951.html">The Washington Post</a>. The essay described the harassment of a Chinese dissident by undercover police. 2007-12-01T22:05:56-08:00 November 28, 2007, 5:50 pm - Adjunct professor Xiao Qiang writes for the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110901604.html">The Washington Post</a> "Spider" section on the "South China Tiger." 2007-11-28T17:50:16-08:00 November 27, 2007, 5:19 pm - For <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E7DE1E3EF937A15753C1A9619C8B63">The New York Times</a>, Logan Professor Lowell Bergman reveals that British energy company BP, tarnished by a string of costly legal problems, is preparing to settle accusations that it was criminally indifferent to worker safety in a 2005 accident that killed 15 workers and injured 180 others. It was the nation's deadliest industrial accident since 1990, and one of the worst in modern times. (October 24, 2007) 2007-11-27T17:19:22-08:00 November 27, 2007, 5:11 pm - For the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/business/25bae.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&oref=slogin">The New York Times</a>, Logan Professor Lowell Bergman examines billions of dollars in clandestine and questionable payments to Saudi royals over the last 20 years as part of an $80 billion contract to supply the kingdom with advanced fighter jets and other military hardware. Additional reporting by IRP Deputy Director Marlena Telvick. 2007-11-27T17:11:09-08:00 November 21, 2007, 10:29 pm - For the <a href="http://www.markdanner.com/articles/show/the_moment_has_come_to_get_rid_of_saddam">The New York Review of Books</a>, an introductory essay and commentary on the latest crucial document attesting to "the gap between what President Bush and members of his administration were saying publicly during the run-up to the [Iraq] war and what they were saying, and doing, in more private settings": the Crawford Transcript of Bush's conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, February 22, 2003. 2007-11-21T22:29:25-08:00 November 21, 2007, 10:25 pm - For the <a href="http://www.markdanner.com/articles/show/war_fear_and_truth">Los Angeles Times</a>, an op-ed essay about George Orwell for our times, adapted from a piece of the same title published in the volume "What Orwell Didn't Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics" (Public Affairs, November 2007), edited by Andres Szanto and with an introduction by Orville Schell. 2007-11-21T22:25:49-08:00