Oil, Quake, Fire
In the disaster-prone Bay Area, UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism students ask … are we prepared?
Perspectives
UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism students profile the voices at the forefront of the Bay Area’s most difficult discussions.
Cop Out
Students in Susan Rasky’s J200 class look behind the conventional wisdom about cops and crime in Oakland.
Corcoran Class Blogs
First year (Fall 2007) students are producing works in print and multimedia for a range of blogs covering local news in San Francisco, Richmond, Berkeley, Albany and Alameda.
Isolated by Language
At a time when immigration is again front and center in the national debate, and the former INS (now Immigration and Customs Enforcement) deported scores of immigrants working in Midwestern and Mountain State meat-packing plants, students from the UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism traveled to Greenfield in the Salinas Valley to report on a population of immigrants twice removed.
Profile: Bayview-Hunters Point
For three weeks, students from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism visited San Francisco’s dying black neighborhood, Bayview-Hunters Point, and chronicled the issues facing the community: from gentrification to crime, education to redevelopment. The stories in this 11-part series offer a glimpse of life there and how times are quickly changing.
A State Divided
Students in Cynthia Gorney’s J200 class take a close look at propositions on the ballot in the Nov. 8 special election.
Reporting on Hurricane Katrina
First-year students at the Graduate School of Journalism covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, reporting on local and national reactions to the tragedy.
The Bay Area’s Ethnic Communities
First-year students in Rob Gunnison’s Introductory Reporting class spent the semester reporting on the Bay Area’s ethnic communities. The reporters went into schools, grocery stores, restaurants, homes and hospitals to learn about the challenges faced by the diverse groups that add to the vitality of the region. Here are some of the stories they uncovered.
Garbage in the East Bay
First-year students at the Graduate School of Journalism spent the fall semester reporting on how cities and school districts in the East Bay deal with garbage, recycling and dumps. They whiffed the odors, breathed the dust and looked into recycling bins to see how homeowners, business and school districts treat their trash.Here is a look at what they found.
Teenagers: How They Play, Work and Survive
Regardless of their circumstances, teenagers share a similar angst. They are trying to figure out who they are in the midst of pressures from peers, parents and popular culture. This special report from Lydia Chavez’s J200 class explores the lives of Bay Area teens, from privelaged to poor, and calls to attention their shared struggle to maturity despite their differences.
On the Other Side of Midnight: The Northern California That Stays Awake and Keeps Working
Easterners complain that even the biggest of Northern California cities closes by 10 p.m. But some places promise more. It’s possible after midnight to find a 24-hour 7-Eleven, Safeway, fitness gym, bus and diner. And, some work is just better done at night–stocks shelved, streets swept and newspaper racks refilled. To see who stays awake to enjoy any of it–our J-200 visited the area’s 24-hour establishments.
Project 54: The “Racial Privacy” Initiative
Proposition 54, the controversial voter initiative on the October 7, 2003 ballot, has been labeled everything from a racist gag order to a catalyst for a colorblind society. This Bay Area reporting project takes a closer look at some of the public and private institutions that would be directly affected by Proposition 54�the places where �classifying by race, ethnicity, color or national origin,� in the words of the ballot measure, actually occurs on a day-to-day basis.
The New World: America’s Borders in an Age of Terrorism
The September 11 terrorist attacks and ensuing crisis in public health brought on by the anthrax outbreak have spurred an intense new focus on issues related to America’s borders and national security. This web magazine examines this new era in which scientists, government leaders, immigrants, and ordinary citizens in their millions are grappling with sudden change in American life.
Cubans 2001
An international reporting class visited Cuba to explore the changes that are happening on the island in the new millennium.
Election 2002
Students covered local, state and national election races, constantly updating their stories throughout the evening.
Election 2001
Coverage of local Bay area elections.
Coping with the Attacks
Local perspective on September 11.