http://journalism.berkeley.edu/students/stories/ Events at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism 2009-07-03T16:22:01-08:00 June 30, 2009, 4:00 pm - Imran Vittachi, Class of 2003, has just launched his first blogging endeavor, <a href="http://lankapeacewatch.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=121">Lanka Peace Watch</a>, which is about post-war Sri Lanka. Here's Imran's latest blog entry. It details his 1996 brush with a Tamil Tiger operative who, 13 years later, still is wanted by Interpol but has taken on a new role as the defeated Tigers' de facto leader. 2009-06-30T16:00:33-08:00 June 30, 2009, 10:20 am - Emma Cott, class of 2009, writes in India's foremost English language newspaper,<a href="http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/06/28/stories/2009062850180500.htm">The Hindu Sunday Magazaine</a>, about a website that is tackling India's dowry system, one couple at a time. 2009-06-30T10:20:03-08:00 June 29, 2009, 1:58 pm - Huda Ahmed,class of 2010, writes in <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/28/INSJ18CEIR.DTL">San Francisco Chronicle/ SFGate </a> about refugees try to assimilate to the new life in U.S. and the challenges they face. 2009-06-29T13:58:51-08:00 June 29, 2009, 5:47 am - Angela J. Bass, class of 2010, writes about Baltimore health nonprofit The Red Devils for <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-to.hs.reddevil29jun29,0,4089765.story">The Baltimore Sun.</a> 2009-06-29T05:47:39-08:00 June 22, 2009, 5:22 pm - Los Angeles Press Club picked Tom Tugend, '50, for two international journalism awards in June. Tom received a first place award in the entertainment feature category for a humorous interview with Carl and Rob Reiner, and a third place in the news feature category. Both articles appeared in the <a href="http://www.jpost.com">Jerusalem Post</a>, Israel's English-language daily. 2009-06-22T17:22:09-08:00 June 15, 2009, 8:09 am - Jacob Fenston, class of 2010, reports on how a Paris high school teacher is rethinking the boundaries of French identity and history with the first-ever Antillean Creole language classes in public schools. 2009-06-15T08:09:29-08:00 June 12, 2009, 10:42 am - Nick Burns, class of 2010, wrote a gay travel guide to Seville for <a href="http://www.outtraveler.com/exclusives_detail.asp?did=1407">Out Magazine</a>. 2009-06-12T10:42:39-08:00 May 18, 2009, 2:27 pm - California's high-tech sector remains a magnet for foreign-born entrepreneurs. David Gelles, class of 2008, writes about their challenges and opportunities for <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f1512ae-43c5-11de-a9be-00144feabdc0.html">The Financial Times</a>. 2009-05-18T14:27:21-08:00 May 16, 2009, 6:25 pm - Steven Leckart, class of 2007, was profiled on Crosscurents and Morning Edition on <a href="http://www.crosscurrentsradio.org/features.php?story_id=2194">KALW 97.1 FM</a> for his work as a Contributing Editor at Boing Boing Gadgets. 2009-05-16T18:25:42-08:00 May 13, 2009, 6:54 pm - <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/090512/china-rock-responsibly">GlobalPost</a> multimedia reporter Josh Chin, class of 2007, explores China's first "consciousness-raising" rock festival, held in the capital of Sichuan Province, on the eve of Sichuan earthquake's first anniversary. 2009-05-13T18:54:49-08:00 May 13, 2009, 1:35 pm - Rebecca Ruiz, class of '06, profiles a Portland, Ore. man who has made a business out of his love for plant collecting and breeding. The article is online and also appears in the May 25th issue of <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0525/054-lifestyle-terra-nova-garden-earthly-delights.html">Forbes</a>. 2009-05-13T13:35:09-08:00 May 13, 2009, 10:30 am - Sierra Filucci, class of 2009, is the recipient of the 2009 <a href="http://eastbaypressclub.org/">East Bay Press Club</a> award for college journalists. 2009-05-13T10:30:48-08:00 April 21, 2009, 1:23 pm - Ten years after the war, Michael Montgomery returns to investigate the disappearances of Serbs allegedly kidnapped and killed by ethnic Albanians. Carrie Ching, class of 2005, and Brian Pollack, class of 2008, co-produced this <a href="http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/articles/searchingforkosovosmissing">episode</a> of The Investigators, CIR's new web-video series highlighting investigative reporting around the world. 2009-04-21T13:23:10-08:00 April 19, 2009, 10:03 pm - Josh Chin, class of 2007, documents Mongolia's version of the subprime lending crisis (it isn't just about real estate anymore) in photo and video for <a href="http://hpb.online.wsj.com/article/SB124017991210632815.html">The Wall Street Journal</a>. 2009-04-19T22:03:53-08:00 April 15, 2009, 11:39 am - Emma Brown, class of '09, writes for <a href="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.6/the-desert-that-breaks-annieproulxs-heart-wyoming?src=feat">High Country News</a> about Wyoming's little-known Red Desert and its chronicler, the author Annie Proulx. 2009-04-15T11:39:59-08:00 April 12, 2009, 3:38 pm - While California's politicians try to decide what to do about the drought state of emergency, Lisa Pickoff-White asks you to take a step back and consider what you would do with California's water supply in an interactive game and print piece for the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/04/09/water.DTL&type=green">San Francisco Chronicle</a>. 2009-04-12T15:38:00-08:00 April 6, 2009, 4:50 pm - Panama's new program for providing the HPV vaccine for free has seen surprisingly little controversy. But that lack of opposition raises a new set of concerns. Karen Weise, class of 2010, reports for the public radio show <a href="http://www.theworld.org/node/25230">The World</a>. 2009-04-06T16:50:17-08:00 April 6, 2009, 11:03 am - Mary Spicuzza, class of 2003, writes about the curious case of suspected ballistic missile testing equipment that was seized in Dubai before reaching Syria, and has been forfeited to the U.S. government, for <a href="http://www.assetforfeiturewatch.com/syria_missiles">AssetForfeitureWatch.com</a>. 2009-04-06T11:03:59-08:00 March 26, 2009, 10:33 pm - Adam Shemper, class of 2004, spent a year (in 2000) visiting the state penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, where he photographed and documented the daily life of prisoners. Selected images from this series, Portraits of Invisible Men, have recently been posted on <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/photoessays/2009/03/angola-portraits-invisible-men">MotherJones.com</a> and will be published in the May/June 2009 issue of the magazine. 2009-03-26T22:33:02-08:00 March 23, 2009, 9:33 am - Patrick Keeffe, class of 1981, writes in <a href="http://www.uwalumni.com/home/alumniandfriends/onwisconsin/archives/owspring2009/spring09_sifting.aspx">On Wisconsin</a>, the UW-Madison alumni magazine, about the two veteran journalists who inspired him to become a reporter—before his inspiration continued at Berkeley. 2009-03-23T09:33:16-08:00 March 16, 2009, 9:08 pm - Alexandra Berzon, class of 2006, has been writing for the last year in the <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/mar/13/sun-wins-public-service-award-construction-deaths-/">Las Vegas Sun</a> about construction deaths on the Las Vegas Strip. Her series recently won the Roy W. Howard public service reporting award from the Scripps Howard Foundation. Berzon was also listed as a finalist for an American Society of Newspaper Editors award. 2009-03-16T21:08:25-08:00 March 11, 2009, 1:44 pm - Kimberlee (Bortfeld) Bassford, class of 2003, is screening her documentary <a href="http://www.aheadofthemajority.com/pressscreenings.html">Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority</a> in the Bay Area on March 15, 18 and 21 during the <a href="http://festival.asianamericanmedia.org/">San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival</a> and on April 1 during the <a href="http://www.sfwff.com/">San Francisco Women's Film Festival</a>. The film will air nationwide on PBS in May. 2009-03-11T13:44:30-08:00 March 9, 2009, 11:14 pm - Retirement savings have fallen $2.8 trillion in the US. While some retirees are scratching their heads, others are picking up their passports. Karen Weise, class of 2010, reports from Panama for the public radio show <a href="http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/03/06/mm_retiring/">Marketplace Money</a>. 2009-03-09T23:14:55-08:00 March 5, 2009, 9:22 am - Zachary Stauffer, class of 2008, screened his thesis documentary "A Day Late in Oakland" at the <a href="http://www.fargofilmfestival.org/q-a-with-zachary-stauffer">Fargo Film Festival</a> on March 4. The film about the 2007 murder of Chauncey Bailey won Best Short Documentary at the festival. 2009-03-05T09:22:16-08:00 March 4, 2009, 8:24 pm - Kathleen Richards, class of 2007, writes in the <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/yelp_and_the_business_of_extortion_2_0/Content?oid=927491">East Bay Express</a> about local business owners who say that Yelp offers to hide negative customer reviews of their businesses on its web site... for a price. 2009-03-04T20:24:30-08:00 March 2, 2009, 6:51 pm - Ali Winston, class of 2010, writes in <a href="http://colorlines.com/article.php?ID=485&p=1">Colorlines</a> about officer-involved shootings and police-community tensions in Oakland, Calif. 2009-03-02T18:51:26-08:00 March 1, 2009, 8:28 am - Patrick Keeffe, class of 1981, writes on <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/keeffe.cobra/index.html?eref=rss_topstories">CNN.com</a> about the plight of workers who are left out of the stimulus plan's assistance with COBRA premiums if they, like him, lost their jobs before September 1, 2008. 2009-03-01T08:28:33-08:00 February 23, 2009, 3:28 pm - Madeleine Bair, class of 2010, reports for the public radio program, <a href="http://www.theworld.org/node/24671">The World</a>, about a Jamaican songwriter who raps about the injustices she observes in her Kingston community. 2009-02-23T15:28:57-08:00 February 19, 2009, 4:10 pm - Produced by Cerissa Tanner, class of 2006, this <a href="http://current.com/items/89760405/exotic_escort_on_craigslist.htm">documentary</a> examines the rising tide of teen prostitution in Oakland. 2009-02-19T16:10:14-08:00 February 10, 2009, 8:13 pm - In a video for <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/090209/mandarin-melodies-the-sparrow-quartet-0">GlobalPost</a>, Josh Chin ('07) profiles Abigal Washburn, a Nasville-based singer bringing bluegrass to Chinese people--in their own language. 2009-02-10T20:13:58-08:00