http://journalism.berkeley.edu/students/stories/ Events at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism 2008-06-11T16:29:41-08:00 June 8, 2008, 11:22 pm - The <a href="http://www.sacpressclub.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=29">Sacramento Press Club</a> named Talia Kennedy, class of 2009, the recipient of its 2008 Jean Stephens Award. The award, for outstanding journalistic and academic achievement and career promise, includes a $3,000 scholarship. 2008-06-08T23:22:43-08:00 June 6, 2008, 2:50 pm - Michael Zhao, class of 2007, produced a <a href="http://earthquake.michaelzhao.net">video</a> of the big China earthquake that rocked the whole nation. This is "China's natural version of 9/11," a monster earthquake that was followed by thousands of aftershocks and literally shook much of the nation. 2008-06-06T14:50:31-08:00 June 6, 2008, 8:38 am - 2007-2008 Investigative Reporting Program Fellow Siri Schubert writes about the waning enthusiasm over ethanol in the U.S as part of a cover story on green energy in the April 14, 2008 <a href="http://www.wiwo.de/technik/grosser-schwindel-mit-bio-kraftstoffen-272598/">Wirtschaftswoche—the German Business Week</a> 2008-06-06T08:38:50-08:00 June 5, 2008, 11:07 pm - Sachi Cunningham, class of 2005 and Singeli Agnew, class of 2007 have received a 1st place award for "Outstanding story on any subject: New Media" from the South Asian Journalists Association for the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/06/nepal_a_girls_l.html">FRONTLINE/World</a> story, "Nepal: A Girl's Life." 2008-06-05T23:07:39-08:00 May 29, 2008, 10:39 am - April Dembosky, class of 2008, profiles the U.S. Olympic Synchronized Swimming team for <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90813473">NPR</a>. 2008-05-29T10:39:56-08:00 May 29, 2008, 9:12 am - 2007-2008 Investigative Reporting Fellow Andrew Becker examines the increasingly lucrative business of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/us/27border.html">human smuggling at the U.S.-Mexico border</a>, and the American border officials corrupted by the trade. 2008-05-29T09:12:36-08:00 May 28, 2008, 11:31 pm - Kate Macmillan, class of 2008, writes in the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/26/BU7B10QI02.DTL">San Francisco Chronicle's</a> Technology section about "the anti-ebay," Etsy.com, which is allowing artists and craftspeople to make a serious living peddling their handmade goods on the Internet. 2008-05-28T23:31:38-08:00 May 23, 2008, 8:03 am - Stephanie Beasley, class of 2007, writes about the growth of the Brazilian auto industry and the powerful middle-class that has emerged from the country's healthy economy for <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSN2317328320080523?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0">Reuters</a>. 2008-05-23T08:03:52-08:00 May 16, 2008, 11:37 pm - Talia Kennedy, class of 2009, writes for <a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_9271995?IADID">The Piedmonter</a> about a growing children's music organization and its need for a bigger office. 2008-05-16T23:37:27-08:00 May 16, 2008, 4:40 pm - Charla Bear, class of 2007, reported a 2-part series (<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16516865">part I</a> and <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17645287 ">part II</a>) for NPR's Morning Edition on boarding schools for American Indians. She found that although the schools were designed to strip Native people of their culture, they've become a refuge for young Indians with problems at home. The pieces are a condensed version of her masters project. 2008-05-16T16:40:09-08:00 May 15, 2008, 3:42 pm - Omid Memarian, class of 2009, writes for the <a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JE01Ak01.html">Asia Times</a>, about the Next Administration's policies toward Iran regarding a variety of interviews he has conducted in DC... 2008-05-15T15:42:22-08:00 May 14, 2008, 12:30 pm - Jessica Meyers, class of 2008, writes in <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/0514dnbustrucking.3a59ed5.html">The Dallas Morning News</a> about a controversial experiment that has Mexican and American truckers driving deep into each other's countries for the first time. 2008-05-14T12:30:51-08:00 May 14, 2008, 11:20 am - Chris Bagley was honored for the "best business story" of 2007 by the <a href="http://spjinlandsocal.blogspot.com/2008/05/writing-awards-first-half.html">Inland Empire chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists</a>. His <a href="http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/08/26/news/californian/21_20_158_25_07.txt">article</a> examined a group of houses that went into foreclosure several months after being purchased through the same real estate agent. The investigation eventually turned up about $40 million in questionable real estate deals. 2008-05-14T11:20:04-08:00 May 9, 2008, 9:31 am - Rhyen Coombs and Lisa Pickoff-White covered the third annual Maker Faire in San Mateo with a video for the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07-YDpETJ4g">San Francisco Bay Guardian</a>, which featured it as the first "SFBG video pick" on its redesigned home page. 2008-05-09T09:31:35-08:00 May 9, 2008, 2:11 am - India plans to ramp up uranium mining to meet the country's rising energy needs. Sonia Narang, class of 2008, reports for <a href="http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/india_2008/">FRONTLINE/World</a> on how the mines have affected the indigenous people of a rural village in eastern India. 2008-05-09T02:11:29-08:00 May 3, 2008, 6:19 am - Sarah M. Broom, class of 2004, writes in the <a href="http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/content.cfm?ArticleID=319&Entry=CurrentIssue">Oxford American</a> about the Yellow House she grew up "in, into, and then out of," which was eventually demolished after being destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. It is a story about shame and the ways that we hide from ourselves. 2008-05-03T06:19:11-08:00 May 2, 2008, 12:16 pm - Edwin Okong'o, class of 2007, writes for <a href="http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/kenya_the_onlin.html">Frontline/World</a> Dispatches about the online tribal wars that went unnoticed during the post-election violence in Kenya. 2008-05-02T12:16:19-08:00 May 2, 2008, 11:31 am - Talia Kennedy, class of 2009, writes for <a href="http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/2008spring/Elkind.pdf">Greater Good magazine</a> about a program that promotes world peace through children's play in "Playing for Peace" and about the relationship between depression rates and public policy in "States of Sadness." 2008-05-02T11:31:42-08:00 May 1, 2008, 5:08 pm - Talia Kennedy, class of 2009, writes for <a href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_9122874?IADID">The Piedmonter</a> about an East Bay, Calif. program's need for more local families to volunteer to host Spanish exchange students this summer. 2008-05-01T17:08:43-08:00 April 30, 2008, 9:14 pm - Angélica Marín and Abigail Curtis co-produced a half-hour radio documentary for <a href="http://www.radioproject.org/">American Radio Project</a>. This program brings the listener into the world of a 17-year-old Mexican immigrant who dreams of making it to the professional soccer leagues. But real life gets in the way when ICE comes to call. 2008-04-30T21:14:32-08:00 April 30, 2008, 12:24 pm - Emma Brown, class of 2009, writes in the <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/clean_air_at_the_port_could_cost_small_truckers/Content?oid=717621">East Bay Express</a> about the push for cleaner air at Oakland's port. 2008-04-30T12:24:41-08:00 April 30, 2008, 8:06 am - Anrica Deb, class of 2009, writes about the changing world of academic life sciences and its effect on the postdoctoral researcher in the <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/not_exactly_students__not_exactly_employees/Content?oid=717595&page=1">East Bay Express</a>. 2008-04-30T08:06:35-08:00 April 27, 2008, 11:48 am - Edwin Okong'o, class of 2007, writes for <a href="http://mshale.com/Article.cfm?articleID=18150">Mshale</a> about an adult literacy program in Brooklyn Center, Minn., that is helping reduce depression among elderly Liberian women. 2008-04-27T11:48:04-08:00 April 25, 2008, 10:22 am - Scott MacLeod, <a href="http://time-blog.com/middle_east/2008/04/_the_internet_is_wildly.html">TIME Magazine's</a> Cairo Bureau Chief, has interviewed Omid Memarian, class of 2009, about the U.S.Iran relations after the Bush administration and the way Iranians look at this elections. 2008-04-25T10:22:39-08:00 April 25, 2008, 7:28 am - For all the Portuguese lovers (and she knows that you're out there), Stephanie Beasley, class of 2007, writes about the Portuguese Language Museum for <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN2235774720080425?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0">Reuters</a>. 2008-04-25T07:28:22-08:00 April 24, 2008, 8:39 pm - James Buck, class of 2008, writes a dispatch with photo slideshow for <a href="http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2008/04/egypt.html">FRONTLINE/World</a> on Egypt's recent riots. 2008-04-24T20:39:58-08:00 April 24, 2008, 9:21 am - April Dembosky, class of 2008, reviews Lafayette seafood restaurant Yankee Pier for the May issue of <a href="http://diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/May-2008/Yankee-Pier/">Diablo magazine</a>. 2008-04-24T09:21:03-08:00 April 23, 2008, 10:47 am - Forbes.com reporter Rebecca Ruiz, class of 2006, appeared on the <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24272928#24272928">Today Show</a> to discuss a roundup of stories on the most "sinful" cities. 2008-04-23T10:47:04-08:00 April 23, 2008, 8:31 am - April Dembosky, class of 2008, writes for the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/20/IN8F105CSJ.DTL&hw=llega+la+comida&sn=001&sc=1000">San Francisco Chronicle</a> about a husband and father of seven who left his family in Guatemala to find work in California. 2008-04-23T08:31:47-08:00 April 22, 2008, 11:20 am - On April 17, <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70144990-0c16-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1">The Financial Times</a> reviewed Spencer Ante's new book, Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital. Reviewer Martin Arnold says Creative Capital "a timely testament to the courage and determination of an investment pioneer." 2008-04-22T11:20:21-08:00