Professor Mark Danner’s New Book Is Testimony to a Prolific Career

The image features the cover of the new book "Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War" by Professor Mark Danner on the left, showing a soldier walking in a desolate landscape. On the right, there is a photo of Mark Danner, known for his prolific career, standing in front of green foliage.

By Alex Kekauoha (’16) Few reporters have written as extensively on the intersection of war, foreign affairs and America’s role in the world as Mark Danner. Now, the UC Berkeley journalism and English professor is adding another publication to his reporting catalogue. In Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War“Ódue out this month”ÓDanner examines how the…

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Professor Mark Danner’s New Book Is Testimony to a Prolific Career

The image features the cover of the new book "Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War" by Professor Mark Danner on the left, showing a soldier walking in a desolate landscape. On the right, there is a photo of Mark Danner, known for his prolific career, standing in front of green foliage.

By Alex Kekauoha (’16) Few reporters have written as extensively on the intersection of war, foreign affairs and America’s role in the world as Mark Danner. Now, the UC Berkeley journalism and English professor is adding another publication to his reporting catalogue. In Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War“Ódue out this month”ÓDanner examines how the…

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Dean’s Letter – June 2016

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June 3, 2016 Warm greetings from North Gate Hall: Under a blazing Berkeley sky we sent the Class of ’16 on its way a few Sundays ago. It was the biggest graduating class in recent memory (66 grads) as well as the most international (nearly 28 percent, from 12 countries.) It was a remarkably accomplished…

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Google Establishes Digital Media Travel Fellowships at J-School

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Google Establishes Digital Media Travel Fellowships at J-School The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism announced today that Google will sponsor newly established travel fellowships for graduate students specializing in digital media. The funding will send students from the School’s acclaimed New Media program to top-tier conferences around the country, including the Online News Association,…

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Jason Hanasik Selected as First Virtual Reality Intern at LA Times

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First-year Berkeley J-School student Jason Hanasik will be interning at The Los Angeles Times this summer as the news organization’s first virtual reality (VR) intern, a field journalists are paying closer attention to as it grows in popularity. VR aims to give users an immersive experience by allowing them to interact with a 360-degree visual…

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Nation’s Top Journalists Attend Annual Logan Symposium

A large audience sits in rows within an auditorium, facing a speaker at a podium at the front of the room. The speaker stands under a projection screen with "Logan Symposium" displayed, and the room is filled with people attentively listening and taking notes at this renowned annual event.

More than 300 of the country’s leading investigative journalists gathered at UC Berkeley April 1-3 for one of the largest media conferences of its kind in the world. The invitation-only conclave brings together a “who’s who” of top journalists, law enforcement and government officials, and 1st Amendment attorneys to address the critical issues confronting public…

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Nation’s Top Journalists Attend Annual Logan Symposium

A large audience sits in rows within an auditorium, facing a speaker at a podium at the front of the room. The speaker stands under a projection screen with "Logan Symposium" displayed, and the room is filled with people attentively listening and taking notes at this renowned annual event.

More than 300 of the country’s leading investigative journalists gathered at UC Berkeley April 1-3 for one of the largest media conferences of its kind in the world. The invitation-only conclave brings together a “who’s who” of top journalists, law enforcement and government officials, and 1st Amendment attorneys to address the critical issues confronting public…

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Two J-School Students Chosen for Ethics Fellowships at Auschwitz

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24, 2016 Matt Beagle and Dayton Martindale Join Groundbreaking Program for Journalists New York, NY– Matt Beagle and Dayton Martindale, both students at the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, are among 12 journalism students and young journalists chosen by FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of…

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