J298 – Hacks of the Silver Screen: Reporters on Film, Reporters in History
Hacks of the Silver Screen Reporters on Film, Reporters in History Spring 2022//Monday 6 -10 Mark Danner If you think back to when you first discovered what a journalist looks and acts like, chances are you learned it at the movies. From Clark Kent and Lois Lane to Dith Pran and Sydney Schanberg, and…
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J298 OSINT Seminar – Open Source Investigations
This class will be two part: a seminar focusing on a particular story in collaboration with the Associated Press, and a lab portion focusing on using cutting edge Open Source investigative techniques, pioneered by Berkeley’s Human Right’s Center, with investigative reporting and multimedia skills. This course will be co-taught by representatives from the Human Right’s…
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J298 Reporting on America Abroad
After three decades of the so-called “post-Cold War world,” and foreign policy fiascos in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan, the myth of American omnipotence has been definitively put to rest. The Cold War consensus is a distant memory. The “Unipolar Moment” of supposedly predominant American power passed in the blink of an eye. Now Joe Biden, a…
Read MoreJ298 OSINT Seminar – Open Source Investigations
This class will be two part: a seminar focusing on a particular story in collaboration with the Associated Press, and a lab portion focusing on using cutting edge Open Source investigative techniques, pioneered by Berkeley’s Human Right’s Center, with investigative reporting and multimedia skills. This course will be co-taught by representatives from the Human Right’s…
Read MoreJ298 – Science, Climate Change and the Environment
Climate Change. Nothing about this is easy. Set aside what’s happening to each of us in our private worlds. The problem of covering the climate crisis, as journalists, is immense. The scientific mechanisms are complex. The pace and trajectory are contested and unclear. The politics are fraught. The jargon is burdensome. The scale is overwhelming.…
Read MoreJournalists explore redressing the wrongs of journalism
Four leading journalists discussed efforts to transform news coverage of race, social justice, agriculture and other key issues in a panel called “Writing and Righting the Wrongs of Journalism” held at UC Berkeley on March 8. Moderated by Berkeley Journalism Dean Geeta Anand, the panel featured Monika Bauerlein, CEO of Mother Jones, America’s longest-established investigative news organization; Wesley…
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J242 Renegades, Underdogs, Madmen: The magazine profile
Profiles are a remarkably versatile form: an open door for exploring a vast range of subjects, from the secret guilt of Donald Trump’s ghostwriter, to the bizarre afterlife of Carrot Top, to the unique super-taster abilities of a chef with Asperger’s. They can act as a gateway into an epic drama (a poison expert who…
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