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Liana Hsu Joins J-School as Admissions Director

August 17, 2022

Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, Please join me in giving a very warm welcome to Liana Hsu, the new admissions director at Berkeley Journalism. Liana is a passionate higher education leader and enrollment management professional dedicated to advancing access and equity in education. She comes with experience working across many areas in higher education, including admissions,…

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Blaine Jones Promoted to Senior Director of Student Affairs

April 18, 2022

Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, I am thrilled to announce the promotion of Blaine Jones, our admissions director, to the role of senior director of student affairs. Blaine’s appointment follows a nationwide search led by Associate Deans Jeremy Rue and Lisa Armstrong. I want to express my gratitude to Jeremy and Lisa, as well as the…

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Featured Staff: Christine Schiavo

August 13, 2021

Christine Schiavo has spent 30 years in the trenches of local journalism and seen its struggles firsthand: layoffs at The Philadelphia Inquirer, the loss of nearly the entire copy desk at The Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and the permanent closure of that paper’s newsroom last year. But even as staff and resources shrank and…

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