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Two people cross a street as evening approaches in an urban environment. Steep incline flanked by tall buildings; rails embedded in the road hint at cable car transit. Cloudy sky above, street signs partly visible, cars parked along the sidewalk—captured for a student photography exhibit.

For Better or Worse: The beauty and desperation of downtown San Francisco

Some indict San Francisco as a failure of liberal governance. Others still see it as the city on the hill, a mecca of tolerance, a home for the downtrodden. But everyone seems to regard the city as a symbol of something— except, perhaps, the people who live there. For them, it’s simply home. Despite the…

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Covering Capitalism: A conversation with David Gelles (’08) about his new book The Man Who Broke Capitalism and reporting at The New York Times

Alum David Gelles (’08), a reporter for the climate desk and the Corner Office columnist for The New York Times, will be here to speak to students about his new book “The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America — and How to Undo His…

A middle-aged man with gray hair, wearing a blue suit jacket and patterned shirt, smiles at the camera. Beside him is a book cover titled "Jackpot" by Michael Mechanic from Berkeley Journalism, with a black background and gold glittery text. The subtitle reads, "How the Super-Rich Really Live and How Their Wealth Harms Us All.

Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All

** RSVP to the event here. ** Please join us for a conversation with author Michael Mechanic (‘94), senior editor at Mother Jones, and Prof. David Barstow, the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism at Berkeley Journalism to discuss Mechanic’s recent book Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms…

A split image: On the left, a close-up of a coronavirus particle with red spike proteins. On the right, a woman with long brown hair and a big smile, looking at the camera—capturing both science and human resilience as expertly reported by Berkeley Journalism.

Disability Reporting During COVID with NYT’s Amanda Morris

Come talk to the first ever New York Times Disability Fellow on what it’s like to report on COVID-19 from a disability angle, her experience in her role, and what it’s like being a disabled reporter. Amanda Morris is a 2021-2022 disability reporting fellow for the New York Times National desk. A graduate of New…

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New Horizons: A discussion about journalism and the changing roles of BIPOC women

As Women’s History Month comes to a close, the NABJ Chapter at UC Berkeley welcomes you to join us for an important discussion about Black women in journalism. All Berkeley Journalism students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend. The discussion will be moderated by Ande Richards (’22). Abené Clayton (‘19) is a reporter in the Guardian’s California office and has been the lead reporter…

Bold text "SPACEBRIDGE" is in the center of the image, resembling an LED display. The background displays a combination of American and Soviet Union flags, merged together with red, white, and blue colors dominant. The hammer and sickle symbol appears in the bottom left corner, reminiscent of Berkeley Journalism's striking visual storytelling.

Radiotopia Showcase Podcast Preview: SPACEBRIDGE | A conversation between Julia Barton and Adam Hochschild

RSVP: https://bit.ly/2V9StQa At a low point in the Cold War, three men walk into a bureaucrat’s office at Gosteleradio, the state broadcaster of the Soviet Union. Two are Americans: an astronaut, and a researcher of psychic phenomena. The third is a Russian utopian with a notebook full of phone numbers he’s not supposed to know.…

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News of the Future and the Future of News | Kevin Delaney, Editor, Quartz

Presented in partnership with the Berkeley Center for New Media – The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium and in collaboration with the Berkeley Arts and Design initiative as part of A+D Mondays @ BAMPFA Quartz seeks to reimagine how journalism looks in the digital age. In co-founding the platform, Delaney “hacked the very notion of…

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Gary Wasserman | "The Doha Experiment: Arab Kingdom, Catholic College, Jewish Teacher"

A conversation with Adam Hochschild. Gary Wasserman’s decision to head to Qatar to teach at Georgetown sounds questionable, at best. “In the beginning,” he writes, “this sounds like a politically incorrect joke. A Jewish guy walks into a fundamentalist Arab country to teach American politics at a Catholic college.” But he quickly discovers that he…

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Raissa Robles: "Living Dangerously: Investigative Reporting from Marcos to Duterte"

Raissa Robles is the author of Marcos Martial Law: Never Again, A brief history of torture and atrocity under the New Society. It won in October 2016 the International Award for Excellence in Journalism from the International Christian Organization of the Media (ICOM), Geneva. Earlier, Robles wrote a biography on the late Philippine President Elpidio Quirino titled To Fight…

Bold text "SPACEBRIDGE" is in the center of the image, resembling an LED display. The background displays a combination of American and Soviet Union flags, merged together with red, white, and blue colors dominant. The hammer and sickle symbol appears in the bottom left corner, reminiscent of Berkeley Journalism's striking visual storytelling.

Radiotopia Showcase Podcast Preview: SPACEBRIDGE | A conversation between Julia Barton and Adam Hochschild

RSVP: https://bit.ly/2V9StQa At a low point in the Cold War, three men walk into a bureaucrat’s office at Gosteleradio, the state broadcaster of the Soviet Union. Two are Americans: an astronaut, and a researcher of psychic phenomena. The third is a Russian utopian with a notebook full of phone numbers he’s not supposed to know.…