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Book Launch | “Grain by Grain”

Join Berkeley alum and Lentil Underground author Liz Carlisle and organic farmer Bob Quinn for a launch of their new book, Grain by Grain. When Bob Quinn was a kid, a stranger at a county fair gave him a few kernels of an unusual grain. Little did he know, that grain would change his life. Years later, after finishing a PhD in plant…

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Celebrate Michael Krasny’s 25 Years as host of KQED’s Forum

About Michael Krasny Michael Krasny, PhD, has been in broadcast journalism since 1983. He was with ABC in both radio and television and migrated to public broadcasting in 1993. He has been Professor of English at San Francisco State University and also taught at Stanford, the University of San Francisco and the University of California,…

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The World of the Black Panthers

The Reva and David Logan Gallery of Documentary Photography invites you to: An Exhibit of Photographs by Stephen Shames Book Signing with Bobby Seale and Stephen Shames 6:00-7:00 p.m. Book Signing and Photography Exhibit (North Gate Hall) 7:00-8:30 p.m. Presentation (Sibley Auditorium) This fall marks the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party’s founding. The…

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Richard Koci Hernandez and Jeremy Rue: “Principles of Multimedia Journalism”

**** RSVP HERE **** Join us for a book party!  The Principles of Multimedia Journalism: Packaging Digital News is a book that systemizes in-depth online news forms into a classification for journalists to better understand the nature of online storytelling. In this much-needed examination of the principles of multimedia journalism, Richard Koci Hernandez and Jeremy Rue…

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Samuel G. Freedman: “The AIDS Reporting of Jeff Schmalz and How It Transformed The NY Times”

“Dying Words: The AIDS Reporting of Jeff Schmalz and How It Transformed The New York Times,” was released on December 1, 2015, to coincide with World AIDS Day. The multimedia project is an audio documentary with a companion book about the groundbreaking journalist who covered the AIDS epidemic as he was dying of the disease.…

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Latest in Longform Conference

Visit The Berkeley Narrative Journalism Conference website for complete and up-to-the-minute changes. The second annual “Latest in Longform” conference will happen on Saturday, November 7, 2015, hosted by UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. It promises to be one of the most sizzling events of the year for those exploring the creative edges and the…

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The Antibiotics Crisis: The Health Care Costs of Drug Resistance

As bacteria rapidly outmaneuver our ability to control them, we are increasingly vulnerable to outbreaks of drug-resistant pathogens. The use of antibiotics in livestock production is driving the growth of this resistance and also appears to be contributing to our obesity epidemic–all of which promise dramatically higher health care and human costs unless the situation…

Logos for the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley School of Public Health, and Kaiser Permanente are displayed. The Berkeley Journalism logo has blue and gold text, while the Berkeley Public Health logo includes an abstract symbol. The Kaiser Permanente logo is blue. Controversies around HCV drugs have been highlighted in recent studies shared by these institutions.

The New HCV Drugs: Costs and Controversies

Last year heralded the arrival of new, highly successful treatment regimens for HCV. But because of high retail costs, many providers have been struggling to balance the needs of patients with financial realities by limiting access to the medications.  Introduction: David Tuller, academic coordinator, UC Berkeley MPH/MJ program. Moderator: John Swartzberg, UC Berkeley School of…

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THE CONTESTANT by Daniel AlarcÌ_n (RSVP by 12/3)

Daniel Alarcón is the author of “At Night We Walk in Circles,” a finalist for the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award and executive producer of Radio Ambulante, a Spanish-language narrative journalism podcast. In 2010, Alarcón was named by The New Yorker as one of the best 20 Writers Under 40. He is a former fellow at the…

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Suzanne Franks | Women in Journalism

In many countries, the majority of high profile journalists and editors remain male. Although there have been considerable changes in the prospects for women working in the media in the past few decades, women are still noticeably in the minority in the top journalistic roles, despite making up the majority of journalism students. Suzanne Franks…