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The Future of the Documentary/Sneak Preview of SOUND TRACKS

Imagine a series that explores the world, combining the adventure of a travel show with the soul-satisfying pleasures of a music program. Beautifully filmed in HD. All wrapped up in compelling stories told by four savvy reporters, two women and two men. It’s called SOUND TRACKS. Set to air on PBS, SOUND TRACKS will break…

A Night at the Met with Larry Fink

With our obsession for the photo book, you might have guessed that it would only be a matter of time before we wrested the process out of the publisher’s hands and into our own. Yes, Fotovision has enlisted Blurb to help us publish a book of new work by the amazing Larry Fink. The result,…

Turning Fact Into Fiction

The Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley cordially invites you to a discussion on TURNING FACT INTO FICTION: How a Novelist Works BARBARA WRIGHT Author of Plain Language TOM ENGELHARDT Author of The Last Days of Publishing Barbara Wright has written magazine and newspaper articles for Esquire, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor and Working…

Weblogs, Information, and Society

About the Event Since the last UC Berkeley weblog panel, users have integrated weblogs into their everyday life and work. Weblogs are mainstream, and they are changing the ways people manage knowledge. As the use of weblogs becomes inextricably intertwined with life and work practice, the act of weblogging influences the ways we share knowledge…

Investigative Reporting Workshop

This half-day investigative reporting workshop will feature a talk by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lowell Bergman and panels on business investigations, computer-assisted reporting, public records research and local watchdog reporting. Panelists include Associated Press reporter Matthew Fordahl; San Jose Mercury News reporter Rick Tulsky and Julie Patel; San Francisco Chronicle reporters Lance Williams, Vanessa Hua and…

Darfur, Sudan: The Violence Continues

Who:David Kilgour, a member of the Canadian Parliament and leading human rights advocate, and Mark Brecke, a war photographer who documented the genocide in Darfur last fall/winter. They will discuss their first hand experiences regarding the genocide in Darfur, Sudan and shed light on this continuing tragedy. There will also be a discussion of UC…

Choose Your Publisher!

Got a book that needs publishing? Tectonic shifts have shaken the publishing landscape in recent years, crumbling the traditional distinctions among large, small and vanity presses. An author’s new options include royalty publishing, copublishing, self-publishing, managed production and printing. What does it all mean and how can you benefit? To answer these questions, the American…

Spring New Media Lecture Series (March 2006)

The New Media Lecture Series is part of a week-long multimedia training workshop for mid-career journalists sponsored by the school. To view archived webcasts, click panelist names below (requires free QuickTime player). Monday, March 27 12:30 Ì¢‰â‰” 1:30 p.m. Ì¢‰â‰” “Why Should Journalists Care about Search?” John Battelle, author of “The Search” Download PowerPoint presentation…

What to Eat: Sensible Food Choices in this Era of Corporate and Scientific Confusion

Author Marion Nestle will discuss her new book and the links between nutrition, health and politics, navigating a supermarket designed to confuse us and obscure the origins and nature of food. Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, in the department that she chaired…

Summer New Media Lecture Series (May 2006)

Featured speakers are Dan Cox of World Online, Terry Moore of the Orange County Register, Michael Skoler of Minnesota Public Radio, Paul Grabowicz of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Bob Cauthorn of City Tools, Regina McCombs of Startribune.com, Phil Numrich of Internet Broadcasting Systems and a panel of Oakland Tribune reporters and editors.…