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I was sitting in Portuguese 103 one dreary winter day last semester when it occurred to me — and this thought was not in English, but in the Portuguese-Spanish cocktail pseudo-dialect known as “Portunhol” — that I was, in that moment, a visitor to the Portuguese language.
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Jonathan Gold’s death will continue to be felt for years, as his influence was so thoroughly fundamental to food media — especially in Los Angeles, the city he helped shape and put on the culinary map.
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Right now, journalism may feel like a bumpy, even frightening road, but that does not excuse writers to throw down their pens and scrap their drafts.
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Many freshmen arrive at UC Berkeley and are faced with difficult choices — with numerous open roads and routes to pursue in college, all encompassed by the feeling steeped in the word “undeclared.” I was not one of those students.
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We should keep in mind the great advantages that the internet has given us, but not forget the importance of print papers to the journalism industry.
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Today, student journalists across the nation speak with one voice. Years of salary cuts, budget reductions and censorship attempts have left us with no choice. Today, we call upon our readers, alumni and supporters to help us #SaveStudentNewsrooms.
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Newsroom diversity (in every sense of the word) is paramount not only to quality — fair and thorough sourcing and reporting — but also a sense of belonging.
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The history of Berkeley — not so far from Oakland, where the Black Panthers was founded — is inextricably linked to that of Black empowerment and activism.
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Just because our job is to quickly analyze and critique does not mean ignorance is an excuse.
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