2 UC Berkeley alumni recognized as 2019 Pulitzer Prize winners, finalists
This year’s Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists include two UC Berkeley alumni who found their roots in journalism at The Daily Californian.
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Picks of the Week: Baby elephants, uplifting outdoor walks and spicy musicals to get back into the semester
It sounds trite, but oftentimes getting outside and moving around a bit can do a world of good for your physical and mental well-being — it’s a wonderful and wholesome way to recharge without breaking the bank.
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New York Times deputy editor talks West Coast coverage at Berkeley Forum event
New York Times deputy director and UC Berkeley alumnus Julie Bloom discussed her experience covering the West Coast as an East Coast paper with an increasingly Californian readership at a Berkeley Forum event Monday hosted by The Berkeley Forum.
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UC Berkeley J-School needs to expand audio journalism classes
We live in the age of the podcast, with digestible chunks of audio information delivered to our devices anywhere, anytime. There are reportedly more than half a million podcasts, yet only a handful consistently rise to the surface. According to Podtrac, 2018’s most downloaded podcasts were “The Daily,” “This American
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UC Berkeley journalism school hosts New York Times executive editor
Hundreds of UC Berkeley students, faculty and aspiring journalists filled Sibley Auditorium on Friday to hear New York Times, or The Times, executive editor Dean Baquet discuss modern journalism and the rapidly changing journalism industry with UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Dean Edward Wasserman.
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Podcast host Michael Barbaro to speak at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism commencement
Michael Barbaro, a New York Times reporter and the host of the nationally-renowned news podcast, The Daily, will be the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, or J-School, keynote speaker for the Spring commencement ceremony, May 18.
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Picks of the Week: Puzzles, playlists and more to pass the time during dead week
It’s finally Reading, Review and Recitation Week, though you may still have class for the next couple of days. Whether it’s your first dead week or your last, fear not: There are still plenty of opportunities to bust out of your studying routine and get into the winter break spirit.
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Considering the changing landscape of elections after 2016
In a fatalistic sweep, digital media has instilled civic apathy in the young — the result of an overloaded sensorium in face of unproductive online discourse.
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ASUC Senate passes resolution supporting creation of independent police advisory board
This new advisory board would be independent of UCPD and of the ASUC. The senate also discussed Title IX and heard an announcement from the Berkeley Disaster Team, or BDT, regarding its program.
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Tragedies of Vietnam War crushed under miniature copter in ‘Miss Saigon’
Following, even perhaps overshadowing, the long thread of issues with “Miss Saigon” is its appraisals — the dazzling show tunes and choreography, sumptuous stage design and the undeniable technical feat of the production.
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