When: Thursday, February 10,  12:00 PM

Where: North Gate Hall Library

Three seasoned guests talk about reporting on the sport and its impact on race, education and society.

George Dohrmann, investigative reporter for Sports Illustrated and author of Play The Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruiter, and the Youth Basketball Machine.
Tim Keown, a senior writer for ESPN the Magazine and author of several books, including Skyline One Season, One Team, One City.

Doug Merlino, a North Gate alum and author of the newly released Hustle: One Team and Ten Lives in Black and White.

The Future of Investigative Journalism

When: Wednesday, February 23,  12:00 PM

Where: North Gate Hall Library

As traditional news organizations drown in red ink, how can we sustain the critical work of investigative reporting?  There are some promising new models, including ProPublica, but will the future rely on private philanthropy?  What are the roles of private and public media in this work?  What new business models are evolving?  Where does the game changing Wikileaks fit in this landscape?  What about social media?  A conversation about the future of investigative reporting with:

Lowell Bergman, Frontline
Daniel Zwerdling, National Public Radio
Megahnn Farnsworth, Center for Investigative Reporting/California Watch

Ellin O'Leary, Youth Radio
Jaxon Van Derbeken, The San Francisco Chronicle

Can Mainstream Journalism Survive? Making the Online Times Pay

When: Tuesday, March 1,  6:30 PM

Where: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall

Gerald Marzorati, Assistant Managing Editor of the New York Times, for New Products and Strategies in conversation with Mark Danner, Chancellor's Professor of Journalism and Politics, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and Michael Pollan, John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism.

Opening Reception:
Photographs of South Africa in the 1950’s by Jurgen Schadeberg

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American Soldiers and Torture
Joshua Phillips and Mark Danner in conversation about None of Us Were Like This Before, a book by Joshua Phillips

When: Friday, March 4

Reception: 6:00 PM
Discussion: 7:00 PM

Where: North Gate Hall Room 105

Joshua E. S. Phillips and Mark Danner will explore how soldiers and senior officials came to believe that torture was permissible, effective, and necessary.  Danner and Phillips will also discuss the impact of abuse and torture on detainees and soldiers.

Mark Danner has produced some of the most important essays and books about U.S. policies that led to detainee abuse and torture during the “war on terror.”  His most recent books are Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror and Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War. He is Chancellor's Professor of Journalism and Politics at UC Berkeley.

Based on first-hand reports from the Middle East and Afghanistan, and years of interviewing ordinary soldiers, Joshua E.S. Phillips’s new book None of Us Were Like This Before explores how troops turned to torture and presents a shattering record of the impact of detainee abuse and torture on detainees and America’s veterans.

Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up
A screening and discussion with director Saul Landau and associate-producer Julia Landau

When: Thursday, March 10,  6:00 PM

Where: North Gate Hall Library

"Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up" is a new film by award-winning director Saul Landau about US-Cuba relations, The Cuban 5, and Miami terrorist groups who have attacked Cuba.

Saul Landau has produced over forty films. He has received numerous awards; including an Emmy with Jack Willis for "Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang"; the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award; the George Polk Award for Investigative Reporting; and the First Amendment Award.  Landau received an Edgar Allen Poe Award for Assassination on Embassy Row, an investigative book about the 1976 murders of Chilean Ambassador Orlando Letelier and his colleague, Ronni Moffitt.

He is a senior fellow at and vice chair of the Institute for Policy Studies. In 2008, the Chilean government presented him with the Bernardo O'Higgins Award for his human rights work.

Extended trailer can be viewed here.

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When: Thursday, February 10,  7:30 PM

Where:  Pegasus Books Downtown Berkeley (2349 Shattuck Avenue)

Doug Merlino (MJ 2003) will read and discuss The Hustle: One Team and Ten Lives in Black and White. Merlino was part of a mid-80's, league-winning basketball team constructed for its diversity. He follows up with his teammates in this study of privilege, opportunity, race and class.

Event Contact:  510.649.1320

RELATED EVENT: Doug Merlino at Book Passage (Corte Madera)


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Graduate School of Journalism
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University of California at Berkeley
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When: Wednesday, October 6

Reception: 5:30 PM
Lecture: 6:00 PM

Where: North Gate Hall Library

NPR Reporter and Journalist-in-Residence Tamara Keith discusses radio journalism, the challenge of covering disasters, and NPR’s transition in the digital age, while outlining her experiences covering major stories ranging from the world financial crisis, to the earthquake in Haiti, to the BP oil spill in Louisiana.

Our Patchwork Nation: political journalist and author Dante Chinni

When: Wednesday, October 13

Reception: 5:30 PM
Lecture: 6:00 PM

Where:  North Gate Hall Library

Political journalist and author Dante Chinni talks about his highly praised new book, Our Patchwork Nation. The outgrowth of an online reporting project that began in 2008, Patchwork Nation demonstrates that the subtle distinctions in how Americans vote, invest, shop, and communicate reflect what they experience on their local streets and in their local communities.

What Happens When Refugees Tell Their Own Stories?
A film screening with Becky Palmstrom

When: Wednesday, October 27,  6:00 PM

Where:  North Gate Hall Library

Over the summer Becky Palmstrom worked with Film Aid International in Kakuma Refugee camp in Kenya. Together with 30 young refugees from Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Uganda and Kenya they produced four short documentaries about life in the camp. Becky will be screening the documentaries and talking about participatory video and its implications for humanitarianism and citizen journalism.

The event is co-sponsored by the Human Rights Center, the Center for African Studies and the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley and YouTube: Innovators at Work!

When: Thursday, October 28

Reception: 5:30 PM
Discussion: 6:00 PM

Where: North Gate Hall Library

Join J-School student Shannon Service, alumna Anna Bloom, YouTube’s Olivia Ma, New America Media's Kevin Weston, ABC's Jennifer Mitchell and the Bay Area Video Coalition's Ken Ikeda as they discuss an exciting joint project in which the School is working to understand, curate, and engage citizen-contributed news content to the online video powerhouse. Moderated by Associate Dean Paul Grabowicz.

George Azar
Film maker and photographer based in Amman, Jordan

When: Tuesday, November 9,  6:00 PM

Where: North Gate Hall Library

George Azar will screen and speak about his two powerful films:

"The Gaza Fixer" –  the human story of one man's personal loss during the Gaza War.                            

"Two Schools in Nablus" – teachers at a boys and a girls school work to educate students living under the Israeli occupation.

George Azar has covered the Middle East and Arab/Islamic culture for the past 29 years from Beirut, Jerusalem and Gaza. He is a recipient of television’s 2007 Rory Peck Award for his film ‘Gaza Fixer.’ The following year his film, ‘Two Schools in Nablus’ won the Japan Prize and the U.K. Royal Television Society’s Education Award.

As a photojournalist, Azar’s work has appeared on the front pages of The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Economist, Newsweek, the Philadelphia Inquirer and other leading newspapers and periodicals. His photographs appear on the covers of many books, most recently Mahmoud Darwish’s State of Siege (2009).

He is the author of the books Palestine, A Photographic Journey (University of California Press, 1991) and Palestine, A Guide (Interlink Books, 2006).

Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends
Historian and Israeli journalist, Tom Segev

When: Friday, November 12,  Noon

Where: North Gate Hall Library

Historian and Israeli journalist, Tom Segev, speaks about his widely acclaimed new book, Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends.

Segev, who writes a weekly column in Ha'aretz, Israel's leading daily newspaper, is the author of The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust and other pathbreaking books, including One Palestine, Complete, which was named one of the ten best books of 2000 by the New York Times Book Review. He lives in Jerusalem.

"A Mad Day Out, 1968", by Stephen Goldblatt
An Exhibition and Public Lecture

When:  Friday, November 12

Reception: 6:00 PM
Lecture:  7:00 PM

Where:  North Gate Hall Room 105

On Sunday, July 28th 1968, in the midst of recording sessions for the White Album, The Beatles decided to spend a Mad Day Out being photographed at seemingly random locations all over London. This exhibition of photographs by Stephen Goldblatt traces that day and the madcap and energy of the Beatles roaming and playing through London.

Stephen Goldblatt began his career as a news photographer, including work for the London Sunday Times, and later specializing in shooting rock stars, including The Beatles at the peak of their popularity. He ran Anthony Armstrong-Jones' studio in Pimlico for three years before attending the Royal College of Art Film School. Upon graduation, he went to work shooting documentaries and animation, much of it in 16mm. Among his assignments were two "Disappearing World" episodes for Granada TV. He became a director of photography in 1980 for the feature, "Breaking Glass". He has been nominated for an Oscar twice: "Prince of Tides" (1991) and "Batman Forever"(1995) and has been director of Photography for "Julie and Julia", "Angels in America", "Percy Jackson and the Olympians", "Rent", "Charlie Wilsons War", "The Pelican Brief", "The Cotton Club" and is currently finishing "The Help" based on the #1 NY Times best seller list novel.


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Julie Hirano
Event & Fundraising Coordinator
Graduate School of Journalism
121 North Gate Hall
University of California at Berkeley
(work) 510.642.3394

(fax) 510.643.2680
http://journalism.berkeley.edu

When: Wednesday, September 8,  6:00 PM

Where: North Gate Hall Library

Award-winning author and Writer-in-Residence Gary Rivlin discusses his acclaimed new book, Broke USA, and how the working poor become big business. A former national reporter for the New York Times and Industry Standard, Rivlin’s book has attracted acclaim and wide attention in print and broadcast media, including appearances on Charlie Rose, Terry Gross’ Fresh Air, and National Public Radio.

The Bay Citizen: A Progress Report on New Journalism in the Bay Area

When: Wednesday, September 15,  6:00 PM

Where:  North Gate Hall Library

Join us for a lively discussion about the most widely watched new online news enterprise in the country, The Bay Citizen, a $12 million non-profit enterprise founded in partnership between the Hellman Family Foundation and Berkeley’s School of Journalism. Featuring: Citizen Multimedia producer Tasneem Raja, Partnerships coordinator Queena Kim, and reporters Richard Parks and Kate McClean.

Michael x Michael: Michael Lewis and Professor Michael Pollan in conversation

When: Thursday, September 23, 7:00 PM

Where: Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Two admired, best-selling writers will talk about writing, storytelling, books, and journalism.

Advance tickets required. This is a fundraising event for Journalism School student fellowships.

Berkeley and YouTube: Innovators at Work!

When: Wednesday, September 29,  6:00 PM

Where: North Gate Hall Library

Join J-School student Shannon Service, alumna Anna Bloom, YouTube’s Olivia Ma and New America Media's Kevin Weston as they discuss an exciting joint project in which the School is working to understand, curate, and engage citizen-contributed news content to the online video powerhouse. Moderated by Associate Dean Paul Grabowicz.

The Big Story: National Public Radio’s Tamara Keith

When: Wednesday, October 6,  6:00 PM

Where: North Gate Hall Library

NPR Reporter and Journalist-in-Residence Tamara Keith discusses radio journalism, the challenge of covering disasters, and NPR’s transition in the digital age, while outlining her experiences covering major stories ranging from the world financial crisis, to the earthquake in Haiti, to the BP oil spill in Louisiana.

—
Julie Hirano
Event & Fundraising Coordinator
Graduate School of Journalism
121 North Gate Hall
University of California at Berkeley

(work) 510.642.3394
(fax) 510.643.2680
http://journalism.berkeley.edu