The J-School hosts numerous public events of interest to students and the general public. The events listed below are of particular interest to students in our program. Use the "Events View" picklist below to see events associated with other programs.
- Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
- Inauguration 2009
- Berkeley residents and students gather in front of the Student Union at UC Berkeley to watch the inauguration of President Obama. The university hosted a community viewing of the inauguration in Sproul Plaza on January 20, 2009.
- Thursday, November 20th, 2008
- JO WHALEY
For one evening butterflies, beetles, dragonflies, and other colorful insects take center stage. Come see photographer Jo Whaley's newest work, celebrated in her book, The Theater of Insects, and highlighted this evening with a special lecture and book-signing.
- Monday, November 10th, 2008
- Peril and Possibility
A discussion with Pulitzer-prize winning author Ron Suskind.
- Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
- Live Election Night Coverage
AUDIO WEBCAST: Please join us for an exciting evening of discussion featuring North Gate Hall journalists, analysts, and pollsters as they examine congressional races in battleground states across the country.
- Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
- Third Presidential Debate 2008
- Students gather at the j-school to watch the third presidential debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain.
- Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
- Vice Presidential Debate 2008
- Public viewing party of the vice-presidential debate at the journalism school.
- Friday, September 26th, 2008
- Presidential Debate
- Public viewing party of the presidential debate at the journalism school
- Friday, September 26th, 2008
- Business Journalism Workshop
A FREE one-day business journalism workshop will be held in Berkeley, Calif., on Friday, September 26, 2008. This workshop is open not only to business journalists, but to journalists covering other beats who wish to learn more about covering business.
- Thursday, March 20th, 2008
- The Art of Interviewing
Cecil Brown, an award winning author, screenwriter, and filmmaker who co-wrote the screenplay for "Which Way is Up?", will give a presentation on the art of interviewing. Brown has profiled a range of legendary artists, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Tennessee Williams, and Richard Pryor
- Thursday, March 6th, 2008
- 3rd Annual First Amendment and the Environment Symposium
The Symposium is an interactive forum on the intersection of First Amendment issues with environmental law and policy.
Earn 4 Hours MCLE Credits!
- Thursday, February 28th, 2008
- The "War on Terror" and Human Rights
The "War on Terror" and Human Rights will engage the public in a
thought-provoking discussion about the methods used to pursue the "war on terror" and its impact on America's reputation at home and abroad.
Admission is free.- Friday, February 15th, 2008
- Ethnic Media Crossing the Digital Divide:
Nearly 40 Bay Area media leaders visit the J-School to participate in a day-long conference and workshop sponsored by the School of Journalism, New America Media and the Knight Digital Media Center.
- Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
- Film Criticism and the 2008 Academy Awards
Award-winning San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick Lasalle visits the J-School to discuss movie reviewing and the 2008 Academy Awards. Lasalle is the author of "Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of Modern Man," and "Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood."
- Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
- 10th Annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture & Young Activist Award
Former State Senator and 60's activist Tom Hayden and Hip-hop journalist Jeff Chang will give the tenth annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture on November 2, 2006, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the death of the famed Berkeley political activist and leader of the Free Speech Movement. The ev
- Thursday, April 6th, 2006
- California: America's High-Stakes Experiment
Author Peter Schrag will discuss his new book on immigration, globalization, and the impact of California's politics on its quality of life as the Golden State struggles to recapture the American dream.
- Monday, November 22nd, 2004
- Darfur: How to Respond to Genocide
John Prendergast is one of the world's leading experts on Sudan, and will discuss the crisis in Darfur -- solving the immediate humanitarian crisis in Sudan as well as developing long-term strategies for establishing peace. Introduction by Dave Eggers.
- Monday, October 18th, 2004
- Potent Presidential Politics: Inequality, Race, and Welfare Reform
New York Times reporter, Jason DeParle, in conversation with Michael Krasney
- Friday, October 8th, 2004
- California First Amendment Coalition Annual Assembly
Featured speaker will be journalist and New Yorker writer Sy Hersh
- Wednesday, October 6th, 2004
- 8th Annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture & Young Activist Award
Part of the Savio Memorial Lecture Series featuring Molly Ivins, a nationally-syndicated political columnist, author of "Bushwhacked! life in George Bush's America" and the new "Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known"
- Monday, October 4th, 2004
- Debate: Does America Need A New President?
William Kristol is Editor of the Washington-based political magazine, The Weekly Standard, and co-author, "The War Over Iraq." Mark Danner is a professor at the Graduate School of Journalism and author of "Torture and Truth". The two will debate the topic "Does America need a new president?".
- Tuesday, April 20th, 2004
- Our Own Worst Enemy
John Arquilla in conversation with Mark Danner
Arquilla is Professor of Defense Analysis at the US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He is the co-author, most recently, of Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime and Militancy.
- Thursday, April 15th, 2004
- Joe Domanick
Domanick is a Senior Fellow in Criminal Justice at the University of Southern California Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism. His previous book, To Protect and to Serve: The LAPD's Century of War in the City of Dreams, won the 1995 Edgar Award for Best True Fact Crime.
- Monday, April 5th, 2004
- At the Mercy of the Saudis: Bush's Failed Energy Policy
David Goldwyn served as Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs from 1999-2001 and has held senior positions in the Department of State and the United States Mission to the UN. He is the head of Goldwyn International Strategies, which advises Fortune 100 companies on energy issues
- Thursday, March 18th, 2004
- Did We Get it Right?
A panel on the media's coverage of Iraq, with representatives of Al Jazeera, The New York Times, ABC Nightline, ITN Channel 4 News, Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio and the San Francisco Chronicle. Part of the Media at War conference.
- Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
- Media At War Conference
A three-day series of panels, lectures and discussions by 50 journalists and foreign policy experts on the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq begins the evening of March 16 with a panel discussion by foreign reporting and other staff members at the Los Angeles Times.
- Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
- The Los Angeles Times at War in Iraq
A panel discussion with the foreign reporting and other staff members at the Los Angeles Times on coverage of the War in Iraq. Part of the Media at War conference.
- Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004
- George Soros: The Bubble of American Supremacy
Financier, philanthropist and author, George Soros, will be discussing the interesting facets of the bubble phenomenon as it relates to the United States' notion of self-supremacy in the world. Mr. Soros is also the founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute.
- Tuesday, February 24th, 2004
- The Real State of the Union -- A Town Hall Meeting
This lively discussion about the real state of our union will feature authors from the Atlantic Monthly, fellows of the New America Foundation and faculty from the University of California.
- Thursday, February 19th, 2004
- Selling Out the First Amendment
John Carroll, editor and executive vice president of The Los Angeles Times, and Michael Krasny, host of KQED-FM's Forum, will meet at Wheeler Auditiorium February 19th at 7:30 to discuss how the state's biggest newspaper operates when the lines between news, politics and entertainment are blurre
- Wednesday, February 18th, 2004
- The New York Times at War
Gerald Marzorati is the editor of the New York Times Magazine, where he has worked for ten years. He has been a non-fiction editor at the New Yorker, a senior editor at Harper's Magazine, and a features editor at the SoHo News, an alternative paper in Manhattan in the 1970s.
- Wednesday, February 4th, 2004
- The Fog of War
Errol Morris and Robert McNamara together on stage discussing the latest buzz generating documentary "The Fog of War". Moderating the discussion will be Mark Danner, Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism with introductions by Dean Orville Schell and Chancellor Berdahl.
- Tuesday, November 4th, 2003
- Hitchens v. Danner: Has Bush Made Us Safer?
Christopher Hitchens and Mark Danner take off the gloves for another round of debates on the Bush administration.
- Thursday, October 2nd, 2003
- California Recall and the Environment
J-School Senior Lecturer Susan Rasky will be on a panel on "The California Recall: Who, Why and What it Means for the Environment." The panel is co-sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Resource Development.
- Tuesday, September 30th, 2003
- Covering the Bush White House
Join Helen Thomas, Daniel Schorr, Scott Lindlaw and Orville Schell for a live discussion on "The Bush White House: How Covering the Beat has Changed".
- Monday, May 12th, 2003
- Hearing on Media Consolidation
Dean Orville Schell will be on a panel on proposed new FCC rules that would lift limits on media ownership and enable large conglomerates to own multiple broadcast outlets and newspapers in local markets.
- Wednesday, April 30th, 2003
- Weapons of Mass Destruction In An Age of Terror
A conversation with Jonathan Schell, fellow at The Nation Institute and senior fellow at the Center for Globalization at Yale University; Frances FitzGerald, author; and Mark Danner, professor at the Graduate School of Journalism and staff writer with the The New Yorker
- Tuesday, April 29th, 2003
- Turning Fact Into Fiction
Please join us as Barbara Wright, author of "Plain Language" and Tom Englehardt, author of" The Last Days of Publishing" discuss how they write in "Turning Fact into Fiction: How a Novelist Works." Books will be available for sale.
- Sunday, April 27th, 2003
- Edwin Bayley Memorial Service
A memorial celebration at North Gate Hall for Edwin Bayley, the founding dean of the Graduate School of Journalism, who died October 27, 2002. Friends, colleagues and alumni will join in to celebrate Dean Bayley's contributions to journalism and to the school.
Streaming video of Bayley's
- Saturday, April 26th, 2003
- Proposed Media Ownership Rule Changes
The J-School and several other Bay Area journalism departments invite people to attend Northern California's only public hearing on the Federal Communication Commission’s Proposed Media Ownership Rule Changes, presided over by FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein
- Friday, April 18th, 2003
- Covering Business in California
Join business editors Ken Howe of the San Francisco Chronicle, David Satterfield of the San Jose Mercury News, and Drew Voros of the Oakland Tribune as they gather to talk about covering business in California
- Thursday, April 17th, 2003
- Mystery of the Monkey
Shi Lihong, a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Journalism, will have a screening of her documentary film, "The Mystery of Yunnan's Snub-nosed Monkey."
- Thursday, April 17th, 2003
- Geograhic Information Systems
San Francisco State University Journalism Prof. John T. Johnson will discuss "GIS: Unifying Theory/Methodology for Journalism and the Social Sciences?" with UC Berkeley J-School Prof. William Drummond
- Wednesday, April 16th, 2003
- The Weather Underground
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism invites you to a screening of "The Weather Underground" with Director, Producer and Editor Sam Green. Watch former Underground members, speak about the trajectory that placed them on the FBI's most wanted list.
- Wednesday, April 16th, 2003
- U.S. war in Iraq
In a talk titled, "U.S. war in Iraq: Despair, delight or division in Indonesia?" visiting scholar and Jakarta Post managing editor Harry Bhaskara will address the potentially divisive effect the current war may have on the 2004 presidential elections in Indonesia.
- Monday, April 14th, 2003
- Spoils of War?
David L. Goldwyn, adjunct professor at Colombia University and Georgetown University in the Geopolitics of Energy, in conversation with Mark Danner on deciding the future of Iraqi oil
- Thursday, April 10th, 2003
- Weblogs, Information, and Society
Weblogs are mainstream, and they are changing the way we manage knowledge, work and communicate. Dan Gillmor, Scott Rosenberg, Donna Wentworth and others are on a panel to explore how this change continues to affect academia, journalism, business, and society.
- Thursday, April 10th, 2003
- Tom Standage
Tom Standage, technology correspondent for The Economist, will discuss the difference between science and business journalism. He will also talk about writing for The Economist -- including the benefits of not having a byline.
- Friday, April 4th, 2003
- The Politics of Food
A discussion on factors that affect food, with Michael Pollan, Knight Chair in Science Reporting at the J-School, Dr. Raj Patel, policy analyst at Food First, and Rick Young, author of Measure O, Berkeley's 2002 initiative that would require all brewed coffee in the Berkeley to be Fair Trade.
- Wednesday, April 2nd, 2003
- Looking at America from Abroad
A conversation with journalists Peter Schneider and Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff of Germany, Federico Rampini of Italy, Patrick Jarreau of France, and Godfrey Hodgson of Great Britain.
- Wednesday, April 2nd, 2003
- Visiting Scholar on KQED Radio Show
Harry Bhaskara, an Indonesian journalist and visiting scholar at the J-School, will appear on a KQED radio show on April 4 to discuss "California in the Foreign Press."
- Friday, March 28th, 2003
- Connecting with the Wired Generation
The J-School's sixth annual new media conference. This session covered how young people are using digital technology, the Internet and the media. See full event listing for more information.
- Thursday, March 27th, 2003
- UNAFF Traveling Festival Berkeley
The United Nations Association Film Festival presents its next traveling film festival, showcasing the struggle of international filmmakers for peace, justice and dignity. The 3rd UNAFF Traveling Festival Berkeley, co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, will take place at
- Monday, March 24th, 2003
- Multimedia Reporting & Convergence Workshop I
The J-School is hosting five presentations this month on online publishing topics - journalism weblogs on March 24, the state of wireless technology on March 26 , online publishing trends and charging for online content on March 27, and putting multimedia into practice. See Thursday, March 20th, 2003
- The New Metropolis
Do cities have a future? A discussion with Washington Post writer and author Joel Garreau, San Francisco Chronicle urban design writer John King, and Bay Area developer Rick Holliday. Moderated by UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Terner Teaching Fellow Bradley Inman.
- Thursday, March 20th, 2003
- Dialogues
Presentation of four documentaries from the Graduate School of Journalism: In Whose Interest? (David Kaplowitz), Afghan Elvis (Matthew MacLean), In Good Faith (Kelly Davis, Megan Lardner) and Celestial Real Estate (Yvonne Kennedy). Artists will be present for discussion.
- Tuesday, March 18th, 2003
- Alice Waters
A special premier of "Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution." A panel discussion will follow.
- Events Outside the J-School:
- UC Berkeley Campus
- School of Information
- Commonwealth Club
- Bay Area Journalism Calendar
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