About David Ferry
David Ferry is a reporter living in Oakland, California. He enjoys investigative reporting, politics and the fried chicken sandwich from Bakesale Betty.
Ferry was born and raised a few stops down the BART line, in Pleasant Hill. He later spent four years at UC Santa Barbara, where he was editor of the school’s daily paper. In Santa Barbara, Ferry chased fires, covered crime and spent more than one night on the newsroom couch. After half a decade by the beach, he returned up north to freelance and intern for KQED Public Radio’s The California Report, and eventually enroll at the J-School. In between his two years at Berkeley, Ferry was an intern for The Wall Street Journal in San Francisco.
He is currently a second year student at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He misses surfing, the sun and free time.
Published Stories:
- A New Precedent for Reporter’s Privilege?
- PBS Frontline
- David Ferry, class of 2012, writes on PBS Frontline's website about reporter's privilege.
- California Courts Face Cash Crunch
- The Wall Street Journal
- David Ferry, class of 2012, writes in The Wall Street Journal about the budget crisis affecting California's courts. The piece was featured on page A4 of the Journal.
- Tahoe Beckons to Fair-Weather Skiers on July 4th
- The Wall Street Journal
- David Ferry, class of 2012, writes in The Wall Street Journal about skiing Tahoe on the Fourth of July. The piece was featured on the Journal's front page.
- Slaughterhouse Shortage Stunting Area’s Eat-Local Movement
- The New York Times
- David Ferry, class of 2012, writes in The New York Times about how a shortage of slaughterhouses in the Bay Area is affecting the eat-local movement. The piece, produced for The Bay Citizen, was the lead story on www.nytimes.com on April 7 and was featured in the Bay Area pages of the April 8 edition of the Times.
- Richmond Roulette: Groups go all in on Measure U
- Richmond Confidential
- Out of town interests have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to support and oppose a proposed casino in Richmond.
- Chevron spends big on candidates
- Richmond Confidential
- Richmond's biggest taxpayer has poured $1 million into local politics this election season.
- Richmond Campaign Finance Explorer
- Richmond Confidential
- Richmond’s 2010 mayoral race has been contentious — and expensive. In an effort to shed light on the upcoming mayoral contest, Richmond Confidential and the UC Berkeley Visualization Lab have created an interactive tool that lets readers examine the candidates’ finances.
- Police and fire unions also investigated Beckles
- Richmond Confidential
- Mayor Gayle McLaughlin is not the only Richmond candidate the police and firefighter unions are investigating.
- Mayor McLaughlin under fire
- Richmond Confidential
- The mayor’s political opponents launched an attack campaign against her Tuesday, releasing files from a previously unknown bankruptcy filing.
- Curbing Range Anxiety
- KQED Public Radio
- Will consumers get over their fear of "range anxiety" and flock to electric cars?
- Interactive Map: Global Emissions Targets
- KQED Public Radio
- This interactive map, released in the run-up to the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit, details the G20 nations' climate policies.
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