New database just published by @latimes.com, @sfchronicle.com, @kqednews.kqed.org + CalMatters and built by Berkeley Journalism's IRP, @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social BIDS + @biglocalnews.bsky.social makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records. journalism.berkeley.edu/police-recor...

LA Times journalist James Rainey on California's groundbreaking support for local journalism through our @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Journalism and the @maynardinstitute.bsky.social: "Accurate news and information has become an increasingly fleeting resource." www.latimes.com/california/n...

A new $15 million for local journalism in CA budget! “Even in tight financial times, independent journalism, which underpins a citizen-informed democracy, is deserving of priority support,” said former State Senator Steve Glazer, a champion of local journalism.

Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."

Welcome to @mbolden.bsky.social, the next dean of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Journalism — a "distinguished journalist" selected to lead at a time of "unprecedented challenges for journalism" said Chancellor @chancellorlyons.bsky.social. journalism.berkeley.edu/2025-berkele...

"Local journalism is not a luxury. It’s civic infrastructure. And like roads, schools and clean water, it requires intentional public investment." — Opinion in the Sac Bee from former CA Senator Steve Glazer and the @maynardinstitute.bsky.social's Martin Reynolds. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

Must-read in @washingtonpost.com by Berkeley Journalism Lecturer Adam Hochschild that provides a deep and fascinating historical perspective and guidance on the way forward. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The president is asserting an unreviewable power to seize any person off the street and ship him to a dungeon abroad. Nobody can say this is an overreaction or alarmism or "TDS" when this is literally what the administration is doing right now.

Our @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Journalism student @rileyramirez.bsky.social writes about federal cuts affecting Richmond CA as part of our new reporting project, "The Stakes": baynature.org/article/trum...

An excellent deep dive into how our students and Investigative Reporting Program exposed a system of covering up police misconduct. journalistsresource.org/criminal-jus...

Today, members of the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism community published a call to #Protectjournalists in Gaza and Israel. A vest with the word “PRESS” on it is not enough. journalism.berkeley.edu/statement-on...

"Buy it, put it on your desk. This should almost be required reading before receiving your license to use the Internet, but I’ll propose that legislation another day."— Justin Seitz on #GraphicTheBook by @alexakoenig.bsky.social and @adlampros.bsky.social: www.bullshithunting.com/p/the-work-w...

"Graphic: Trauma and Meaning in Our Online Lives," looks at the risks around viewing trauma-making imagery and the ways to mitigate damage. By @alexakoenig.bsky.social and Andrea Lampros. Thank you both for the hours of discussions of histories of video witnessing. 🙏🏼 www.graphicthebook.com more ––>