"How to stop doomscrolling + find meaning on social media" from Andrea Lampros + me TIME time.com/6314011/doomsc… w/ a shoutout to everyone who contributed their ideas on visual imagery + resilience for Graphic: Trauma and Meaning in our Online Lives + whose ideas fed this piece!

An essay with Alexa Koenig in @TIMEIdeas today shares some lessons from Human Rights Center's investigations lab and our interviews with experts for Graphic: Trauma and Meaning in our Online Lives. With thx to Lab leaders and partners like Stephanie Croft, Felim McMahon, Sam Dubberley... time.com/6314011/doomsc…

Thank you Greater Good for publishing these tips from Graphic: Trauma and Meaning in our Online Lives (co-authored with Alexa Koenig) on how to stay engaged with the world via social media in healthier ways. Thx to the Human Rights Center Lab students + staff for informing this work. greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/1…

Thx Alexa Koenig for collectively birthing a book that seeks to honor those on the frontlines of violence and fortify the rest of us to support struggles for peace and justice. Thx also to Sam Dubberley + Human Rights Center staff, students + partners who inspire and inform the work.

So proud to have played a tiny role in (and written the foreword for) Graphic by Alexa Koenig + Andrea Lampros. Our online lives are increasingly exposed to trauma - graphic imagery, conspiracy theories and more - and we have to know how to navigate this. graphicthebook.com

Thank you so much for having Alexa Koenig and me on Tech Policy Press to talk about some of the ideas and research we share in Graphic: Trauma and Meaning in our Online Lives.

Please join us for the 2023 Gender Forum, hosted by Berkeley Journalism and the Pulitzer Center on Wednesday, Nov. 8: New York Times Opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg talks with UC Berkeley Berkeley Journalism Dean @GOAnand. RSVP at journalism.berkeley.edu/event/michelle…

What is society's responsibility in protecting and aiding sex trafficking victims? This Wednesday, join journalists and experts Isabella Gomes, Nikki Jones, Holly Joshi, and bernice yeung for a discussion. Register for the in-person event by Berkeley Journalism. 👉 bit.ly/3Qrl3Ld

At HRC, we're committed to engaging in active research and investigations fueled by a vision for a more free and equitable world. We hope you'll explore our 2022-23 annual report, which shares some of the work we've been involved in this last year: issuu.com/hrcberkeley/do…

So honored to be back and to amplify the incredible work of our Berkeley Journalism community. Now more than ever we need to support local journalism, expand access to the field, and enable the next generation to tell stories that matter, inspire, disrupt, and connect.

"Burnout + secondary trauma [is] not just being affected in the moment, because...all of us are affected in the moment. That's normal, that's healthy, that's human" - Andrea Lampros Thanks to Marina Adami for focusing on the wellbeing of journalists + at such a challenging time

"Maria Raheen fully grasped the irony. The more achievements she attained that elevated her standing and reputation, the more perilous her life would become" - beautiful piece by Andrea Cohen about the third Afghan scholar to join our team at Berkeley

Latest piece, this one on climate justice w/ Baiboon Sakulkarunaarree: when do lawyers have an obligation to present the best scientific evidence in court? We argue "always" - because of the law, because of ethics, and because of human rights Human Rights Center

Thx to World Affairs for discussing the role of open source investigations in helping safeguard elections, then chatting w/ Andrea Lampros about why ethics/quality #journalism are so critical to our online info ecosystem-plus the psychological cost of it all Graphic: Trauma and Meaning in our Online Lives #OSINT

💫 NEW! How can journalists shield themselves against harm from incessantly viewing traumatic imagery? How can they build resilience? Andrea Lampros & Alexa Koenig offer tips from their book to help people protect themselves from second-hand trauma. gijn.org/stories/journa…

Congratulations to my long-time mentor and colleague on this very well-deserved recognition of his decades-long efforts to strengthen the use of scientific methods in human rights practice, shaping generations. And thx to Steven Livingston for championing this acknowledgement!

Meet California Local News Fellow Williamena K., a reporter for the Sacramento OBSERVER! (And a reminder that applications for the fellowship are due tomorrow, 2/25.) youtube.com/watch?v=Cd2ZZ9…

Incredible support for the next gen of journalists and for our democracy! Berkeley Journalism just received the biggest gift in the school’s history from alum Angela Filo (’99) and her husband David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo. #journalism #equity journalism.berkeley.edu/10-million-gif…

Alum Serginho Roosblad's (’18) “Documenting Police Use of Force” airs on FRONTLINE April 30. The film follows a group of The Associated Press journalists as they set out to document how many people die after police officers use restraint tactics not meant to kill. journalism.berkeley.edu/serginho-roosb…

“Geeta Anand has been a visionary and transformative leader for the School of Journalism,” said former UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol T. Christ, about Dean @GoAnand, who today announced she will return to teaching and writing in summer 2025. journalism.berkeley.edu/anand-transiti…