Welcome Jason Spingarn-Koff!

Welcome Jason Spingarn-Koff!

Rescues at sea: A comparison. First, the reaction to a missing submarine carrying crew+three tourists who paid $250k to visit the wreckage of the Titanic: “taking this personally.”

Here is the lede on a story about the maritime reaction to the drowning of “possibly more than 700 men, women and children from Syria, Pakistan and Egypt.”

County officials respond to ongoing use of hotels to house foster youth across the city in Rebecca Ellis and my latest for the Los Angeles Times: latimes.com/california/sto…

Berkeley Journalism establishes whistleblower program in honor of Daniel Ellsberg journalism.berkeley.edu/berkeley-journ…

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Bernice Yeung, managing editor UC Berkeley IRP, reports on the ways that #humantrafficking intersects with legitimate economy in "Should Hotel Chains Be Held Liable for Human Trafficking?" in The New Yorker bit.ly/3s6tMty. It's a must read.

Yea! Welcome!

I interviewed with the most incredible newsroom back in May. After the interview, I immediately knew I had found my match. It all felt so right! Proud to be joining The Sacramento Observer Sacramento OBSERVER as their CA Reporting fellow! My career is off to an incredible start!

Attention college journalists! The Los Angeles Times is hosting a virtual Q&A about our summer internship & year-long fellowship programs on Sept. 28. eventbrite.com/e/los-angeles-…

Thrilled to see this!

Congratulations to Hall of Achievement Inductee David Barstow (BSJ86) for being a recipient of a Northwestern University honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. He will be honored during the 166th Commencement ceremony on June 9. Read more: spr.ly/6017XckJN

Investigative Reporters & Editors Awards honor IRP alums, managing editor #proud UC Berkeley UC Berkeley IRP journalism.berkeley.edu/ire-awards/

🎓 Congratulations to the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Class of 2024 and all of their amazing instructors. You did it. #proud UC Berkeley

NEW: Hospitals around the US are using inaccurate pee-in-a-cup drug tests to report new mothers to child protective services, prompting investigations and even the removal of newborns from their families over false positive results. My latest: themarshallproject.org/2024/09/09/dru…

Another groundbreaking UC Berkeley IRP investigation, by hugely talented @KateRaphael w/ superb editing from STAT, Rick Berke, laurachang, Garrett Therolf. Pediatricians’ obesity guidelines rest on shaky evidence about eating disorder risks statnews.com/2024/09/16/aap… via STAT

Reporter Hannah Frances Johansson ('25) has an important story out—produced as an intern w/ UC Berkeley IRP's Aging in America project—about what aging parents of disabled children can do to better secure their child's financial future, @cnn. Photos Amin Muhammad ('25) shorturl.at/mjcVc

📢 UC Berkeley, the world’s premier public university, seeks a visionary, strategic, and inclusive leader as its next dean of the School of Journalism. D/L Jan 24, 2025. wittkieffer.com/positions/2004…

Striking to see the owner of an American newspaper praise Mohammed bin Salman. Per U.S. Intelligence, "Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey, to capture or kill" journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in order to silence him.