“This case shows how easily police can wrongfully target someone.” According to the complaint, the officers realized only after Mr. Ludwig was handcuffed that they had entered the license plate number incorrectly. But they proceeded to arrest him anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...

A Driver’s Fatal Spiral After a Police Officer’s Typo (Gift Article)

Police thought they had caught a car thief in San Francisco. Instead, they had mistyped his license plate number, a watchdog agency said, then arrested him with excessive force.

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Thank you to all of the @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social alums and friends of the school who attended our gathering at #NABJ2026. It was a fun evening of community and creating new connections. Fiat Lux and Go Bears!

Terrific Day 2 at #NABJ2026 catching up with friends , former colleagues and a fellow dean.

Terrific Day 2 at #NABJ2026 catching up with friends , former colleagues and a fellow dean.

“I’m not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures — on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event,” wrote Hausfather on X. wapo.st/4zet8s7

We’ll soon get a glimpse of future temperatures, thanks to this record El Niño

It will act like a climate time machine, temporarily pushing temperatures to levels that otherwise might not be felt for a decade or so.

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Glad I got to see this earlier this summer: Why a Fabulous Broadway Show Can Fill Its Seats and Still Close www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/o...

Opinion | ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Is Not What’s Wrong With Broadway (Gift Article)

“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” was a success, despite its short run.

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Glad I got to see this earlier this summer: Why a Fabulous Broadway Show Can Fill Its Seats and Still Close www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/o...

Opinion | ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Is Not What’s Wrong With Broadway (Gift Article)

“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” was a success, despite its short run.

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Excerpt: Ms. Weiswasser keeps coming to give tours, she said, to bear witness, to tell her dwindling visitors that the shabby emptiness they see is not what the Kennedy Center was. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway. (Gift Article)

In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.

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"More than support for journalism, this is a commitment to ensuring every Californian — regardless of where they live or the language they speak — has access to trusted news and information." - Martin G. Reynolds, @reynoldspost.bsky.social, co-executive director, the Maynard Institute.

“California has long led the nation in creating opportunity for its millions of residents. This model of funding independent local journalism and newsroom sustainability is yet another way California is showing leadership." -Michael Bolden @mbolden.bsky.social, Dean, @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social

California invests $15million in #LocalJournalism, leading the nation in supporting #LocalNews: mije.org/california-i...

California invests in local journalism, leads national model

California invests in journalism's future by approving $15 million for local news fellowships and sustainable newsroom initiatives.

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NEW: A spokesperson for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed to Stateline on Friday that the agency is canceling 53 out of 67 grants, worth about $68 million, under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, affecting grantees in more than two dozen states.

Federal health agency cancels most of its teen pregnancy prevention grants • Stateline

A spokesperson for U.S. Health and Human Services confirmed to Stateline on Friday that the agency is canceling 53 out of 67 grants, worth about $68 million, under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Progra...

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Media outlets that require human review of all AI content were seen as more credible, and were chosen as news sources more often, according to a new study. www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/how-...

How should news organizations label their AI use for audiences? New studies suggest some answers

Plus: How TikTok users gauge credibility, and good news about the viability of a shift away from commercial journalism.

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As journalists gear up to cover multiple major events in the U.S. in 2026, from the World Cup to midterm elections, they may face increased risks such as crowd or police violence during events, arrest and detention, and screenings or device searches at the border. (1/2)

Three UC Berkeley Journalism alumni were named 2026 Pulitzer Prize winners. Another eight Berkeley Journalism alumni were honored as part of award-winning or finalist teams. journalism.berkeley.edu/2026-pulitze...

The Daily Cal, the independent student newspaper serving the Berkeley community, will be honoring some of its distinguished alumni during an event tonight at the Berkeley School of Journalism. Please help support independent student journalism. givebutter.com/2026DCHallOf...

2026 Daily Californian Hall of Fame

Join us on April 25, 2026, to celebrate Samin Nosrat, Seth Rosenfeld, Nina Easton, David Corvo, Bruce Jenkins and Susan Werbe.

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Tsunami warnings were issued in Japan after a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

Tsunami Warning in Japan After Strong Earthquake Strikes Offshore

The 7.5-magnitude undersea quake occurred off Iwate Prefecture, on the northeastern coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu.

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This is a moving read: Will Sister Mary Kay Turn Out the Lights? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...

Will Sister Mary Kay Turn Out the Lights?

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Live Updates: Artemis II Astronauts Splash Down, Concluding Historic Journey Around the Moon www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Do you know what your data is worth? One simple step to try, according to a researcher who studies privacy: download your data. It shows exactly what companies know about you. Then you can decide more accurately if you’re okay with the tradeoff between privacy and getting a ‘free’ app.

Tomorrow night, 3/31, UC Berkeley — Herb Caen Lecture: Press Freedom in Peril w/the @sfchronicle.com: CPJ's Jodie Ginsberg, @washingtonpost.com's Jason Rezaian and SF Chronicle's Emilio Garcia-Ruiz. Intro by Dean @mbolden.bsky.social journalism.berkeley.edu/event/2026-h...

2026 Herb Caen Lecture: Press Freedom in Peril

UC Berkeley Journalism offers a two-year Master of Journalism (MJ) degree and a summer minor, preparing students for careers in journalism.

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I wrote a lot about Bob Mueller across a lot of chapters of his career. I wanted to share two @wired.com pieces that I wrote about his defining life experiences—both a picture of an era of public service all but lost today: 1) His brave *voluntary* service in Vietnam: www.wired.com/story/robert...

The Untold Story of Robert Mueller's Time in Combat

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's job is to make sense of how Russia hacked the 2016 election. But to make sense of Mueller, you have to revisit Vietnam's bloodiest battles.

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Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on "Abandoning the separation of powers in times of war," via @scotusblog.com www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/aban...

Abandoning the separation of powers in times of war

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […]

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Thanks to @knightcolumbia.org for giving me the opportunity to write about this as part of their larger project on reconstructing free expression - it’s such an important effort and I can’t wait to see what comes out of it.

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Here’s @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social on protecting free speech and privacy against unregulated surveillance of social media. knightcolumbia.org/blog/ending-...

When you hear “probably,” you might think 60% or 70%. When an AI says “probably,” it could mean 80%. Chatbots don’t use words about risk the same way humans do (and that really matters as AI is being used more in areas like health care and criminal justice).

‘Probably’ doesn’t mean the same thing to your AI as it does to you

Humans and AIs have different methods of calculating words about probability like ‘maybe’ and ‘likely’ – and different interpretations about what they mean.

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Five photographers who covered the war in Ukraine in 2025 have each chosen an image of the conflict. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Four years of war in Ukraine: Five photographers on assignment for Le Monde share their most striking images from 2025

Five photographers who covered the conflict in 2025 have each chosen an emblematic image of the conflict. Beyond the official figures and statements, these unique perspectives reveal the mark that thi...

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My thoughts for @knightcolumbia.org on what to do about the private as well as gov authoritarianism that helps explain why, even tho they are not broadly popular, the admin's efforts at ideological control have often been so successful...

Knight First Amendment Institute@knightcolumbia.org · 6mo ago

For our Reconstructing Free Expression series, @genevievelakier.bsky.social looks at why the First Amendment fails to fulfill its anti-authoritarian role, and what doctrinal changes can be made to facilitate the creation of a more anti-authoritarian public sphere. knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-ant...

Professor Shereen Marisol Meraji talks to author @zentronix.bsky.social about “Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America” March 5th @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. This one's going to be extra. #ucberkeley #bayareanews #BruceLee journalism.berkeley.edu/event/author...

Professor Shereen Marisol Meraji talks to author Jeff Chang about “Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America”

In WATER MIRROR ECHO: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America, award-winning author Jeff Chang delivers a groundbreaking cultural biography of Bruce Lee, timed to Lee’s 85th birthday year in 2025.

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