“Throw us a doughnut!” That was William Rodarmor’s winning entry in the New Yorker’s June 28th cartoon caption contest. Rodarmor, a Berkeley resident, is an award-winning French literary translator and a former editor at PC World magazine. The other contenders for the caption were: “Abandon cup!” “We’ll never get to sleep tonight.” Hat tip to [...]
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New Berkeley newspaper set to launch in September
Four months after the demise of the newsprint version of the Berkeley Daily Planet, a new weekly newspaper devoted to Berkeley is set to launch in the fall. The Berkeley Times will focus on the community made up of families with school-age children with an emphasis on public school education and kids’ sports, although more general [...]
Berkeleyside launches partnership with Bay Citizen
The Bay Citizen, a non-profit news website dedicated to independent reporting on civic and community issues in the Bay Area, went live today. Berkeleyside is happy to announce that we are one of the site’s founding media partners. The arrangement will see The Bay Citizen publishing selected Berkeleyside articles, such as the one today on [...]
That Money Machine: Michael Lewis
Berkeley author Michael Lewis named his most recent book about the 2008 economic meltdown The Big Short. He could have called it The Upside (in a nod to a previous book, The Blind Side.) The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine sold a phenomenal 60,000 copies the week after it was released on March 21. [...]
Berkeley business is model for new journalism
It could be a scene right out of any decent movie about newspapers: veteran reporters and editors sit around a big table and bounce around news ideas. “It gives me chills,” one of the top editors says about a pending news investigation. “The reporting is so amazing,” responds another. A movie set? No. A memory [...]
Reports from the US-Mexico border: Tyche Hendricks
The recent passage of a law in Arizona that gives police expanded power to ask people for documents proving their legal status is just the latest expression of frustration over immigration. It’s a question that no administration, Democrat or Republican, seems inclined to address. Tyche Hendricks, who teaches international reporting at the UC Berkeley Graduate [...]
“Parenthood”: Might Berkeleyside get a look-in?
I realize Parenthood has largely abandoned any attempts at credibility where its supposed Berkeley location is concerned. But how hard can it be for a production crew to get a copy of a real Bay Area newspaper on the set? On this week’s episode, character Adam is seen — very briefly — scanning the front [...]
Quentin Hardy talks robbery on The Daily Show
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Moment of Zen – Goldman Sachs Fraud Analogies www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party In our experience, Quentin Hardy is never backward about coming forward with his opinions, which is why we love him of course. And it probably explains [...]
MediaBugs, Berkeley-based start-up, launches today
Today marks the launch of MediaBugs, an online error-reporting service based in Berkeley which will help to monitor Bay Area media for errors and problems. MediaBugs is the brainchild of Berkeley resident Scott Rosenberg, co-founder of Salon, and author of two books: Dreaming in Code and Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming and Why It [...]
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