Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas co-Founders Tracey Taylor and Lance Knobel, of Berkeleyside

Lauren Schiller October 7, 2016

Tracey Taylor and Lance Knobel are the co-founders of the "hyper-local" news site Berkeleyside.com and Uncharted, The Berkeley Festival of Ideas. We discuss the difference between having power and having ideas, and how the Uncharted line up is diverse by design, unlike other conferences which lean toward the usual (white, male) speakers. Listen in on iTunes or NPR One.

Tickets are on sale at berkeleyideas.com. Uncharted 2016 runs October 14th and 15th in Berkeley. I'll be talking with author Ruth Whippman on Saturday the 15th.

Annie Brown, Reveal-"The Decline of Women Coaches"

Lauren Schiller June 13, 2016

An unsettling power struggle over women's sports is trending at universities across the nation resulting in a decline of women's coaches from 90% in 1973 to 43% today. That's according to a recent report from "Reveal," the radio show from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX. They found that Title IX--which was enacted in 1972 to eliminate gender discrimination from educational institutions--may have had some unintended consequences for female coaches. Annie Brown shares what she learned when she investigated this story. Listen to our conversation on iTunes or NPR One.

Susanne Reber and Laura Starecheski

Lauren Schiller November 5, 2015

This week, we uncover what makes for great investigative journalism...by talking to two investigative journalists, of course. Susanne Reber is the co-Creator and Executive Editor of Reveal, the investigative show from the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and PRX. Laura Starecheski is a reporter and producer for CIR who brings us N ovember's Reveal story on abuse in traumatic brain injury facilities--"neurorehab centers."

Before joining CIR, Reber started and led the investigative unit at NPR, and spent a good part of her career at the CBC--creating her own big break when the Berlin Wall came down. And Starecheski shares a few things she's learned as a reporter--about talking to yourself, negotiating and the value of listening.

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