The ''Berkeley Political Review'' is a semesterly, nonpartisan political
magazine
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and
website
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founded at the
University of California, Berkeley
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shortly after
September 11th, 2001
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. Through
printed publications and
multimedia projects, the ''Review'' covers international and domestic political affairs. Submissions are limited; to write for, edit, or otherwise staff the magazine, undergraduate students must apply at the beginning of each semester.
The ''Berkeley Political Review'' is notable for being the first journal based out of a
public university
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to join the Alliance of Collegiate Editors, whose members include political reviews at
Brown
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,
Harvard
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,
Stanford
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, and
Columbia, among others. Members of the ''Review'' have also hosted or co-hosted a number of debates, interviews, and panels, including engagements with
Barbara Lee
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,
Alex Chow
Alex Chow Yong-kang (; born 18 August 1990) is a social activist from Hong Kong and current doctoral candidate in geography at the University of California, Berkeley.[Sergio Fajardo
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,
Richard Muller,
Andrea Saul
Andrea Saul (born 1982) has worked on a number of political campaigns, and was the campaign press secretary for the 2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign.
Early life and education
Saul's father, Julian Saul, is a former president of Shaw Industr ...
, and
Dennis Prager
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.
Editorial Board
The Editorial Board for the 2022 to 2023 academic year is:
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* Editors in Chief: Adena Ajike, Dario McCarty, and Juliette Lovell
* Deputy Editor in Chief: Aaron Hill
* Senior California Editor: Maya Cook
* Deputy California Editors: Amanda Khodabash and Jack Galloway
* Senior United States Editor: Sanjana Manjeshwar
* Deputy United States Editor: Aayush Singh
* Senior World Editors: Kit Beyer, Andy Beyer, and Bim-Ray Yau
* Senior Opinion Editors: Charlynn Teter and Ryan Liu
* Deputy Opinion Editor: Ryan Abbasi
* Senior Online Editor: Jordan Murphy
* Deputy Online Editors: Michelle Yuxin Wang and Zachary Hagen-Smith
* Interim Technology Director: Juliette Lovell
* Business Manager: Michelle Son
* Deputy Business Manager: Celine Pham
* Senior Design Editor: Lilah Klein
Notable alumni
* Shane Goldmacher (editor), national political reporter for ''
The New York Times
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''; former chief
White House correspondent
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for ''
Politico
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''.
* Christine Mai-Duc (editor), reporter for ''
The Wall Street Journal
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''; former staff writer for the ''
Los Angeles Times
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''.
"Alumni Profile: Christine Mai-Duc "
UC Berkeley School of Journalism. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
* Adora Svitak
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(editor-in-chief), journalist, author, public speaker, and activist
See also
* The Brown Spectator
''The Brown Spectator'' was a student-run journal of conservative and libertarian political writing at Brown University. It was originally the product of a student independent project. It was first published in 1984 "as a two-page offering of st ...
* The Stanford Review
''The Stanford Review'' (also known as ''The Review'') is a student-run newspaper that serves Stanford University in Stanford, California. It was founded in 1987 by Peter Thiel and Norman Book.
History
In 1987, after around 500 students particip ...
* Brown Political Review
The ''Brown Political Review'' (''BPR'') is a quarterly, student-run political magazine and website at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It covers the politics of regional, domestic and international affairs, the political culture a ...
* Columbia Political Review
The ''Columbia Political Review'' is Columbia University's undergraduate multi-partisan political magazine. The ''Columbia Political Review'' is the official publication of the Columbia Political Union, the largest political organization on campus ...
* Harvard Political Review
The ''Harvard Political Review'' is a quarterly, nonpartisan American magazine and website on politics and public policy founded in 1969 at Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It covers domestic and internatio ...
* Berkeley Forum
The Berkeley Forum, referred to simply as the Forum, is a prominent, non-partisan student organization at the University of California, Berkeley. Founded in 2012, the Forum hosts debates, panels, and talks with distinguished speakers on various t ...
References
External links
Berkeley Political Review homepage
2001 establishments in California
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University of California, Berkeley
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