Bernice Yeung

Yes, it’s shameful that it’s been this long since I’ve posted anything new here. But then again, blogging is dead, right? So a few updates instead. Since April, I’ve been working as the San Francisco correspondent for a startup out of India called Firstpost. An online partner of the CNN/Forbes affiliate of India, Firstpost is an [...]

UPDATES First, some good news! The Treasure Island Special Report that ran in the SF Public Press this summer was selected for a SPJ NorCal 2010 Excellence in Journalism Award in the Explanatory Journalism category! Go team! And after more than six months of word wrangling, a piece by Peter Byrne about the problematic investments [...]

An overdue update… As of January, I’m contributing to the Small Business Monthly of the East Bay Express. Some recent stories: Joel Makower Q&A: Use Your Checkbook and Your Trash Can Arizmendi Q&A: Running a Business With 26 CEOs Neighborhood Revitalization Through Retail Shoplifting? Or Organized Retail Crime? I’m also doing a little writing for [...]

Congratulations to the winners! +++ SPJ ANNOUNCES 2009 EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARD WINNERS HOLLY KERNAN OF KALW PUBLIC RADIO GETS TOP AWARD Since its inception 24 years ago, SPJ’s Excellence in Journalism Awards competition has always sought to recognize those whose work reflects the organization’s ideals of integrity, initiative and achievement. — Excellence in Journalism [...]

Debate about whether the governor’s plan is tough or even smart on crime will continue, but it also doesn’t take a mathematician to see that for all of its potential strengths and weaknesses, the plan doesn’t meet the court mandate 40,000 fewer prisoners by 2011. via newsdesk.org: Is Schwarzenegger’s Prison Plan Good Enough?.

Concerned that journalism’s economic problems are reducing Americans’ understanding of science, medicine and other research, 35 of the nation’s top universities — including Stanford and UC-Berkeley — on Tuesday announced they will feed their own accounts of their discoveries directly to top news sites on the Internet. – via With science journalism in retreat, universities [...]