News team

Berkeley News is produced daily by the media relations, editorial and strategic communications teams in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs at UC Berkeley. We welcome your comments, suggestions and story ideas.

Roqua Montez

Executive director of communications and media relations
rmontez@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-3591

Roxanne Makasdjian

Director of broadcast communications
Broadcast media liaison, video news director/producer
roxannem@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-6051

Stephen McNally

Multimedia producer
smcnally@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-7843

Yasmin Anwar

Writer and media relations
Beats: Psychology, neuroscience, sociology, demography, social welfare, ethnic studies, women’s studies, anthropology, linguistics
yanwar@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-7944

Bob Sanders

Manager of science communications
Writer and media relations
Beats: Animal research, astronomy, biology, chemistry, energy, evolution, genetics, geology/earthquakes, mathematics, neuroscience, paleontology, physics, geography
rlsanders@berkeley.edu / @bobthesciguy
(510) 643-6998

Kara Manke

Writer and media relations
Beats: engineering, natural resources, public health, data science
kjmanke@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-7741

Gretchen Kell

Director of special projects and outreach
Institutional storytelling and story pitching, media relations
Beat: History
gkell@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-3136