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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
Barbara Boster
Editor, Berkeley in the News
bboster@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-8644
Carol Ness
Editor, Berkeley News and Berkeleyan
cness@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-9259
Anne Brice
Writer and podcast producer, Berkeley News
Beats: Arts & humanities
abrice@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-2520
Will Kane
Writer and editor
Beats: Politics and public policy
willkane@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-6259