Support Berkeleyside’s work through our new Founders’ Fund
Help continue the legacy of our co-founders and — this year — “super-charge” deep-dive investigative reporting on Berkeleyside.
Lance Knobel
Lance Knobel (Berkeleyside co-founder) has been a journalist for nearly 40 years. Much of his career was in business journalism. He was editor-in-chief of both Management Today, the leading business magazine in Britain, and World Link, the magazine of the World Economic Forum. In 1999-2000 he was director of the Programme of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. He is also the founder and curator of Berkeleyside's Uncharted Festival of Ideas.
Articles by Lance
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Cityside launches The Oaklandside, sister site to Berkeleyside, built on a foundation of listening
The Oaklandside is the first launch for Cityside, the newly formed nonprofit that is also parent to Berkeleyside.
Berkeleyside hires 2 new journalists; Natalie Orenstein to join new Oakland newsroom
Berkeleyside reporter Orenstein joining the Oakland newsroom brings the total number of staff there to seven.
Berkeleyside announces 3 new journalists for its Oakland newsroom
Jacob Simas, Ashley McBride and Ricky Rodas are hitting the ground running reporting on COVID-19 Oakland news ahead of the launch of our standalone Oakland newsroom.
COVID-19 prompts Cityside to accelerate Oakland expansion with joint, rapid-response newsroom
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Berkeleyside like everyone else, but it’s also presenting us with an opportunity to innovate.
The Berkeley Relief Fund kicks off with Michael Lewis hosting live launch
The Berkeley Relief Fund will pool $3 million in city funds and funds raised from private and corporate donations to provide emergency grants to local businesses, nonprofits and tenants.
The It List: 5 things to do this weekend (mostly from home), March 13-15
Entertainment for your coronavirus-provoked weekend of social distancing.
The It List: Five things to do this weekend, March 6-8
Ballet, Afro-Cuban music, local art, a documentary premiere and Cal track & field provide plenty of choice for weekend activities
The It List: Five things to do this weekend, Feb. 28 to March 1
Korean-jazz fusion, dance, pioneers of women’s politics on stage, jazz and Liszt’s most challenging work, all this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend, Jan. 3-5
Kick off 2020 with a surrealist portrait or nature journaling. You could also take in some cute animals, jazz and David Bowie, all this weekend.
2 Berkeleyside editors choose their best books of 2019
Escape the cumulative exhaustion of national and global politics and indulge in some good reads. What books did you enjoy this year?
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley over the holidays
Plenty of holiday cheer to be had — from Klezmer to Christmas music — or you can just watch the Cal women’s basketball team continue its winning streak.
Berkeleyside to launch news site in Oakland, will convert to nonprofit
The new Oakland journalism platform will be headed by Tasneem Raja, a trailblazer in nonprofit and community-led journalism. The effort has secured initial funding of $3.1 million.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Nov. 8-11
Afropop, fair housing, Joni Mitchell’s birthday, exquisite corpse for the kids and Berkeleyside’s own Evening Ideas Fests.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Oct. 18-20
Music from singer songwriters, blues guitarist and world fusion, plus the first-ever city Open House and an original play perfectly timed for Hispanic Heritage Month.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Oct. 11-13
It’s clearly festival weekend: annual Pow Wow, Grateful Day, Emergency Prep and, ahem, a running music festival. Plus a rare piano/gamelan concerto.
