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The Berkeley Pulse

Mission

The Berkeley Pulse is a student-run media organization committed to covering Cal athletics, campus culture, and student creativity with accuracy, fairness, and heart. We aim to highlight voices that often go unheard, document Berkeley life as it is lived, and publish work that reflects integrity, curiosity, and care for our community.

Origins

The Berkeley Pulse was founded in 2025 by UC Berkeley student Morgan Garcia in response to a clear gap on campus: a need for a media space that could move fluidly between sports reporting, campus culture, interviews, and creative expression — without losing humanity or rigor.

From the beginning, The Pulse was built to be accessible, collaborative, and grounded in lived student experience. In its first semester, the organization has produced consistent coverage of Cal athletics, conducted interviews with student-athletes and community members, published creative writing by students, and begun building workshops and collaborative spaces for storytelling on campus.

The Pulse continues to grow as a student-led platform focused on honest reporting, thoughtful creativity, and community-centered media.

What We Cover

• Sports reporting & postgame coverage
  Game recaps, features, interviews, and on-the-ground coverage of Cal athletics.

• Campus & culture
  Student life, campus issues, professor spotlights, and stories that shape Berkeley’s everyday reality.

• Interviews
  Conversations with student-athletes, students, professors, alumni, and community members.

• Creative writing & storytelling
  Poetry, fiction, essays, and experimental work by student writers and artists.

Team

Executive & Editorial Leadership

Morgan Garcia — Founder / President / Editor-in-Chief
Leads editorial vision, sports coverage, interviews, publishing standards, and organizational direction.

Mohamed Alderei — Vice President
Supports operations, coordination across teams, outreach, and internal communication.

Alyssa DuFresne — Senior Editor
Oversees editorial quality, revisions, clarity, and consistency across written content.

Section & Operations Leads

Gregory Ewing — Sports Lead
Leads sports coverage, features, interviews, and game-day reporting.

Samantha (Sammy) Diaz — Social Media Lead
Manages publishing cadence, short-form clips, audience engagement, and platform growth.

Cherry Hanseter — Secretary
Maintains organizational documentation, meeting records, and internal coordination.

Culture Journalist Leads

Daniel Velazquez — Culture Lead

Assists with journalism and video, maintaining journalistic integrity.

Noah Mendieta — Culture Lead

Supports culture submissions, feedback, and new campus initiatives.

Creative Writing Leads

Chase Charles — Creative Writing Lead
Supports creative submissions, feedback, and featured literary work.

Lauren Lutge — Creative Writing Lead
Assists with curation, editing, and creative programming.

Jonny Vasquez — Creative Writing Lead
Assists with submissions, feedback, and creative initiatives.

Contributors & Community

The Berkeley Pulse is open to contributors of all experience levels. Writers, photographers, videographers, and artists are welcome to participate at their own pace. Contributors who demonstrate consistency and care may be invited into leadership roles in future semesters.

Editorial Standards

The Berkeley Pulse follows clear editorial principles modeled after professional newsrooms and student media best practices:

• Accuracy comes first — names, quotes, and facts are verified before publishing

• Transparency is essential — errors are corrected openly

• Conflicts of interest are disclosed and avoided

• Subjects are treated with respect and fairness

• Fabrication, manipulation, or misleading edits are not permitted

• Clear distinction is maintained between journalism, opinion, and creative work

Our goal is to tell honest stories without sensationalism or harm.

Community Guidelines

We welcome thoughtful engagement and conversation. To protect our community, the following are not permitted:

• Hate speech, harassment, or discrimination

• Doxxing or sharing private information

• Spam or bad-faith engagement

The Berkeley Pulse reserves the right to remove comments or content that violate these guidelines. Concerns may be reported using the contact information below.

Corrections

If we make an error, we correct it promptly and transparently.

Corrections or clarifications can be sent to:
morgangarcia@theberkeleypulse.com

When a correction is made, the original story will be updated with a clear note indicating what was changed and when.

Contact

📧 Email: morgangarcia@theberkeleypulse.com
📍 Location: UC Berkeley
📱 Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube (@theberkeleypulse)

For general inquiries, submissions, or collaboration requests, please reach out via email or our contact form.