Edward Wasserman

Edward Wasserman, professor of journalism, was dean of UC Berkeley Journalism from 2013 to 2020. Before coming to Berkeley he spent a decade as the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation professor of journalism ethics at Washington and Lee University, home of the nation’s first college-level journalism program. During his seven years as dean, the school raised record philanthropic support, increased its enrollment by nearly 20 percent, established an advisory board of some of the country’s most distinguished journalists, rebuilt the library into a media-enabled conference space, and brought in new leadership to revitalize the Investigative Reporting Program. His academic specialties include plagiarism, source relations, confidentiality and conflict of interest.