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Conversation | Thu, Nov. 20, 6-8PM | Goethe-Institut Stories that Matter

As local newsrooms continue to shrink and “news deserts” expand, how can journalism rebuild trust, serve communities, and strengthen democracy? Join us for an evening with Sandra Kegel, literary and media editor of Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; Liliana Michelena, Mission Local reporter and multimedia producer; and Michael Bolden, Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism and former CEO of the American Press Institute.

Together, they will explore how storytelling connects communities across borders and how local journalism can remain a vital force in civic life. The conversation will also examine the creative and civic potential of cross-cultural reporting — and what the future of the press might look like in an age of both booming AI, global interconnection and local decline.

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10/01–02/27/2026 BLACK IN BERLIN

Goethe-Institut San Francisco, San Francisco, CA | Exhibition

This exhibition marks the U.S. premiere of Black in Berlin, a portrait-based project by Ethiopian-born, Berlin-based photographer Yero Adugna Eticha, presented by the Goethe-Institut San Francisco.

The project emerged in the aftermath of Berlin’s silent 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration, which drew 15,000 participants following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Yet the project’s origins trace back more than fifteen years, when Eticha envisioned using the camera to make his Black friends—and by extension, Berlin’s broader Black communities—visible on their own terms.

Black in Berlin: NOELLA by Yero Adugna Eticha NOELLA © Yero Adugna Eticha

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Conversation | Thu, Nov. 20, 6-8PM | Goethe-Institut Stories that Matter

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