 Oh my god, I thought we did this on an iPhone. This segment of CalTV News' Offscript where reporters share behind-the-scenes stories from in the field welcoming him as Tomas Manglone, the co-director of the department. This is our last segment of Offscript for Fall 2017. Thanks for joining us and we're going to get right into it. So Anna, today we have a full slate of reporters here today speaking about their stories. First of whom is our new reporter, Anna, who will be talking about a story you just shot recently regarding basic needs. Do you mind telling us what the story is about and how you went about covering that story? Yeah, so this week is the Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week. So the basic needs team had an event that's called Basic Needs for Mental Health and it's meant to be a very comfortable and secure and protected space for students to just come together and talk about their experiences. And I think the event also introduces a bunch of resources that are available for the students and there is also a panel of students who are able to speak about their personal experiences as well as the tips and tricks that they could provide for the students who showed up at the event. All right, thanks so much for covering it. Do you mind sharing with us some of the tips and tricks you just mentioned and what were some of the students' experiences? This is part two of the Basic Needs issue that we're talking about. The first one was with the ASUC EAVP's office. What was the main takeaway from this event that you went to? I think the main takeaway was just all the resources that they provided. I think part of the discussion, a lot of people brought up one significant problem is that there's just a lot of resources and it's hard to navigate and find them all. So then the ASUC Senators are talking to Cal Central to have one centralized information system with just everything there, so they're currently working on that. And one of the stories that the panel has shared that was the most memorable to me was just there are services, but it's hard to get those services. So yes, there is health insurance, but the co-payment for health insurance is a problem itself, so it's just the little things that we don't think about when we think about these benefits. So I feel like that's the main takeaway from the event. Wonderful, thanks for sharing. And so just a quick reminder to our viewers, after Offscript is ending, we will be sharing all the links to these stories on the post itself, so be sure to tune in for that later on. And right now, thank you, Anna, for sharing. We'll move on to our next reporter, Kara Holbrook. Kara, we actually just finished working on this story before going live right now. So you're working on a story regarding women being able to drive now in Saudi Arabia. Do you mind giving us a brief background about that story and how you went about putting it together? Yeah, so for this upcoming video, that's such release on Monday. I am doing a BuzzFeed style, so I'm not physically in the video, but it's a voiceover and then lots of B-roll from Saudi Arabia. And in order to do this video, I did a lot of research on the Crown Prince who was just appointed a few months ago, Mohammed bin Salman. And he serves underneath his father, King Salman, who's now 82 years old. So the Crown Prince kind of is dictating where the country goes next. And he's implementing a lot of reforms. One of them is the royal decree that passed in September, allowing women to drive without the presence of a male, which is a huge deal because Saudi Arabia had previously been the only country in the whole world that had banned women from driving. A lot of that is tied to the strict Islamic code that the country follows. And Mohammed bin Salam has also mentioned that he wants to moderate the form of Islam being used. He also influenced another decree that was passed recently that is allowing women to enter into sports fields and go to like large events that previously only men could go to. So I covered that as well. And he's also, he recently launched at a tech initiative, I think last week, his plans for a $500 billion mega city called Niyam, which is supposed to be a huge technological, innovative hub on the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. And it's supposed to link all three continents in that region and just be a hub of diversity. So I covered all that in the video. Right. That was a fascinating story to help you with. I really appreciated how in-depth you went with the research. I want to also talk about we do have students who are directly affected by this news. It's very personal to them and where they're from. Do you mind also sharing behind the scenes stories about reaching out to the groups here and if they made any comment at all about the matter? Yeah. So I tried to reach out to various professors and a speaker who actually came to campus who is a Saudi Arabian poet and all of them refused to talk about it for the most part. He, I actually went to this said poets. He gave a speech on campus for the Near Eastern Studies Department and he talked about how other poets that he know in Saudi Arabia have actually been imprisoned for years under the reign of King Solomon due to them speaking out. So I think many people are a little hesitant even in America to speak out against the regime and just talk openly about it. So that's why something like how to be is great just to spread the word about it. For sure. And so the story isn't up on our YouTube or Facebook page, but will be next week. And so stay tuned for that really delves into the recent news. And again, all these contradictions that we're hearing with even input we're getting in Berkeley. Next, I want to move on to our next reporter, Mia Villanueva. Mia, we also worked on a story regarding Trump's recent trip to Asia and more specifically his attendance of the conference in the Philippines. Can you talk about why you chose to do this story and also a brief background on it? I chose to do the story because I'm actually part of the Filipino. So I have a lot of a lot of family out there that's been affected directly by the presidency and just how on edge it's made a lot of people, especially people in lower economic brackets. And to be clear, President Duterte of the Philippines. Yes, of the Philippines. And it's put a lot of people on edge just he's been very radical in his crackdown on drugs. And it's led to like tens of thousands of deaths of drug dealers, users, and then a lot of bystanders have been. So I mean, he has statements that have been released along the lines of like, you know, if you see someone doing drugs or dealing drugs, you have my permission to kill them. And so it's really been unnerving for the people in the Philippines. So that's why I felt passionate to cover it because a lot of my family out there is politically involved. So it's shugging things up for sure. Interesting. And so your story will actually come out at 9.30 am tomorrow on both of our platforms. Another thing I wanted to talk to you about is that the relationship Trump and Duterte have been compared in some instances. You mentioned that in the report, but you also address the last administration, the Obama administration. Can you talk about the aspects of that that you mentioned in the story? Oh, yeah. So a lot of people in the Philippines, a lot of politicians believe that this is a step forward for US-Philippine relations because Trump and Duterte kind of have some sort of like camaraderie. And there was a lot of backlash from people here in the US saying, why didn't he address human rights? The Secretary of State for the US stated that he did briefly in context of the Philippine drug war, but Duterte's spokesperson denied that. So there's really, we haven't been able to get a clear answer on it. So, but President Obama was very, very upfront in speaking about human rights and Duterte is pretty much known for being very like, does not want to be challenged essentially. So I guess this is a better relationship between presidents for sure. All right. Thanks for doing that report. Again, more in-depth research done by Mia on that and really recapping what this trip to Asia means. It was Trump's first trip there, so it was historic. That story, again, will be coming out tomorrow morning. Be sure to check out for that. And now we'll be moving over to our reporter, Polina, who is doing, I want to say one of our more spirited stories and it has to do with a group on campus. Do you mind explaining what it is? Yes. So my video is going to be a behind the scenes look at what goes on at Zellerbach Hall. It's Zellerbach is so central to our campus physically and also just the events that it holds and the performers that they're able to invite here. And coming from a performing arts background, I thought it'd be interesting and also valuable to show the Berkeley community just like how much work it takes to get a production on the stage. All right. And so you will be meeting with, you know, so many plays happen at Zellerbach. What specifically are you going to be covering when you do meet with them? Or do you know? Yes. I will be covering the hard nut, which is kind of a modern take on Tchaikovsky's nutcracker. So that will be at the end of December or middle December. All right. Wonderful. All right. We're looking forward to it. And lastly, Talia, your story will be coming out much later, but we thought it was important since this is our last segment of Offscript 2, share some time to talk about it. You have some, I would call it developing breaking news. Do you mind sharing it with our audience? Sure. Yeah. Just knowing that the interview is actually happening this coming Monday, and it'll probably be released within the next two weeks, probably. I don't want to share too many details to encourage you to go and watch the video that's going to be released. But the gist is a few weeks ago during my American Studies discussion, my GSI Eva started talking on the subject of the recent allegations against many celebrities regarding sexual assault and rape, and how that has been a concern in the past here on our UC Berkeley campus. But that has kind of dwindled away with time. And that kind of got to me because I had a lot of opinions and thoughts coming out, as did many people, about these recent allegations. So she talked a lot about the current battle she's going through against the university. She actually won a case against this particular professor who is tenured and very high paid and very highly regarded here. So it was a really amazing and big step for this whole movement. But even after that news came out and was proven that he was sexually harassing a student, he was not excused from the university and is still employed here on our campus right now. So I think this is very timely and kind of just takes attention to the fact that we don't we see these things coming out about people that we see so frequently, but we forget to see the people here around us who are facing the same allegations. All right. Thank you, Tali. Of course, you have your interview coming up. We're looking forward to it. Such an important story that I think has often been overlooked. So we're going to spend a lot of time looking into this and making sure this isn't the only time we talk about it. And with that, we thank you for joining us this past semester of Offscript, where we share behind-the-scenes stories from in the field. Thanks for tuning in, but we will be back in the spring with new stories and Offscript isn't going anywhere. So stay tuned for that for this and more regarding sports, entertainment and news. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Thomas Melania.