UC Berkeley Journalism - Alumni

Alumni are the soul of the Graduate School of Journalism. In your collective memory is the pain of covering your first Berkeley City Council meeting until 1 a.m., formulating a sensible story out of nonsense and then watching your J-200 professor tear it apart. You remember deans from Bayley to Schell. You know the many quirks and talents of our fabulous faculty.

J-School Alumni Database -- Update your personal information, search for classmates, or find colleagues in your field. The database is accessible to J-School alumni only. If you need a username and password, please contact Alumni Affairs. And you can now search the database geographically!

Help Support the J-School: You can make a donation online to help support alumni programs.

Alumni news

Alumni E-News
2007: Where We Work (PDF)
History, Programs & Mission statement
Alumni board members
Past issues of E-News, alumni letters and commencement photos.

You are among a relatively small group of people -- approximately 2,300 -- who have finished a graduate or undergraduate (prior to the 1980's) degree in journalism at UC Berkeley. You live in dozens of cities on almost every continent, reporting for the worlds best media outlets.

Many of you have been involved with the J-School since you graduated. You have given your time by interviewing applicants and attending events. You have given money for scholarships and special projects.

Some of you have been frustrated because we have lost your address, failed to alert you about events or ignored your offers to volunteer. Please don't give up! We are making a concerted effort to serve and engage alumni and we invite your participation once again. These are some steps we have taken:

Established an Alumni Committee that is open to all graduates of the program.
Held national meetings of Alumni Committee members to brainstorm about the needs of alumni.
Established an Alumni Board to strengthen the connection between alumni and the J-School.
Developed a searchable online database accessible to all alumni.
Updated and improved the alumni section of the J-School Web site.
Established continuing education workshops for alumni.
Organized an alumni mentorship program.
Launched E-News from North Gate, our monthly electronic newsletter.

The J-School hopes to strengthen the alumni network by improving the relationship among graduates and the faculty; providing opportunities to participate in school events; assisting professional networking; and offering opportunities for continuing education.

Note from Alumni Board President Lauren Barack, MJ '96

"The Alumni Board has been hard at work this year with new projects, including a mentoring program that has connected 81 alumni with students at the school. We're excited about our upcoming annual North Gate Professional Seminar, "Reconstructing the Past: When History and Journalism Meet" on April 21, and the keynote lecture by Pulitzer Prize winner David Halberstam.

Other projects in the works? A major overhaul of the Alumni Database; alumni get-togethers in Los Angeles and New York this Spring; the launch of Class Agents for each graduating class; and ground work for an endowment fund for student scholarships.

We're constantly on the look out for new ideas and people — so please get in touch with us, bend our ear or better yet volunteer. "

Learn more about the Alumni Board

J-School Alumni Database

Update your personal information, search for classmates, or find colleagues in your field. The database is accessible to J-School alumni only. If you need a username and password, please contact Alumni Affairs. And you can now search the database geographically!

Alumni Stories in the Media

Have you had a story published in the media recently? We'd love to link to it from the J-School homepage and the Student Stories database. To post a link to your story, fill out the online form.

Alumni Mentorship Program

Current students at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism are asking for your help. According to a recent survey taken by the J-School, students are hungry for mentoring opportunities. And that’s where you come in…

Alumni Weekend 2007

Highlights included a public lecture by David Halberstam and the 2007 North Gate Professional Seminar: Reconstructing the Past: When History and Journalism Meet, as well as the annual alumni cocktail party on Saturday and a picnic on Sunday. We also held a career panel for students and a screening of documentary films by alumni on Friday.

Commencement 2007

A photo gallery of images from Commencement 2007 is now online. An archive of printable high-resolution images is also available.

Images from previous commencement ceremonies

Magazine Alumni Survey

The Clay Felker Magazine Center wants to hear from you. We want to know how our program helped your career, why you may feel that it didn't help and what we can do for you now? If you would like to give us feedback please take our magazine alumni survey.

Help Support the J-School: You can make a donation online to help support alumni programs.

For information about the J-School Alumni Committee or other alumni events and activities, e-mail the Alumni Coordinator. You can always send updates about your life for us to include in E-News.

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