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Quarterly News: Fall 2025

It's our Quarterly News round-up! Find out what our extraordinary students, faculty, staff and alums are up to at North Gate and in the world. 

Nelly, Director of Admissions, Berkeley Journalism

Applications are open!

Learn more about our two-year master's that allows you to go deep in documentary, audio, multimedia, photojournalism or narrative. 

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The Stakes Explained: audio/video series with UC experts on Trump policies

Audio Program Director Shereen Marisol Meraji and a team of students publish a series of videos and podcasts called "The Stakes Explained" — interviews with campus experts about these times.

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Groundbreaking database on police misconduct and use of force

The Investigative Reporting Program worked with partners at Berkeley and Stanford — and journalists statewide — to create the first-of-its-kind searchable database on police misconduct and use of force. 

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Featured Event

Homecoming 2025

Connect with fellow alums before a talk by Dean Michael D. Bolden and Sara Catania ('93). Mixer to follow.

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Featured STAFF

Bernice Yeung

Yeung, IRP managing editor, reports for The Guardian on President Trump's retreat on human trafficking.

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FEATURED LISTEN

I-Yun Chan for KQED

I-Yun Chan's deeply personal audio capstone “Surviving Suicide Loss in Palo Alto” aired on KQED's The Bay.