Supporting our Black and other BIPOC students during this painful time

Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, This has been a year of persistent loss, particularly if you are Black and brown in America. I write today to acknowledge the pain that our BIPOC students, faculty and staff are experiencing because of the decision by prosecutors in Louisville not to pursue charges against the police officers who shot…

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Interim Dean Geeta Anand on the shooting of Jacob Blake

Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, I am writing today to share my anguish at the police shooting of Jacob Blake, the Black man in Wisconsin who media reports tell us was partially paralyzed after a white officer shot him in the back on Sunday. Like me, many of you are wondering how it could be that…

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Meet our New Fall 2020 Instructors

Berkeley Journalism has hired veteran radio producer and senior editor of the Weekend Desk at KQED Queena Kim (’00) as head of our audio program and Jonathan Blakley, executive director of radio programming at KQED to co-teach advanced radio with current lecturer Ethan Lindsey. To teach our introduction to reporting classes, we hired Yumi Wilson, a former news reporter and editor for…

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Dean’s Letter – March 2018

March 22, 2018 Greetings from North Gate Hall: Spring Welcome is the annual visit of students whom we’ve admitted, and it’s our chance to pitch the School to a lustrous group of aspiring journalists. It’s also a look ahead at the state of the profession in the years to come, something I’m often asked about…

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Welcome Class of ’19!

It is with great pleasure we present the next generation of exceptional storytellers: the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Class of ’19!

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UC Berkeley Summer Journalism minor program scores record enrollment

Some 200 students completed their 12-week immersion in digital journalism last week at the conclusion of the Graduate School of Journalism’s second undergraduate summer minor. The summer program’s enrollment was up 28 percent from last year, its inaugural term. Six of the seven courses offered were at or near enrollment capacity. In addition to a…

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Jason Hanasik and Brad Bailey Named Finalists for Student Academy Awards

The thesis films of two recent Berkeley Journalism graduates, Brad Bailey and Jason Hanasik, have been named finalists in one of the most competitive film contests in the country. Brad Bailey’s “Hale,” a documentary short on Berkeley-based disability rights pioneer Hale Zukas, 73, who has had cerebral palsy since birth, and Jason Hanasik’s “How To Make A…

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Alums Dan Krauss and Pete Nicks Join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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Two Graduate School of Journalism alumni, acclaimed filmmakers Dan Krauss (’04) and Pete Nicks (’99), have been selected to be members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Their lifetime memberships were awarded In recognition of their “exceptional achievement in the field of theatrical motion pictures,” according to the Academy, and authorize Krauss…

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