Posts by Chuck Harris
Murder of journalists puts news media in a quandary
The news media needs to strike the balance between conveying significant information and imagery and while refusing to further a terrorist agenda, writes Dean Ed Wasserman.
Read MoreDean Ed Wasserman offers condolences to Medill community for James Foley’s death
A day after militants published a video showing the beheading of photojournalist James Foley in Syria, Berkeley J-School Dean Ed Wasserman reached out to Bradley Hamm, dean of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism “Ó Foley’s alma mater “Ó to offer thoughts of condolence.
Read MoreCelebrated filmmaker Orlando Bagwell to direct UC Berkeley J-School’s Documentary program
Noted social justice filmmaker and former Ford Foundation director Orlando Bagwell will succeed Jon Else as director of the J-School’s documentary program.
Read MoreNew documentary fellowships named for maverick filmmaker Marlon T. Riggs
A $300,000 fundraising drive, now under way, honors the legacy of alumnus and professor Marlon T. Riggs.
Read MoreStudent Beatrice Katcher (’15) named AP-Google Scholar
Beatrice Katcher, a second-year student at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, has been named a winner of the 2014 AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship. Katcher is the third J-School student in three years to win the award.
Read MoreLowell Bergman gives keynote speech at IRE 2014
J-School professor Lowell Bergman delivered the keynote speech at IRE 2014, the country’s premier investigative reporting conference. Several J-School faculty members and alumni served as facilitators and panelists during the four-day event in San Francisco.
Read MoreJ-School professor Ken Light’s photos exhibited at San Francisco City Hall
Photographs from J-School photography professor Ken Light’s 2012 book, Valley of Shadows and Dreams, were featured in an exhibit at San Francisco’s City Hall this summer. The show featured nine photo essays, providing different perspectives on life in California’s Central Valley.
Read MoreDean’s Letter – June 2014
June 13, 2014 Dear friends of the J-School: “All I want from you is world peace, economic fairness, and I’m going to toss in racial decency, so get on that please,” The New York Times’ media writer David Carr told our graduates on a brilliant May morning in the School’s well-loved courtyard, and with that…
Read MoreJ-School’s Investigative Reporting Program documentary wins Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
“Rape in the Fields,” a yearlong investigation into the widespread sexual assault of American field workers, won the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights’ top journalism award. In addition to the grand prize, the committee also selected the film for the 2014 Domestic Television Award. The documentary was a collaboration between the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, The Center for Investigative Reporting, PBS Frontline and Univision.
Read MoreJ-School’s Investigative Reporting Program documentary wins Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
“Rape in the Fields,” a yearlong investigation into the widespread sexual assault of American field workers, won the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights’ top journalism award. In addition to the grand prize, the committee also selected the film for the 2014 Domestic Television Award. The documentary was a collaboration between the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, The Center for Investigative Reporting, PBS Frontline and Univision.
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