UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Announces New Advisory Board

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BERKELEY, March 9, 2017— The Graduate School of Journalism of the University of California, Berkeley, is proud to announce formation of an advisory board that includes some of the country’s top media professionals, innovators, educators and thought leaders. The advisory board’s job will be to help Berkeley’s J-School meet the multiple challenges that journalism education…

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Quarterly Dean’s Letter – March 2017

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March 30, 2017 Warm greetings from North Gate Hall: Keeping up with the flood of news about our students, teachers and alums is one of the true pleasures of this job. The latest happenings include a continuing cascade of honors for our journalists, a two-week Robert Frank photography show that brought hundreds to North Gate Hall,…

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Google Digital Media Travel Fellows Named

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Three J-School students–Paayal Zaveri, Christian Stork, and Peter Bittner–are recipients of Google Digital Media Travel Fellowships. The grant from Google, established in April 2016, sends students from the School’s New Media program to professional development events around the country, including the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR), SXSW Interactive, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and…

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Alum Pete Nicks Wins Prestigious Sundance Director Award

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If you ask Pete Nicks (’99) about his recent Sundance win, he’ll acknowledge that accepting the Directing Award for U.S. Documentary was a seminal moment in his career, but he’ll also be the first to tell you he didn’t do it alone. “It was a profound realization of everything I’ve worked for, but also it…

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1992 UC Berkeley Journalism Alum and Former Assistant Dean Dies

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By Kris Moore, Margaret’s long-time friend. Margaret Alexis Miller died too soon on January 10, 2017, at her home in Berkeley, California. She was 53 years old. Deep adventure, curiosity, generosity and empathy were at the heart of Margaret. She was born September 29, 1963, and grew up in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the third child…

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