Posts by Chuck Harris

By 2001 Alums James Guardino & Gavin Tachibana Tall, brooding and rail thin, standing on the top steps of the North Gate courtyard there was a good chance you’d see him – wrapped in thought and a billow of smoke. His full name was Ferhad BirÌÈsk Tugan, but he went by Birusk, which in his…

For the 12th year in a row, a student from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism has earned one of the university’s most esteemed grants. Photojournalist and second-year J-School student Kyle Merrit Ludowitz (’17) was selected as the sole recipient of this year’s Dorothea Lange Fellowship. The fellowships were created in 1981 by Lange’s…

Photo: Jacqui Ipp (’16)

Berkeley J-School alums Daphne Matziaraki and lecturer Dan Krauss named Academy Award finalists The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has narrowed the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 89th Academy Awards to five films, two of them produced by graduates of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. May 2016 documentary…

Campus Joins Forces to Take on Issue of Fake News On the eve of the 45th president’s inauguration, media experts and educators met at UC Berkeley to discuss a problem that has become paramount since November’s election: fake news. What began as an inquiry into how to define fake news and why it is made…

The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is sad to report that Jonathan Edward Kaminsky, a beloved member of the class of 2006, died on November 27. He was 38. He is survived by his wife Sarah, sons Adam and Elliot, parents Amy and Ken, brother David, grandmother Florence, and many loving friends. Personal note…

Back row (left to right): Gabriel Tolliver (’17), Robin Simmonds (’17), Pablo De La Hoya (’18)
Front row (left to right): Jackeline Luna (’18), Raquel Dillon (’07), Angelica Casas (’17), Mariela Patron (’17), Akira Olivia Kumamoto (’17), Juan Reyes (’17). Photo: Joe Bush (’17).