Posts by Chuck Harris
Video: Black Panthers Founder Bobby Seale and Photographer Stephen Shames
By Kathleen Maclay, UC Berkeley News Photo: Kyle Merrit Ludowitz (’17) Oct. 15 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panthers. While the group is closely identified with Oakland, the Panthers also had roots in Berkeley. For a time they had their headquarters on Shattuck Avenue. Stephen Shames, a history student at…
Read MoreDean’s Letter – November 2016
November 16, 2016 Warm greetings from North Gate Hall: The fall term is hurtling toward an unusually eventful close. The electoral outcome not only triggered fevered talk about press failings, social media power, and the need for a courageous Fourth Estate. It also touched off several nights of raucous street protest in Oakland, which J-students…
Read More2008 UC Berkeley Journalism Alum Brian Pollack Dies
The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is sad to report that Brian Pollack, a beloved member of the class of 2008, died on October 27. Pollack was an avid storyteller and technology executive and an enthusiastic hiker, kayaker and cyclist. He studied documentary filmmaking at the school. He was 49. Ever in search of…
Read MorePortrait: New Asian American Journalists Chapter at the J-School
Back Row: (Left-to-Right) Angeline Bernabe, Nani Walker, Samantha Clark, Tian Chenwei, Rafael Roy, Katherine Wei. Front Row: (Left-to-Right) Atia Musazay, Paayal Zaveri, Manjula Varghese, Akira Olivia Kumamoto.
Photo: Joe Bush (’18)
Read MorePortrait: The J-School’s NABJ Chapter
From left: Alexandria Fuller, Brad Bailey, Waringa Kamau, Mahlia Posey, Gabe Tolliver and Cameron Clark.
Photo: Joe Bush.
Portrait: The J-School’s NABJ Chapter
From left: Alexandria Fuller, Brad Bailey, Waringa Kamau, Mahlia Posey, Gabe Tolliver and Cameron Clark.
Photo: Joe Bush.
Undergraduate journalism education is back
Nearly three decades after it was discontinued, undergraduate journalism education returned to UC Berkeley over the summer, sparking great enthusiasm both on campus and off. According to David Thigpen, director of undergraduate programs at the School of Journalism, 155 students enrolled in the new summer minor and certificate program. “We are thrilled at such a…
Read MoreJ-School Graduates Win Prestigious ONA Award for Multimedia Thesis Project
They didn’t announce the winners until last weekend. But since mid-August, this year’s Online News Association top student award for small projects was going to two UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism alums. Rachel Hiles (’16) and Nina Zou (’16) won the David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award for their master’s theses, the multimedia project “Chasing…
Read MoreWelcome Class of ’18!
Photo by Gabe Tolliver (’17).
Read MoreDaphne Matziaraki and Melina Tupa Named Finalists for Student Academy Awards
Melina Tupa’s neighbors had to check on her when she found out that her film, “The Search,” was up for an Academy Award. Tupa (’16) said, “When I opened the email I started jumping and screaming like crazy, the neighbors texted to see if everything was all right at my place.” Things are more than…
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