Celebrating Women’s History Month

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Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, In the face of overwhelming odds and geopolitical conflict, women rise. It gives me great joy to celebrate Women’s History Month at Berkeley Journalism. When I think of women blazing a trail in the field of journalism, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa comes to mind. As co-founder of…

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Berkeley Journalism Announces New Advisory Board Member Kathy Im

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Kathy Im, who oversees the Journalism and Media program at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, has joined The Graduate School of Journalism of the University of California, Berkeley, as a new member of its distinguished Advisory Board. Im, a recognized leader in journalism philanthropy, oversees MacArthur Foundation programs that include supporting many of…

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Berkeley Journalism Collaboration “American Insurrection” Wins Polk Award

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“American Insurrection,” a collaboration between Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program, PBS Frontline and ProPublica, has won a George Polk Award, one of the most prestigious honors in journalism. The collaboration, honored in the category of National Television Reporting, was one of 15 winners announced on Monday by Long Island University, which administers the Polk Awards.…

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Berkeley Journalism Announces Reporting on China Initiative

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To help international journalists understand China’s culture, history and languages so they can better cover the country, Berkeley Journalism has launched a new Reporting on China initiative. The program is part of the School’s renewed focus on international reporting, and complements our India Reporting Project, Earth Journalism and Professor Mark Danner’s Reporting on America Abroad…

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Mark Litke Establishes Fellowship in International Reporting at Berkeley Journalism

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Mark Litke, an award-winning television correspondent who for three decades reported from around the world for ABC News, has established an endowed fellowship in international reporting at Berkeley Journalism. Litke, who studied at Berkeley Journalism in the early 1970s said, “I owe much of my early success to a remarkable group of professionals-turned-professors — Edwin…

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Alumni Portrait: Visual storyteller Yolanda “Yoli” Martinez

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People come to journalism from different academic and professional backgrounds. In the case of Yolanda “Yoli” Martinez (MJ ’15), she always knew she wanted to work in the media. And so, after completing her undergraduate degree in English, she took an internship and a subsequent job as a website producer for a PBS television station…

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Berkeley Journalism Announces New Assistant Dean for Advancement Steve Katz

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Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, I am thrilled to announce that Steve Katz has joined Berkeley Journalism as our assistant dean of advancement after 19 years as lead fundraiser and publisher at Mother Jones. During his time at Mother Jones, the nonprofit journalism organization’s philanthropic revenue increased by 250%, setting the foundation for the organization’s growth…

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Berkeley Journalism announces new Spring 2022 instructors

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Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, Please join me in welcoming the new lecturers who will be teaching this spring semester! We are so thrilled to welcome them and offer our students these wonderful new learning opportunities. These hires reflect the school’s goal of taking the limits off who gets to be a journalist by determining who…

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