Berkeley Journalism hiring temporary, part-time instructors for spring 2022

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J255 Journalism Ethics — (7 weeks; 3 teaching hrs/wk) This is a required class for all students on the values and rules guiding journalism practice. This class should begin with the overriding ethical principles of journalism, then delve into case studies and contemporary ethical dilemmas often encountered by media professionals. Areas could include the evolving…

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Kristen Hwang (‘21) Wins Student Academy Award for Best Documentary

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Kristen Hwang’s thesis documentary, “When They’re Gone,” about humanity’s fragile dependence on nature and the consequences of industrializing honey bees for crop pollination, has won the top honor for student documentary filmmaking in the 48th Student Academy Awards. Hearing the news, Hwang said, “Never in a million years could I have imagined my film being…

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Berkeley Journalism announces first cohort of first-generation college student fellows

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Berkeley Journalism announces the Dean’s Fellows program, a leadership development initiative that fully funds five first-generation college students as a way of removing structural barriers to entering journalism More than three-quarters of newsroom employees – those who work as reporters, editors, photographers and videographers in the newspaper, broadcasting and internet publishing industries – are non-Hispanic…

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Mathew Miranda (’22) Named Jim Marshall Fellow in Photography

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Mathew Miranda (‘22) has been selected as the recipient of the sixth Jim Marshall Fellowship in photojournalism. The $10,000 fellowship, created in 2015, is named for renowned photographer Jim Marshall. Funding was provided by former reporter and legendary ad-man Jeff Goodby. Miranda, the child of Salvadoran immigrants, is a proud community college graduate and Los…

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Dean Anand and Students Reflect on Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, I write to you as we prepare to commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which we mark on the second Monday in October as a time to reflect upon our country’s history of systemic displacement and genocide of its native peoples. And to honor the resilience, rich cultural legacy and ongoing contributions they…

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Meet the New GGSC – Berkeley Journalism Fellows on Latino Well-Being

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Read the original GGSC announcement, below, here. The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley and the university’s Graduate School of Journalism are pleased to announce the two recipients of their inaugural Reporting Fellowship on Latino Well-Being, Kathryn Styer Martínez and Mathew Miranda. Both fellows are students at Berkeley’s journalism school, which is co-sponsoring this fellowship with the…

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Dean Geeta Anand on making Berkeley Journalism accessible to all

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Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, As we enter National Disability Employment Awareness Month, I write to express my commitment to fostering an inclusive institution where each of you is celebrated for your abilities every day of every month. So many people in our lives are touched by some form of disability. Some of us have  sensory…

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Can we counter disinformation without compromising America’s core principles? Yes, scholars on a recent panel say — but it won’t be easy

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In the latest episode of Berkeley Conversations, an elite panel of scholars described a range of potential solutions to disinformation, from measures to strengthen old-school local news media to government regulation of titans like Facebook and Twitter. But there’s a critical obstacle: Efforts to directly block disinformation could challenge core American values, such as free…

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