Posts by Marlena Telvick
Honoring Our Black Community in Black History Month
Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, Here’s what we’re reflecting on at Berkeley Journalism during Black History Month, and some ways you can join us in our journey toward creating a better world. Who is in the newsroom matters. Black voices matter. A 2018 survey from the Pew Research Center found that 77 percent of newsroom employees…
Read MoreIntroducing Admissions Director Blaine Jones
Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, I am thrilled to announce that Blaine Jones will be our new admissions director, starting February 10th. Blaine has worked at UC Berkeley for 11 years in various academic departments and organizations including Film & Media Studies, History of Art, Mathematics, and most recently, the Goldman School of Public Policy. He…
Read MoreProf. Mark Danner recounts his experience at the Capitol riot
Prof. Mark Danner recently wrote a remarkable story ‘Be Ready to Fight’ documenting his experience in Washington on January 6 attending the Trump rally and the attack on the Capitol that followed. Prof. Danner holds a joint appointment at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and the Department of English. Mark Danner has written about foreign affairs and American politics for more than…
Read MoreBerkeley Journalism announces new Spring 2021 instructors
Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, In addition to the lecturers announced at the end of last year, we are delighted to share the news that these amazing journalists—some new to our school and some of whom you already know—will also join us to teach the spring courses described below. We are so thrilled to welcome them…
Read MoreDean Geeta Anand’s statement on mob attack on the U.S. Capitol
January 6, 2021 Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, I write to say to our fellow journalists covering the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol that we are thinking of you and grateful that you are doing the important job of accurately and courageously reporting the news. We are watching with horror the images being shared of…
Read MoreBerkeley Journalism publishes student photography book “The City”
View full copy of The City The photographs in this year’s Blurb book—documenting life in cities during a global pandemic— were produced by students in the photojournalism class in the fall of 2020. Ken Light, the Reva and David Logan Professor of Photojournalism, was the faculty advisor. Text: Brett Marsh (’21) Front Cover: Yuriria Ávila Guzmán (’21)…
Read MoreBerkeley Journalism establishes community fellowships with Richmond Pulse
To invest in the city of Richmond, a Bay-area community long reported on by our student publishing site Richmond Confidential, Berkeley Journalism has established a fellowship program with the youth-led, local community news outlet Richmond Pulse. The idea was spurred by students in Dean Geeta Anand’s class in 2018—when she was the J200 instructor for…
Read MoreBerkeley Journalism alumni discuss covering extraordinary election
Every four years, voices in the political industrial complex proclaim the upcoming presidential election the most important of our lives — perhaps even the most important since some long-ago marker like the Civil War. Each election, we’re told, is a fight for the very soul of America! This year is certainly no different, but what…
Read MoreGeeta Anand Named Dean of Berkeley Journalism
Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, I am thrilled to be the first woman of color—indeed, the first woman—to serve as dean of Berkeley Journalism. After working for nearly 30 years as an investigative reporter, a foreign correspondent and a political reporter—in beats dominated by white men, I know how hard it is to have your work…
Read MoreWesley Lowery joins Berkeley Journalism as IRP’s Special Projects Editor
BERKELEY, CA — Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Wesley Lowery is joining Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program as Special Projects Editor this semester. Lowery is leading a team of graduate students investigating police misconduct in the United States, and he’s offering advice and guidance on other IRP investigations. Lowery is currently a correspondent for 60 in 6, a…
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