Posts by Marlena Telvick
Orion Rose Kelly and Pedro Cota’s thesis documentary named finalist in Student Academy Awards
Orion Rose Kelly and Pedro Cota’s (’20) thesis documentary ‘Na Luta Delas’ (In Their Fight)—about growing violence against the LGBTQ+ community in Brazil— has been named one of seven finalists in the 47th Student Academy Awards. Orion Rose Kelly started investigating the murders of trans women five years ago while conducting research for an art…
Read MoreInterview with BAFTA Student Film Awards finalist Lucas Guilkey
Director and producer Lucas Guilkey’s (‘19) thesis film, “What Happened to Dujuan Armstrong?” has been named one of three documentary finalists in the 2020 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Student Film Awards. The recognition follows a string of successes for the film, a deeply reported and beautifully filmed story about a mother’s…
Read MoreRecent grads’ COVID-19 reporting appears in The New York Times and PBS NewsHour
Alyson Stamos (’20) and Meiying Wu (’20) reveal how early planning and communication spared San Francisco’s Chinatown from the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. In January, Meiying Wu (’20) had flown to China for Chinese New Year. Unlike previous holiday visits, she couldn’t go out to see family and friends. An epidemic had started in…
Read MoreFaculty and alumni-led FRONTLINE investigation into COVID-19’s impact on agricultural workers premieres July 21
When we think of “essential workers” during the COVID-19 pandemic, we think of medical personnel, first responders, and supermarket employees—the folks visible in our personal lives and on the news. But the food we eat every day—from broccoli picked in California’s Salinas Valley to meat packed in midwestern states—still has to be grown and prepared…
Read MoreA message from Interim Dean Geeta Anand regarding the legacy of Representative John Lewis
Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, I write to you as we mourn the death of one of our greatest fighters for racial justice, Representative John Lewis. To our Black students, our BIPOC students, and our entire journalism community, let me say that we will hold on tightly to the memory of Rep. Lewis’s courageous life, and…
Read MoreFall Lecturer Openings, Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley
The Graduate School of Journalism seeks applicants to serve as Lecturer in the Fall 2020 Semester in the following courses: J255, Ethics, Law and Public Purpose (Wed 9am–12pm) A required class in the values and rules guiding journalism practice. The lead instructor will be principal teacher for the first nine weeks of the course, which…
Read MoreMultimedia journalists Francesca Fenzi and Yutao Chen win at College TV Awards
The latest in a long streak of wins and finalist nods for multimedia journalists Francesca Fenzi (‘19) and Yutao “Todd” Chen’s (‘19) thesis project, “Dirty Business,” was May’s award for best Nonfiction Series at the 40th College Television Awards. The multimedia story, which featured vivid written reporting, stirring photos and video, and data visualization is…
Read MoreSchool update regarding Berkeley Journalism leadership
In August 2019, Edward Wasserman announced his decision to step down as dean by June 30, 2020, to rejoin the faculty full-time. The search for his successor was delayed, and Wasserman indicated he’d stay on through the end of the calendar year to give campus time to find his replacement. Last week he announced he…
Read MoreImportant Message from Berkeley Journalism: No More
June 4, 2020 Journalism, at its basics, is a disciplined search for truth to enable a free people to govern itself. But when people are gagged by fear or muzzled by violence, truth is unattainable and freedom a con. Racism does that. Berkeley Journalism denounces the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis, of Breonna Taylor…
Read MoreAlumni Portrait: Rudabeh Shahbazi
By Aashna Malpani (‘21) Rudabeh Shahbazi has trudged alone through swamps and braved unbearable heat and cold, laden with heavy camera equipment, just to get a story. She graduated from the J-School in the middle of an economic downturn but was willing to do all that work solo just to make it. “While other Berkeley…
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