Posts by Marlena Telvick
“The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez” based on IRP story is #1 on Netflix
“The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez,” a six-part documentary series based on reporting by Garrett Therolf of the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, which began streaming on February 26 is now #1 on Netflix in the U.S.
Read MoreGeeta Anand named director of Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program
Geeta Anand, acting professor of reporting at the Graduate School of Journalism, has been named director of the School’s Investigative Reporting Program (IRP). Prof. Anand had been serving as interim director since July under Prof. David Barstow, who leads the IRP as the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism. During her time…
Read MoreFilmmaker Ashley Omoma named Marlon T. Riggs Fellow
We all have heroes who have inspired our careers––but most of us aren’t lucky enough to win a fellowship in their name. Ashley Omoma, second-year filmmaking graduate student and this year’s Marlon T. Riggs Fellow, managed to do just that. “It’s the best thing ever to be a black female filmmaker granted this award named…
Read MoreNovember 2019 Dean’s Letter
November 26, 2019 Dear friends of Berkeley Journalism, Briefly overshadowed by the now seasonal reminder of environmental vulnerability, when power outages prompted by the threat of widened wildfires forced campus to close, the fall brought renewed evidence of accomplishment among the School’s students, teachers and alumni. Berkeley Journalism led a state-wide collaboration of 30…
Read MoreSarah M. Broom’s (’04) The Yellow House wins National Book Award for Nonfiction
Sarah M. Broom’s (’04) exquisite debut book “The Yellow House,” that tells a hundred years of her family and their relationship to home in a neglected area of one of America’s most mythologized cities, has won the National Book Award for Nonfiction writing. It is the story of a mother’s struggle against a house’s entropy, and that…
Read MoreFRONTLINE and Associated Press investigation on mass confinement of migrant children
A FRONTLINE and Associated Press investigation on the mass confinement of migrant children, produced by FRONTLINE’s Daffodil Altan (’04) and Berkeley Journalism Prof. Andrés Cediel (’04), featuring AP investigative reporter Garance Burke (’04), will air tonight on PBS stations nationwide. The film exposes the traumatic stories of kids detained under President Trump’s immigration policies, and reveals…
Read MoreExplosive Investigative Reporting Program-led series exposing police officers with criminal records is launched
Related story by recent graduate airs on Reveal nationwide A six-month investigation involving more than 30 newsrooms across California, led by Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program (IRP), has found hundreds of criminal convictions against current and former police officers, dozens of them still on the job. What began as a simple story triggered by explosive…
Read MoreBerkeley Journalism photography student captures San Francisco climate march for The New York Times
How documentary photographer James Tensuan (‘20) got the image that dominated a New York Times global package. On Sept. 18, two days before the global climate march, New York Times photo editor Matthew McCann sat at his desk in Manhattan, trying to figure out which photographers he would commission for the Times’ online climate package.…
Read MoreRosa Tuirán Awarded Brian Pollack Documentary Fellowship
For a journalist, rejection is part of life. Sources don’t respond to you, pitches get declined, stories sometimes don’t seem good enough. Realizing that others recognize your talent can be a powerful boost to a young journalist’s confidence and career. The Brian A. Pollack Fellowship aims to provide exactly that sort of boost to gifted…
Read MoreNational Association of Black Journalists at UC Berkeley Career Fair, Saturday, November 2
The National Association of Black Journalists at UC Berkeley is hosting the first annual Media Career Fair, bringing recruiters from the top media companies around the country to pick fresh talent from the Bay Area. This free event connects journalists as well as journalism and media students in the Bay Area to media companies or…
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