Posts by Marlena Telvick
Alumni Portrait: NPR Editor and Correspondent Ron Elving
It was luck more than anything that got one of the country’s foremost Washington, D.C. journalists into the news business in the first place. Ron Elving, senior editor and correspondent at NPR’s Washington Desk, went to Stanford University without giving The Stanford Daily much thought. He got a Master’s in English from the University of…
Read MoreEdward Wasserman on Fake News and the Threat to Democracy
On Sept. 21, 2017 Edward Wasserman, Ph.D, Dean and professor of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism was the keynote speaker at California State University, Bakersfield’s Kegley Institute of Ethics 13th Annual Fall Lecture. The lecture, titled, “Fake News and the Threat to Democracy,” explores the difference between fake and real news, the gray…
Read MoreAlumni Portrait: Writer Jon Mooallem
Neanderthals, bipedal black bears, lesbian albatrosses, and wallets returned to their owners after being lost for decades: the cornucopia of subjects tackled by Jon Mooallem are matched only by their quirkiness. The New York Times Magazine contributing writer’s work has run in publications like California Sunday Magazine, Slate, and ESPN The Magazine, and in podcasts…
Read MorePortrait: UC Berkeley Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Hours after one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings, the UC Berkeley student chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) plunged into a meaty discussion about the ethics and practices of reporting on a crisis; especially one that hits close to home. Members discussed the coverage of the Las Vegas concert shooting, and…
Read MoreSerginho Roosblad named Marlon T. Riggs Fellow
Photo: Raffi Roy (’18) A multilingual international student and former radio reporter has been awarded one of Berkeley Journalism’s top honors. Serginho Roosblad (’18), a documentary film student whose most recent work focuses on telling stories about homelessness and displacement, is winner of this year’s Marlon T. Riggs Fellowship in Documentary Filmmaking. Named for the…
Read MoreAlumni Portrait: Los Angeles Times Sacramento Bureau Chief John Myers
Even for a seasoned statehouse reporter like John Myers, the last year has been an unusual one in the California capital. The election last November of Donald Trump “has shaken up the political order of Sacramento,” said the 1995 graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Myers, The Los Angeles Times’ Sacramento bureau…
Read MoreLecturer Portrait: Thomas Peele
The December morning was crisp and clear, a quiet Saturday in Oakland, and Thomas Peele had barely woken when he heard his cellphone chime. The text came from a photographer Peele knew, who had been up all night. It was a single expletive. Peele sent back a question mark, and the photographer replied: ‘Nine dead.…
Read MoreBrad Bailey Named Winner in Student Academy Awards
Brad Bailey, who graduated in May from the Graduate School of Journalism, has been named one of three winners in the Student Academy Awards for Best Documentary. “Hale,” a documentary short on Berkeley-based disability rights pioneer Hale Zukas, 73, who has had cerebral palsy since birth, was produced as Bailey’s master’s project under the direction…
Read MoreSamantha Clark awarded Jim Marshall Fellowship for Photojournalism
Second-year student Samantha Clark, a writer, editor, and photographer, has been awarded the third annual Jim Marshall Fellowship for photojournalism. As she kicks off her final year of graduate school, Clark has been focusing on photo editing, which includes working with photographers and overseeing the visual side of the editorial process. “This is an important…
Read MoreJohnathan Rodgers fellows visit the J-School
Fifteen new admits to the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism visited the school as Rodgers Fellows in March.
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