More awards for alum Brett Murphy’s (’16) landmark Supreme Court investigation

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Following a string of high honors from the nation’s top investigative reporting competitions, alum Brett Murphy (’16), a reporter on ProPublica’s national desk, has won a 2023 George Polk Award as part of the team that revealed “secret, lavish and highly questionable gifts” that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has received for decades from…

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Investigative Reporters & Editors Awards honor IRP alums, managing editor

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Four alumni of our Investigative Reporting Program and its managing editor are among those honored in the 2023 Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Awards. The prestigious annual contest recognizes the most outstanding watchdog journalism of the year by print, broadcast and online media. Brett Murphy (’16) is on the team of “Friends of the Court”…

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Nazmul Ahasan (’23) wins Sigma Award for data journalism

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Recent graduate Nazmul Ahasan (’23) has won a Sigma Award, which recognizes the best data-driven projects of the past year, for “Body Count: Extrajudicial Executions in Bangladesh,” published by Netra News. The prize committee had high praise for Ahasan’s investigation: Body Count is an exceptional data journalism effort where the numbers paint a gruesome story…

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Quarterly Newsletter From Dean Geeta Anand

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Spring 2024 Dear Berkeley Journalism community: With great optimism about the future of our school, I share with you news of the largest gift in the history of Berkeley Journalism: Alum Angela Filo (’99) and her husband David Filo, the co-founder of Yahoo, have pledged $10 million to Berkeley Journalism. This foundational gift in our five-year $54 million…

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Filmmaker Carrie Lozano Named Commencement Keynote

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Award-winning documentary filmmaker and media executive Carrie Lozano (’05) will speak at Berkeley Journalism’s 2024 Commencement on Saturday, May 11, at North Gate Hall in Berkeley, Calif. Lozano, an alum and former instructor of documentary filmmaking at the school, is now the president and CEO of ITVS, which co-produces independent films for PBS and produces…

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Jeremiah Rhodes and Tarini Mehta named Class of 2024 student commencement speakers

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  Warm congratulations to Jeremiah Rhodes and Tarini Mehta on being named the Class of 2024 student commencement speakers by their peers! Tarini Mehta is an investigative reporter and narrative writer who’s passionate about stories focused on health and housing equity and government accountability. She has written for The Mercury News, East Bay Times, Richmond…

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Alumni named finalists for Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

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Two Berkeley Journalism alums are finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, which honors the public service journalism that has made a notable impact on public policy. The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School named the eagerly anticipated finalists in an announcement Tuesday. Brian Howey (’22) is part…

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