Posts by Marlena Telvick
Berkeley Journalism mourns death of Emeritus Professor Andrew Stern
The last remaining original faculty member of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Andrew Stern, has died. He was 92. In 1969, the award-winning broadcast journalist was invited to start a new program in long-form broadcast journalism and documentary by founding Dean Edwin Bayley after a career at PBS and ABC News. In…
Read MoreState funds development of first-of-its-kind police misconduct database
California allocated $6.87 million in its 2023-24 budget to UC Berkeley to develop the Police Records Access Project, a first-of-its-kind, state-wide database of police misconduct and use-of-force records. Along with Berkeley’s Institute for Data Science and partners such as Stanford’s data journalism program, the Investigative Reporting Program will collect, curate and make accessible records that…
Read MoreBerkeley Journalism establishes whistleblower program in honor of Daniel Ellsberg
Following the recent death of Advisory Board member Daniel Ellsberg, a beloved and active member of the school, the Investigative Reporting Program has established a Daniel Ellsberg Whistleblower in Residence program. The program will bring a whistleblower into the school for a week every year to teach students how to work hand in hand with…
Read MoreQuarterly Newsletter from Dean Geeta Anand
Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, We live in a moment like no other. The threats to democratic culture posed by weaponized disinformation, partisan disharmony, and rising authoritarianism driven by advances in technology show no sign of abating. And the traditional media system has yet to fully grapple with how our changing world requires a very different…
Read MoreJason Spingarn-Koff joins Berkeley Journalism faculty to transform climate change coverage
Berkeley Journalism is proud to announce it has hired the pioneering documentary filmmaker, journalist and media industry trailblazer Jason Spingarn-Koff to lead an effort to reinvent journalism about climate change. After a monthslong, nationwide search, the school selected Spingarn-Koff as the new professor of journalism and Knight Chair of Climate Journalism. Knight Chairs in Journalism…
Read MoreSix Berkeley Journalism alumni honored in 2023 Pulitzer Prizes
The work of six alumni was honored in the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes, in the Breaking News, International Reporting, Investigative Reporting and Public Service categories, Columbia University announced this month. Serginho Roosblad (‘18), video producer for the Associated Press, was on the team that won the prize for Public Service for “Courageous reporting from the besieged…
Read MoreAdam Hochschild named Gold Medal winner for best nonfiction in the California Book Awards
The Commonwealth Club has announced the winners of the 92nd annual California Book Awards. Among them is continuing lecturer Adam Hochschild, who was named Gold Medal winner for best nonfiction for “American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.” It marks Hochschild’s third win of the prestigious prize. His book is…
Read MoreJuan Pablo Pérez-Burgos (’24) named FASPE Journalism Fellow
Juan Pablo Pérez-Burgos (’24) has been named a 2023 Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) Journalism Fellow. Pérez-Buros covered transitional justice, conflict, environment, and politics in Colombia before moving to the United States to study narrative writing at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Each year, FASPE awards fellowships to…
Read MoreBloomberg Journalism Diversity Program cohort announced
The Bloomberg 2023 Journalism Diversity Program is pleased to introduce this year’s cohort, a group of 24 students, representing 18 universities in the United States. The program, in partnership with the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, will be held May 15-19, 2023, in-person at Bloomberg’s headquarters…
Read MoreWilliam Jenkins, Myah Overstreet and Alfredo Torres Named Marlon T. Riggs Fellows in Documentary Filmmaking
Producer/directors William Jenkins, Myah Overstreet and Alfredo Torres (‘23) have been awarded one of Berkeley Journalism’s top honors, the Marlon T. Riggs Fellowship in Documentary Filmmaking. Named for the late filmmaker, alumnus and professor Marlon T. Riggs (’81), the fellowship was created in 2014 with funding from Signifyin’ Works, the Ford Foundation, The Filmmaker Fund,…
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