J234 – International Travel – India
About the Project From New Delhi to Mumbai, down to Kerala, over to Bihar and even venturing into Kashmir, students from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism have crisscrossed India in pursuit of stories. In an effort to better train young journalists to cover a complex country like India, the Graduate School…
Read MoreJ298 Earth Journalism
This is a three-credit class aimed at learning about global environmental issues, devising strategies for reporting on them and telling the stories in a compelling way, whatever the medium. We combine developing deeper knowledge of the major environmental and climate change challenges of our time, through lectures by experts, with reporting and narrative techniques aimed…
Read MoreJ284B Documentary Production
Journalism 284B is the second semester of a year-long intensive documentary production workshop where second-year students develop and produce their thesis films. Students combine rigorous research and reporting with cinematic storytelling, and we work with the styles of cinematography, lighting, sound, and editing unique to documentary film. Guest filmmakers may conduct master classes on various…
Read MoreJ276 Digital Accountability: Exploring Section 230
There are 26 words that changed the world. “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” These words are enshrined in the Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The statute, which has been in effect for…
Read MoreJ216 Multimedia Reporting
This two-semester class is for students who want to do a multimedia master’s project and specialize in digital media or multimedia reporting after graduation. In this class students will: 1. Participate in critical discussions of best practices in multimedia storytelling and digital publishing so students are prepared to work in and take on leadership roles…
Read MoreJ213 Visual Storytelling: Realeyes Magazine
An in-depth documentary story telling class where students will work photographing and investigating problems facing California and its people as well as finding uplifting stories of its communities, and will try to visually document the causes and affect, issues such as immigration, schools, homelessness, urban sprawl, development, injustice, individual determination etc. You will work throughout…
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J210 Introduction to Photojournalism
An exploration of journalistic photography as applied to newspaper, magazine, visual multimedia and the photo essay. The primary goal of the course will be to emphasize the technical aspects in journalistic photography such as composition, editing, and presentation and to support student’s exploration and growth as visual journalists. Students will be working on weekly assignments…
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J200 Reporting the News – School and Sports
J200 Schools and Sports focuses on local reporting in Richmond, Calif. and the wider region. Reporters will cover stories under the umbrella topic of schools and sports, and will also intersect with the topics of homelessness, public health and local government. Stories can be published in regional news outlets or in one of the two local…
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