National 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…
Read MoreJohnathan Rodgers Fellows visit Berkeley Journalism during Spring Welcome Week
Ten recently admitted students to the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism traveled from all over the U.S.–and the world—to visit the School during the 2019 Spring Welcome Week, thanks to a fund created by media executive and Berkeley alum Johnathan Rodgers (’67). The Rodgers Fellowships are designed to increase diversity at the…
Read MoreMeet Berkeley Journalism’s 2018 Student Leadership Committee
The Student Leadership Committee, or the “TLC” as it is known in the hallways of the School, is back— with a fresh set of faces and voices— to continue a longstanding tradition of serving the needs and answering the questions of students in both years. In simple terms, the TLC is a group of first-…
Read MoreJohnathan Rodgers Fellows visit the J-School
From top left: Jonathan Rodas, Terrence Johnson, Gabriel Schneider, Akintunde Ahmad, Lauren Edmonds, Jessica Alvarenga, Betty Marquez Rosales, Ravleen Kaur, Marissa Beale, Ashvini Malshe, Carla Williams, Annette Choi. Photo: Yesica Prado (’19). Twelve recently admitted students from as far away as Virginia, Mississippi and Wisconsin attended the annual Spring Welcome Week as Rodgers Fellows in…
Read MoreFive Students Named Helzel Fellows
(From left to right: Alex Nieves, Alondra De La Cruz, Abené Clayton and Sarah Hoenicke. Mallory Newman not pictured.) Five first-year students–Abené Clayton, Alondra De La Cruz, Sarah Hoenicke, Mallory Newman and Alexander Nieves–have been awarded the first Helzel Fellowships at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. The fellowship was established in 2017 by…
Read MorePortrait: NABJ Chapter at Berkeley Journalism
Back row (from left to right): Nebiat Assefa Melles (’18), Rachel Loyd (’18), Ryan Lindsay Arrendell (’18), Lee Mengistu (’19), Abené Clayton (’19), Jailyn Anderson (’19), Alexandria Fuller (’18), Grace Oyenubi (’18). Photo: Yesica Prado (’18). The current political climate has presented a new set of ethical and philosophical challenges for many reporters. But it…
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 MoreKQED Public Radio’s Joshua Johnson joins the J-School
Lecturer Joshua Johnson on writing for the ear vs. the eye, being ruthless with your time and bringing light to the heat.
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