Four-time Pulitzer Prize Winner David Barstow joins Berkeley Journalism

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David Barstow, a senior writer at The New York Times and the first reporter to ever win four Pulitzer Prizes, is the new head of investigative reporting at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Barstow has been named the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism, succeeding Prof. Lowell Bergman, who retired…

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Investigative reporting professor Lowell Bergman to retire

A man with gray hair and a warm smile is sitting in a room with bookshelves and art on the walls. He is wearing a brown jacket over a blue shirt. In the dim, cozy light, he exudes an air of introspection, reminiscent of someone from Berkeley Journalism deep in thought.

He’s been threatening for years. But this time it’s real. Lowell Bergman is retiring. Briefly. In June, Bergman will step aside as the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor in Investigative Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism. A month later, he’ll be back as an emeritus chair who will continue…

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Bo Kovitz named Marlon T. Riggs Fellow

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  Bo Kovitz, a second-year graduate student in filmmaking, has been named this year’s Marlon T. Riggs Fellow. Named for the late J-School alumnus and professor Marlon T. Riggs (’81), the $10,000 fellowship was created in 2014 through the efforts of Vivian Kleiman, Riggs’ former collaborator. Funding was provided by Riggs’ Oakland-based production company Signifyin’…

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