Jennifer Redfearn named finalist in News & Documentary Emmy Awards
September 19, 2023
Professor Jennifer Redfearn’s film “Apart” — a powerful documentary that examines the war on drugs through the lens of t…
Berkeley Journalism announces third cohort of first-generation college student fellows
September 13, 2023
Holly McDede, Choekyi Lhamo and Jariel Arvin. Photo: Marlena Telvick Geeta Anand, dean of Berkeley Journalism, today ann…
MJ Johnson and Meruyert Shalbayeva honored in the Student Academy Awards
August 24, 2023
The thesis films of two Class of 2023 graduates have been recognized as among the best in the world by the jury for the…
California Local News Fellowship Announces Inaugural Cohort
August 22, 2023
Berkeley, CA – Geeta Anand, dean of Berkeley Journalism, today announced the inaugural cohort of the California Local Ne…
Acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Redfearn to receive 2023 Philomathia Prize
August 21, 2023
Redfearn, front row center, with 2022 graduates and instructors Cassandra Herrman and Mike Shen. Jennifer Redfearn, an O…
Berkeley Journalism documentary thesis film acquired by L.A. Times Short Docs
August 10, 2023
“Split Jury” directors Linus Unah and Buddy Terry, L.A. Times Short Docs, a platform for innovative short documentaries,…
Professor Jennifer Redfearn runs San Francisco Half Marathon to raise funds for documentary film students
July 27, 2023
Professor Jennifer Redfearn, director of the Documentary Program at Berkeley Journalism recently ran the San Francisco H…
Berkeley Journalism announces faculty hire Jennifer LaFleur
July 26, 2023
Jennifer LaFleur Berkeley Journalism is proud to announce that Jennifer LaFleur, one of the world’s leading data journal…
Berkeley Journalism mourns death of Emeritus Professor Andrew Stern
July 14, 2023
Andrew Stern in 2013. (Photo Peter Leonard) The last remaining original faculty member of the UC Berkeley Graduat…
State funds development of first-of-its-kind police misconduct database
June 29, 2023
California allocated $6.87 million in its 2023-24 budget to UC Berkeley to develop the Police Records Access Project, a…
