Filmmaker Nisha Balaram awarded Chauncey Bailey Fellowship
Second-year documentary film student Nisha Balaram is this year’s recipient of the Chauncey Bailey Fellowship.
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“The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez” based on IRP story is #1 on Netflix
“The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez,” a six-part documentary series based on reporting by Garrett Therolf of the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, which began streaming on February 26 is now #1 on Netflix in the U.S.
Read More“Rape in the Fields”
FRONTLINE and Univision partner to tell the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America’s fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families. This investigation is the result of a yearlong reporting effort by veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley, and…
Read MoreThe Secret History of the Credit Card
In this award-winning year-long investigation led by Prof. Lowell Bergman, FRONTLINE and The New York Times joined forces to investigate an industry few Americans fully understand. “The Secret History of the Credit Card“— which received a great deal of attention as Congress debated legislation to overhaul the bankruptcy system—uncovered the techniques used by the industry to earn record profits and get…
Read MoreKids Caught in the Crackdown
As the detention of migrant children climbed to record-breaking levels under President Trump, FRONTLINE and The Associated Press investigate what’s going on inside federally-funded shelters — and the lasting impact on children held in U.S. custody. Produced by FRONTLINE’s Daffodil Altan and Berkeley Journalism Prof. Andrés Cediel, featuring AP investigative reporters Garance Burke and Martha…
Read MoreTrafficked in America
Trafficked in America—produced at the J-School’s Investigative Reporting Program, and by its nonprofit production company, Investigative Studios, and PBS Frontline—investigates how teenagers from Central America are smuggled into the U.S. by traffickers who promised them jobs and a better life, only to force them to live and work in virtual slavery to pay off their…
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“Hale,” a documentary short on Berkeley-based disability rights pioneer Hale Zukas, 73, who has had cerebral palsy since birth, was produced as Brad Bailey’s (’17) master’s project under the direction of Lecturer Bob Calo. The film’s co-producer was Isaac Smith (‘17). Pablo De La Hoya and Abner Hauge (’18) were associate producers and cinematographers. Loi…
Read MoreWho Killed Lt. Van Dorn?
Nearly five years after Berkeley Journalism graduate student Jason Paladino (’15) began reporting on a deadly Navy helicopter crash, his work became the first feature documentary film from our Investigative Reporting Program. “Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn?” follows the death of a pilot concerned about the safety of his aircraft to reveal larger failings of…
Read More4.1 Miles
Filmmaker Daphne Matziaraki’s (’16) remarkable documentary “4.1 Miles” on the refugee crisis in her native Greece received international acclaim: Premiered at the Telluride Film Festival On the heels of a Student Oscar win, Student Documentary Award from the International Documentary Association (IDA), and a Peabody Award, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)…
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