“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…

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Investigative Reporter/Esther Wojcicki Lecturer Carole Cadwalladr in conversation with Prof. Mark Danner

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In the most stunning case of political manipulation of the digital era, a British consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, hijacked data from a staggering 50 million Facebook accounts to sway both the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the UK Brexit vote. The unprecedented assault on personal privacy was exposed through the explosive investigative work of Carole Cadwalladr, reporter for…

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The Secret History of the Credit Card

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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…

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Kids Caught in the Crackdown

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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…

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Trafficked in America

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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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FRONTLINE and Associated Press investigation on mass confinement of migrant children

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A FRONTLINE and Associated Press investigation on the mass confinement of migrant children, produced by FRONTLINE’s Daffodil Altan (’04) and Berkeley Journalism Prof. Andrés Cediel (’04), featuring AP investigative reporter Garance Burke (’04), will air tonight on PBS stations nationwide. The film exposes the traumatic stories of kids detained under President Trump’s immigration policies, and reveals…

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