Berkeley Journalism is proud of the 2800+ students who have graduated from North Gate Hall. We celebrate the immense contributions they’ve made to the communities and organizations they serve.
Congratulations to our Academy Award shortlisted filmmakers! Alexis Bloom (’01) directed “The Bibi Files“, shortlisted for best Documentary Feature Film. Professor Jason Spingarn-Koff (’01) was executive producer of LA Times Short Docs’ “A Swim Lesson” and “Planetwalker,” and Rafael Roy (’18) was the director of photography, Katie Bernstein (’21) the post-producer and additional editor and…
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Investigations by a recent graduate and an award-winning data journalism professor at Berkeley Journalism are among those named finalists for the 2025 duPont-Columbia Awards, honoring outstanding public service in audio and video reporting. Brian Howey’s (’22) podcast “We Regret to Inform You,” for Reveal exposed how police officers are trained to delay death notifications to…
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Congratulations to our Berkeley Journalism community on awards from the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California (SPJ NorCal)! Professor William Drummond received the Career Achievement Award in print journalism, honoring his longtime and enduring contributions. The media release notes: “His storied career has taken him from New Delhi and Jerusalem as a bureau chief for…
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Our Newsletter is Your Newsletter With the North Gate Update newsletter now successfully launched, our volunteers at the alumni advisory committee are already thinking about its future – and hoping that you will want to be a part of it. The opportunities are endless – almost. You could be the editor of North Gate Update…
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By Bonnie Eslinger ‘98 Alsanosi Adam ’16 is a Pulitzer Prize finalist from Sudan who has focused his career on issues of social justice and human rights. He lives in Nairobi, Kenya, working as a documentary filmmaker, producing broadcast pieces for such programs as Voice of America’s 52 Documentary and Al Jazeera’s Africa Direct.…
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Warm congratulations to alum Caren Bohan (’92), recently appointed Editor in Chief of USA Today. Bohan is a seasoned newsroom executive with over 30 years of news experience including more than a decade as a newsroom leader. She began her career at Reuters where she spent 20 years, serving as a financial and economics correspondent, and…
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Fall 2024 Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, In mid-September, I stepped in as acting dean at UC Berkeley Journalism when Dean Geeta Anand took leave for the semester. While I have worked at the J-School for eight years as a professor, it’s an honor to serve in this new capacity, alongside our extraordinary faculty, staff…
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Since graduating from UC Berkeley Journalism in 2017, Peter Bittner has freelanced for major news outlets — from the The New York Times to CNN to Al Jazeera — received a Fulbright in Mongolia to write a series of public health stories and been a communications consultant for the Wildlife Conservation Society. Bittner taught UC…
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Welcome — and Come Join Us! Hello and Go Bears! Over the years, many of us have said that once we graduate from the J-School, while we may retain the deep friendships we’ve cultivated with our classmates, the tether to the school itself is severed. But no longer! The school is investing in a new…
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Edward Wong (’98) has reported on international news for The New York Times for more than 25 years, work that has taken him to nearly 100 countries. A diplomatic correspondent, Wong’s career at the venerable newspaper includes covering the war in Iraq and serving as the Beijing bureau chief. The winner of the Livingston Award…
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