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Investigations by 12 alums including a groundbreaking public records project at UC Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program have been named finalists in the Online News Association’s 2026 Online Journalism Awards — awards that have honored excellence and innovation in digital journalism for more than 25 years. The school’s Investigative Reporting Program is a finalist…
Two episodes from UC Berkeley Journalism’s flagship student publication North Gate Radio on KALX radio have been named finalists in the College Broadcasters 2026 National Student Production Awards. The CBI Awards recognize outstanding work in audio, video, news, sports, storytelling, promotion and digital presence. “Just Transition: The Bay’s Next Chapter?,” hosted by Lenéa Sims (’27)…
The Society of Professional Journalists is honoring the Police Records Access Project — a pioneering initiative by journalists and data scientists to make California’s police misconduct records available to and searchable by the public and press — with a 2026 Sunshine Award for advancing the principles of open government. The Police Records Access Project is…
Lori Leibovich (’97) has worked in digital media since she was a student at the J-School in the mid-1990s. Since 2021, she has been the editor of Well at The New York Times where she oversees a team of 35 journalists who cover all aspects of health and wellness. Bonnie Eslinger (’98) asked Leibovich about…
Following a record 40 nominations, UC Berkeley Journalism alums took home 12 coveted statues at the 47th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards in May, including a documentary incubated at our Investigative Reporting Program. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) awards recognize journalists from across the country for exemplary work in breaking…
Three UC Berkeley Journalism alums have been honored in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Awards for the most outstanding work published or broadcast in 2025. They are among 73 winners from more than 1,000 entries submitted. The awards recognize excellence in everything from breaking news and investigative reporting to photography, podcasts…
Ten UC Berkeley Journalism alums and four California Local News Reporting fellows have been honored in the Los Angeles Press Club’s 68th Southern California Journalism Awards for the best reporting from or about Southern California across print, broadcast and digital media in 2025. Their reporting stood out among a record-setting 2,700 submissions. “Being a journalist…
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Jason-Spingarn-Koff, the Knight Chair of Climate Journalism at UC Berkeley Journalism and a UC Berkeley Journalism alum who studied with legendary Documentary Professor Emeritus Jon Else, will premiere his new film “The Coral Rescuers” on July 28 at The Woods Hole Film Festival. The film follows frontline researchers who are racing climate…
Nineteen UC Berkeley Journalism alums have been honored with 2025 California Journalism Awards from the California News Publishers Association for excellent reporting, photography, multimedia and design in print and online publications across the state. Four of the winners, Saumya Gupta (‘24), Simmerdeep Kaur (’24), Tarini Mehta (’24) and Kathleen Quinn (’24), graduated just two years ago…
An investigation developed at UC Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program in collaboration with the San Francisco Chronicle by alums Matthew Mitchell (’25) and Susie Neilson (’19) is shedding light on serious failures by San Francisco’s HomeRise, one of the largest non-profits serving formerly unhoused people in the city. The first piece published in March —…