Alumni Highlights Archives

2015 J-School Emmy Award Winners

October 6, 2015

From left to right: T. Christian Miller (lecturer), Jason Spingarn-Koff (’01), Sachi Cunningham (’05), Joan Bieder, Daffodil Atlan (’04), Jonathan Jones (’05), and Anna Sussman (’05). Miller, Spingarn-Koff, Atlan and Jones were all nominated for the 36th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards (Photo supplied by Linnea Edmeier).

Dan Krauss crouches on a city street, operating a professional video camera. The street is empty, with tracks visible and a few vehicles and motorcycles in the background. Focused on his work, he wears a checkered shirt and vest, clearly on a roll capturing the perfect shot.

On a Roll: Documentary Filmmaker Dan Krauss (’04)

October 2, 2015

Dan Krauss ’04, who’s currently teaching first-year students at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and enjoying a deluge of award nominations and other recognition for his film, “The Kill Team,” talks about his niche as a “nonfiction filmmaker.”

Black and white image of three people standing closely together, smiling at the camera. A woman on the left is wearing a light-colored dress, a woman in the center, identified as Lynne Shallcross, is dressed in a dark-patterned top, and a man on the right is in a suit and tie. An "LA Times" banner is visible in the background at the 2015 O

Lynne Shallcross (’15) Wins at ONA Awards

September 30, 2015

Online News Association Honors Four Other Recent Graduates and an ex-IRP Fellow. From left: Alexandra GarretÌ_n (’15), Lynne Shallcross (’15) and Chris Schodt (’15) were among six J-School alumni nominated for Online Journalism Awards this year. Shallcross took home the award for best work in the small student project category.

A close-up shot of multiple News and Documentary Emmy Awards statues in golden color. The trophies, featuring a winged woman holding an atom, stand on circular bases. Arranged in rows and shining brightly under the lighting, they glow against the dark background, reminiscent of a red carpet event for J-School Alumni.

Six J-School Alumni to walk the red carpet at this year’s News and Documentary Emmy Awards

July 29, 2015

Alumni nominated for 36th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards include Daffodil Altan (’04), Jonathan Richard Jones (’05), Jason Spingarn-Koff (’01), Tommy Nguyen (’05), Bret Sigler (’03) and Sweta Vohra (’10).

J-School alums win Pulitzer Prizes

April 23, 2015

The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism community is pleased to announce that alums Angel Gonzalez (’03), Jim Simon (’84), Alexa Vaughn (’11), and Gregory Winter (’00) are among those who have earned journalism’s top honors.

Six people sit on a stage in discussion under the title "The Documentary Filmmaker as Journalist" projected on a screen behind them. They appear to be part of a panel discussion at an event, exploring how journalism intersects with filmmaking in modern media.

J-School alums and lecturers discuss filmmaking and journalism at San Francisco forum

February 19, 2015

The International Documentary Association (IDA) brings several award-winning filmmakers with ties to the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism together to discuss the overlap between journalism and documentary filmmaking.

A woman with short dark hair wearing a black jacket stands next to a man with curly dark hair and a beard, wearing a red and blue plaid shirt. They are outdoors with greenery in the background, discussing the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of 43 students.

IRP fellows investigate Mexican federal police’s role in disappearance of 43 students

December 19, 2014

A pair of postgraduate fellows with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program report that Mexican federal police were directly involved in the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico.

J-School student and alumni win SPJ awards

October 23, 2014

The Society of Professional Journalists Northern California chapter honored second-year student Joaquin Palomino and several alumni of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism at its annual Excellence in Journalism Awards.

Alums win big at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards

September 30, 2014

Several alumni of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism graced the stage at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

A person wearing a brown cowboy hat, dark bandana over their face, and a light white cloth around their neck stands in a green field looking into the distance. The scene evokes the spirit of investigative reporting, reminiscent of tales deserving an Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. Blurred greenery under a clear sky sets the backdrop.

J-School’s Investigative Reporting Program documentary wins Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award

May 16, 2014

“Rape in the Fields,” a yearlong investigation into the widespread sexual assault of American field workers, won the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights’ top journalism award. In addition to the grand prize, the committee also selected the film for the 2014 Domestic Television Award. The documentary was a collaboration between the Investigative Reporting Program at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, The Center for Investigative Reporting, PBS Frontline and Univision.