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Neanderthals, bipedal black bears, lesbian albatrosses, and wallets returned to their owners after being lost for decades: the cornucopia of subjects tackled by Jon Mooallem are matched only by their quirkiness. The New York Times Magazine contributing writer’s work has run in publications like California Sunday Magazine, Slate, and ESPN The Magazine, and in podcasts…
Even for a seasoned statehouse reporter like John Myers, the last year has been an unusual one in the California capital. The election last November of Donald Trump “has shaken up the political order of Sacramento,” said the 1995 graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Myers, The Los Angeles Times’ Sacramento bureau…
Brad Bailey, who graduated in May from the Graduate School of Journalism, has been named one of three winners in the Student Academy Awards for Best Documentary. “Hale,” a documentary short on Berkeley-based disability rights pioneer Hale Zukas, 73, who has had cerebral palsy since birth, was produced as Bailey’s master’s project under the direction…
Two Graduate School of Journalism alumni, acclaimed filmmakers Dan Krauss (’04) and Pete Nicks (’99), have been selected to be members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Their lifetime memberships were awarded In recognition of their “exceptional achievement in the field of theatrical motion pictures,” according to the Academy, and authorize Krauss…
Top Row, Left to Right: Bill Whitaker, Sweta Vohra, Emily Taguchi, Durrell Dawson, Marjorie McAfee, Center: Shilpi Gupta, Bottom Row, Left to Right: Daphne Matziaraki, David Corvo, Dave Gilson, Dan Krauss, Edward Wong
Photo: Jacqui Ipp (’16)
Photo: Jacqui Ipp (’16)
Jeffrey Plunkett (second from left) with the creators of The Circus.
Have you ever wondered what’s in the basements of CBS, NBC, and ABC? Alum Mike Welt knows. He’s spent the last few years in some of those basements, sifting through history. Welt co-produced the upcoming 10-part series, “The Vietnam War,” directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. This is the third project Welt has worked…