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Alums Dan Krauss and Pete Nicks Join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

July 26, 2017

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…

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J-School Alums Loom Large in ’17 Emmy Nominations

July 26, 2017

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

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Alumni Portrait: Award-Winning Producer Daffodil Altan

July 25, 2017

Photo: Jacqui Ipp (’16)

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Producer Andres Cediel joins visual journalism faculty

July 11, 2017

Photo: Jacqui Ipp (’16)

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Daphne Matziaraki (’16) Wins BAFTA Student Film Award and Special Jury Prize

July 6, 2017

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Alumni Portrait: Producer Jeffrey Plunkett

May 5, 2017

Jeffrey Plunkett (second from left) with the creators of The Circus.

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Alumni Portrait: Mike Welt on his third film with Ken Burns

March 28, 2017

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…

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Alumni Portrait: For two Polk Award winners, the paths crossed at Berkeley

March 24, 2017

In spring 2009, Robert Lewis and Ali Winston met to talk about investigative reporting at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Lewis was about to finish the program, and Winston was weighing whether to enroll. “He convinced me to come to Cal,” Winston said. Fast forward eight years, and there’s a neat symmetry in their…

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Riding the wave: Alumna Tasneem Raja on change and bringing the J-School experience full circle

March 14, 2017

Photo: Brittany Hosea-Small (’17)

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Alumni Portrait: Radio Correspondent Jason Margolis

February 7, 2017

Jason Margolis (second from left) interviewing sugar farmers in Brazil for The World in 2014. (Photo courtesy Jason Margolis.)

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