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First Generation Fellows

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New Dean’s Fellows see opportunity, find community

November 14, 2024

UC Berkeley Journalism has selected its fourth group of extraordinary first-generation college students to be Dean’s Fellows, part of an initiative launched by Dean Geeta Anand in 2021 to increase equity in journalism education, remove barriers to the field, and ultimately boost diversity in newsrooms. The Dean’s Fellows Program aims to give Berkeley Journalism graduates the…

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Berkeley Journalism announces third cohort of first-generation college student fellows

September 13, 2023

Geeta Anand, dean of Berkeley Journalism, today announced the 2023-2024 cohort of Dean’s Fellows, a leadership development initiative that removes barriers to entering the field by fully funding the education of first-generation college students. The initiative, which began in 2021 through private philanthropy, counters the widespread access disparity in newsrooms by providing guaranteed funding for…

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Berkeley Journalism introduces second cohort of first-generation college student fellows

November 21, 2022

Berkeley Journalism introduces a new cohort of Dean’s Fellows, a leadership development initiative that fully funds first-generation college students by removing a barrier to entering the field. The initiative, which began in 2021 through private philanthropy, counters the widespread income and access disparity in newsrooms by providing guaranteed funding for tuition and fees for up…

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Berkeley Journalism announces first cohort of first-generation college student fellows

October 20, 2021

Berkeley Journalism announces the Dean’s Fellows program, a leadership development initiative that fully funds five first-generation college students as a way of removing structural barriers to entering journalism More than three-quarters of newsroom employees – those who work as reporters, editors, photographers and videographers in the newspaper, broadcasting and internet publishing industries – are non-Hispanic…

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