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Pulitzer Prize board recognizes work of Berkeley J-School alumni at The Washington Post and NPR

June 21, 2022

On May 9, alumnae Sarah Cahlan (‘19), Ariel Plotnick (‘18) and Emma Brown (’09) were among the staff at The Washington Post awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service for coverage of the costs, causes and aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection. And Alsanosi Adam (’16) of NPR was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in…

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Kristen Hwang (‘21) Wins Student Academy Award for Best Documentary

October 21, 2021

Kristen Hwang’s thesis documentary, “When They’re Gone,” about humanity’s fragile dependence on nature and the consequences of industrializing honey bees for crop pollination, has won the top honor for student documentary filmmaking in the 48th Student Academy Awards. Hearing the news, Hwang said, “Never in a million years could I have imagined my film being…

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Serginho Roosblad (’18) named first fellow of Associated Press and Ida B. Wells Society collaboration

June 21, 2021

From the Ida B. Wells Society For Investigative Reporting, a news trade organization which seeks to raise the awareness of, and opportunities for, investigative reporting among journalists of color:   June 14, 2021 Serginho Roosblad will be joining the global investigative team at The Associated Press as the first hire in a new program developed…

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2020 Excellence Awards Announced

March 1, 2021

We’re proud of the recognition Berkeley Journalism students get from outside entities, ranging from Student Oscars and BAFTAs to Emmy Awards to Online News Association prizes. But every year we also convene representatives of our own community to decide whom they want to single out for outstanding first and second-year work that exemplifies what the…

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Berkeley Journalism alums on “Crip Camp” team shortlisted for Best Feature Documentary at Academy Awards

February 11, 2021

  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced shortlists in nine categories for the 93rd Academy Awards. In this most prized of lists is “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution,” competing for Best Documentary Feature.  “Crip Camp,” which premiered on Netflix, is about a groundbreaking summer camp in the Catskills in the 1970s—”a…

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“California’s Criminal Cops” wins investigative reporting, public service awards from Society of Professional Journalists

February 10, 2021

A six-month investigation of California police officers with criminal records, led by Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) and the Bay Area News Group (BANG), was honored this month by the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. “California’s Criminal Cops,” which exposed hundreds of current and former police officers with rap sheets across the…

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Interview with BAFTA Student Film Awards finalist Lucas Guilkey

August 4, 2020

Director and producer Lucas Guilkey’s (‘19) thesis film, “What Happened to Dujuan Armstrong?” has been named one of three documentary finalists in the 2020 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Student Film Awards. The recognition follows a string of successes for the film, a deeply reported and beautifully filmed story about a mother’s…

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Lauren Schwartzman Named One of Three Winners in Student Academy Awards

October 5, 2018

By Javaria Khan (‘19) Documentary filmmaker and 2018 J-School graduate, Lauren Schwartzman, was on her way to meet a sound recordist for coffee when she got the call. She was excited and humbled but had to keep her focus on microphones and mixers. On any other day, that would be normal for a documentary filmmaker.…

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Five Alums Honored with Pulitzer Win for Fire Coverage

April 24, 2018

Members of the Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Press Democrat scoop journalism’s top prize for breaking news. Five UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism alums were among those honored with Pulitzer Prizes this year, when The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, Calif., earned journalism’s top prize for breaking news. Kathleen Lund Coates (’78), Robert Digitale (’79), Julie…

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Alum Brett Murphy (’16) named Pulitzer Prize finalist for USA Today series on port truckers

April 16, 2018

Brett Murphy of the Class of 2016 has received one of journalism’s highest honors, just years after finishing his graduate studies at UC Berkeley. The nine-part series, described by Pulitzer judges as “a graceful, data-driven narrative populated by the truckers who transport goods from America’s ports—spirited characters exploited by some of the country’s largest and…

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