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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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Alumni Portrait: Acclaimed Filmmaker Sam Green (’93)

March 12, 2018

It was April 1992, and Sam Green had never been to Los Angeles before. A first-year student in the School of Journalism’s documentary program, he had volunteered to help a classmate shoot a video story on bilingual education in the city. It was a Wednesday, and the two friends had packed their supplies and one…

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Portrait: NABJ Chapter at Berkeley Journalism

December 1, 2017

Back row (from left to right): Nebiat Assefa Melles (’18), Rachel Loyd (’18), Ryan Lindsay Arrendell (’18), Lee Mengistu (’19), Abené Clayton (’19), Jailyn Anderson (’19), Alexandria Fuller (’18), Grace Oyenubi (’18). Photo: Yesica Prado (’18). The current political climate has presented a new set of ethical and philosophical challenges for many reporters. But it…

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Serginho Roosblad named Marlon T. Riggs Fellow

October 11, 2017

Photo: Raffi Roy (’18) A multilingual international student and former radio reporter has been awarded one of Berkeley Journalism’s top honors. Serginho Roosblad (’18), a documentary film student whose most recent work focuses on telling stories about homelessness and displacement, is winner of this year’s Marlon T. Riggs Fellowship in Documentary Filmmaking. Named for the…

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Brad Bailey Named Winner in Student Academy Awards

September 18, 2017

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…

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Samantha Clark awarded Jim Marshall Fellowship for Photojournalism

September 15, 2017

Second-year student Samantha Clark, a writer, editor, and photographer, has been awarded the third annual Jim Marshall Fellowship for photojournalism. As she kicks off her final year of graduate school, Clark has been focusing on photo editing, which includes working with photographers and overseeing the visual side of the editorial process. “This is an important…

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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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New book by alum/lecturer Kara Platoni explores intersection of technology and sensory perception

December 8, 2015

The J-School alum credits the school with training her to be publishable, to dig, and to ask good questions.

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Overseas Press Club Foundation Winners

March 7, 2013

Mateo Hoke ’14 and Xiaoqing Pi ’13 won the 2013 Overseas Press Club Foundation Award.

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Pete Nicks’ “The Waiting Room” in Theaters

September 23, 2012

Peter Nicks ’99 and a team of J-Schoolers worked on “The Waiting Room,” which opens this week in New York City and Los Angeles. The film will have a wider release in the coming months.

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