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PBS FRONTLINE/ProPublica collaboration “The Real CSI” to air

April 14, 2012

“The Real CSI,” a FRONTLINE reported by Lowell Bergman that examines the shaky science behind crime scene investigations, will be broadcast on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

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“The Child Cases” Airs on PBS FRONTLINE

July 1, 2011

“The Child Cases”, part of an ongoing Frontline, IRP, NPR and ProPublica Co-Production on Death Investigation in America, Airs on PBS. Read the story here.

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FRONTLINE collaboration investigates the multi-billion dollar business of college sports

March 26, 2011

J-School Professor Lowell Bergman reported “Money and March Madness,” an inside look at the multi-billion dollar business of college sports. It airs on FRONTLINE.

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Major IRP Collaboration on death investigations airs on FRONTLINE and NPR

February 24, 2011

On Tuesday, Feb. 1, PBS FRONTLINE broadcast “Post Mortem: Death Investigation In America,” an unprecedented collaborative investigation by the Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) at UC Berkeley, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and NPR.

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PBS FRONTLINE collaboration “The Card Game” Wins National Press Club Honors

June 27, 2010

Frontline’s “The Card Game,” has won the Broadcast Consumer Journalism category in the National Press Club’s Awards competition. The program was written and produced by Professor Lowell Bergman, director of the Investigative Reporting Program, and Oriana Zill de Granados. Marlena Telvick was an investigative reporter and assistant producer.

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Project on DUI Checkpoints Launches in The New York Times, PBS NewsHour and newspapers across California

March 4, 2010

The Investigative Reporting Program (IRP) at the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley, announces the publication of a major investigation by one of our 2009-2010 IRP Fellows.

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