Professor Elena Conis wins 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship
Conis, who is also a historian and public health expert, plans to use the fellowship to complete a book about the history of measles, the first of its kind.
UC Berkeley Journalism alums honored with 2026 Pulitzer Prizes
Susie Neilson (’19), Garance Burke (’04) and Kathleen Hennessey (’04) were named Pulitzer Prize winners. Another eight Berkeley Journalism alumni were honored as part of award-winning or finalist teams.
Negar Ajayebi, Hussain Khan and Aisha Wallace-Palomares (all '25) win SPJ Mark of Excellence Award
They won the honor for their work on Berkeley Journalism’s flagship radio show and podcast, North Gate Radio.
Three promising non-fiction filmmaking students named Marlon Riggs Fellows
Alana Minkler, Koby Park and Franny Trinidad awarded fellowship celebrating the life and work of the groundbreaking filmmaker, an alum who later taught in the school’s documentary program.
