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Introducing Admissions Director Blaine Jones

Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, I am thrilled to announce that Blaine Jones will be our new admissions director, starting February 10th. Blaine has worked at UC Berkeley for 11 years in various academic departments and organizations including Film & Media Studies, History of Art, Mathematics, and most recently, the Goldman School of Public Policy. He…

Mark Felt Scholars

2015-2016 Parker Yesko, Jimmy Tobias, Nadine Sebai, Brett Murphy and Alyssa Perry The recipients of the 2015-16 Mark Felt Scholarships are (left to right): Parker Yesko, Jimmy Tobias, Nadine Sebai, Brett Murphy and Alyssa Perry. Brett Murphy is investigating the effects of international shipping cartels on American logistics and exploited labor along the supply chain. Alyssa…

Elections 2020

VIEW by Media Platform: Audio Journalism Documentary Video Journalism Photo Journalism Narrative Writing Multimedia VIEW by Special Topic: The Investigative Reporting Program at Berkeley Journalism created a virtual newsroom involving dozens of students and a staff of professional editors to cover the election. As part of this project, the IRP formed a unique partnership with…

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Berkeley Journalism teams with Jim Marshall Estate and Leica Camera USA to raise funds for Jim Marshall Fellowship

Berkeley Journalism is joining forces with the Jim Marshall Estate and Leica Gallery in Los Angeles to raise money for the School’s Jim Marshall Fellowship in Photography. Marshall’s prints are available for purchase in a flash sale running through Oct. 21. Marshall was a renowned photographer of 20th century music, and the sale, titled “You…

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Alumni Portrait: New York Times Columnist Michelle Goldberg

Michelle Goldberg got her first up-close encounter with what she calls “rightwing postmodernism” covering the 2004 presidential campaign in Ohio. Out on the streets, with all his canvassers, it was easy to think John Kerry might have had the upper hand. But Goldberg found “the bones of what the George W. Bush turnout operation was…

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Interim Dean Geeta Anand on how Berkeley Journalism can find inspiration in the life of Justice Ginsburg

Interim Dean Geeta Anand reflects on how the Berkeley Journalism community can find inspiration in the life of Justice Ginsburg.

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A message from Interim Dean Geeta Anand regarding the legacy of Representative John Lewis

Dear Berkeley Journalism Community, I write to you as we mourn the death of one of our greatest fighters for racial justice, Representative John Lewis. To our Black students, our BIPOC students, and our entire journalism community, let me say that we will hold on tightly to the memory of Rep. Lewis’s courageous life, and…

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“Gabriel’s Fund” launched to support reporting on vulnerable children

We’ve launched a special fund called “Gabriel’s Fund” to support the Investigative Reporting Program’s reporting on vulnerable children – in memory of the young boy in the Netflix docuseries “The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez.”

Marc Rowan and Sarah Trent 2020 OPC Awards

Sarah Trent (’20) Wins Prestigious Overseas Press Club Award

Sarah Trent, a second-year student at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, received an Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholar Award at the OPC’s annual ceremony in New York Feb. 28, marking an unbroken decade of honors for Berkeley Journalism students in the annual competition.

Timelines & Checklists

[…] two and five years of professional work experience in journalism. Most of our students coming in straight from undergraduate programs have a combination of reporting experiences, including internships, jobs and school papers. The entirety of your application should reflect your earnest desire, capacity and aptitude to succeed in a career in journalism. Basic Qualifications […]