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Promotional image for "City of Smoke: Air Pollution in the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky," a Berkeley Journalism documentary. It shows a foggy landscape with scattered buildings and the sun shining through the haze. The text includes film title, subtitle, and a "Watch Trailer" button.

City of Smoke: Air Pollution in the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is the world’s coldest capital, and one of the most polluted cities on earth during the winter. Peter Bittner (’17) explores the public health crisis, its causes, surrounding controversy, and future outlook. While temperatures dipped to below -35 C, Peter filmed and carried out on-camera interviews, and shot audio, video, and photos using…

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Wiped, Flashed, and Rekitted: The International Black Market of Stolen Cell Phones

“Wiped, Flashed, and Rekitted: The International Black Market of Stolen Cell Phones,” a master’s project by Alexandra Garretón (’15), Chris Schodt (’15) and Jake Nicol (’15) combines video, animation, text and data visualization in an immersive package that explores the rise of cellphone theft and how the devices are being sold abroad. Garretón, Nicol, and…

A woman in a vibrant red-orange outfit, a graduate of Berkeley Journalism, holds a National Book Award trophy while smiling at the camera. The backdrop features the logos of the "National Book Foundation" and "National Book Awards".

The Yellow House

Alum Sarah M. Broom’s (’04) exquisite debut book “The Yellow House” tells a hundred years of her family and their relationship to home in a neglected area of one of America’s most mythologized cities. This is the story of a mother’s struggle against a house’s entropy, and that of a prodigal daughter who left home…

Two women stand indoors with their arms crossed, facing a person holding a bottle of Orlando brew. The timestamp on the image reads "2015.02.27 15:44:39" and the ID number is "049085." Notably, a logo at the bottom right corner reads "Center for Medical Progress," hinting at possible Berkeley Journalism coverage.

How anti-abortion activists used undercover Planned Parenthood videos to further political cause

In this article for the Los Angeles Times, investigative reporting students Alissa Greenberg and Gabriel Sanchez and Times reporter Paige St. John report on unpublicized video footage taken by anti-abortion activist David Daleiden.  The story is a collaboration between the IRP and the Times.

A legal document with text related to lease termination rights, dissected with a meticulous attention reminiscent of Berkeley Journalism. Key phrases are highlighted, including "Customer has neither the obligation nor the right to purchase any vehicle" and "terminate this Agreement and cause the possession of each vehicle.

Truck drivers forced into debt by trucking companies

Trucking companies have shorted drivers out of fair pay, forcing them into debt and threatening them into working longer hours, according to a USA TODAY Network investigation by UC Berkeley journalism alumni Brett Murphy, who began his reporting on the story as a student at the IRP.

Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn?

Nearly five years after Berkeley Journalism graduate student Jason Paladino (’15) began reporting on a deadly Navy helicopter crash, his work became the first feature documentary film from our Investigative Reporting Program. “Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn?” follows the death of a pilot concerned about the safety of his aircraft to reveal larger failings of…

Brad Bailey at Oscars

Hale

“Hale,” a documentary short on Berkeley-based disability rights pioneer Hale Zukas, 73, who has had cerebral palsy since birth, was produced as Brad Bailey’s (’17) master’s project under the direction of Lecturer Bob Calo. The film’s co-producer was Isaac Smith (‘17). Pablo De La Hoya and Abner Hauge (’18) were associate producers and cinematographers. Loi…

A person with long hair, wearing a patterned shirt and maroon overalls, stands outside holding up a Berkeley Journalism magazine titled "EAST" with a cover featuring a person in a helmet. They are in a garden with lush green plants and a wooden bench in the background.

Rosa Furneaux (’18) cover story + photographs in the East Bay Express

Rosa Furneaux (’18) cover story and photographs of Oakland Fire recruits on A1 of the East Bay Express. Read it here. 

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James Tensuan (’20) Photographs in the New York Times

James Tensuan’s (’20) photos of Ed Green, a paleogeneticist at UC Santa Cruz who has developed a technique that makes it possible to recover and sequence DNA from hair without the root, run in The New York Times.

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“Six by Ten: Stories from Solitary” Book Launch

Editors Mateo Hoke (’14) & Taylor Pendergrass discuss their new oral history collection, SIX BY TEN: STORIES FROM SOLITARY, with narrator Mohammed “Mike” Ali. Featuring a reading and Q&A with Mateo, Taylor, and Mohammed, as well as a journalistic reversal in which Mohammed will interview the editors. This event is hosted by the Berkeley Oral…