Student & Alumni Work | UC Berkeley Journalism

Police block off the site of a shooting with yellow tape at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on May 6, 2025.

Oakland police routinely overspend on overtime. Does the city’s new budget fix this?

Beck Klein (’25) reports for The Oaklandside about how a record $72M was set aside for the next two years of police overtime in Oakland. But the city hasn’t successfully implemented new spending controls.

The Department of Homeland Security seal.

Revealed: Trump administration retreats on combating human trafficking and child exploitation

Bernice Yeung, Aaron Glantz and Noy Thrupkaew report for The Guardian about how the Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts across the federal government to combat human trafficking.

People line up outside the Centro Latino de San Francisco, a civic center serving seniors and those with disabilities, to receive the free lunch that they offer in San Francisco.

Fearing ICE, California’s Immigrant Seniors Retreat From Social and Health Services

Hussain Khan ('25) reports for KQED about California’s immigrant seniors retreating from social and health services out of fear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A notebook with poetry written in it.

Caregivers take poetic control of their own narratives

Holly McDede ('25) reports for KALW Philosophy Talks about a woman caring for her husband who was struggling with dementia, and how she found support in a poetry group.

A woman with her back to the camera has her hand on an older man

Poetry offers space for tribal elders with dementia to express themselves

Holly McDede ('25) reports for CNN on how poetry is used as therapy for dementia in tribal communities. Photos by Matthew Busch ( '25)

A woman with blonde hair tied back in a ponytail, wearing glasses and in a yellow shirt, looks down at a report behind a wooden desk.

Why are food insecure Iowa seniors not applying for SNAP benefits?

Matthew Busch ('25) reports on why food insecure Iowa seniors are not applying for SNAP benefits.

An older man wearing a blue baseball cap, white t-shirt, and blue apron is working with a machine.

Too Old to Keep Working, Not Enough Money to Stop

Lili Euzet ('26) reports for Capital and Main on how older Americans continue to work in physically demanding jobs, often risking their health.

A young woman wearing tshirt and jeans stands in front of their home where heat pumps were installed.

Farmworkers in the Hottest Part of California Find State Funds to Cool Their Homes and Save on Energy

A digitally rendered image of Terranova’s robot, called the Atlas 3 in a brown field.

Can an AI-Guided Robot Help a California City Resist Sea Level Rise and Sequester Carbon?

Manure water processing ducts in front of an open green field with a few trees.

Methane Makeover: As California Dairies Race to Cut Emissions, Some Solutions Face Pushback

Image of The BNSF rail yard in San Bernardino with a line of hills in the background.

Effort to Curb Southern California Rail Yard Pollution Stalls Under Trump

Line of industrial coffee roasters.

Teresa Cheng’s Caffeinated Mission to Decarbonize California Manufacturing

A man looks at the inside of a green EV with others in the background.

A California Network of Black Churches Is Embracing Solar Energy, EV Charging

A farmer stands in a golden field with cows and a tractor.

A $30 million deal opens a contentious new chapter for Point Reyes

A young reporter with long dark hair pulled back wearing a sleeveless shirt and a black press vest in a crows.

As ICE Arrests Surge, a Journalist in Southern California Covers Raids in Her Own Backyard

A large dry field with houses in the background.

Allensworth Rising: A Fight for Water

Unseen: Working in the Shadow of the Golden State

Drawing of an incarcerated person leaving a medical office.

Locked out of Care: The Hidden Human Cost of Prison Health Care in California

A person bent over rocks on a beach working with clouds in the background.

Chasing Lithium

Dark image of the back of a miner walking through a mine.

Mining Legacy

A photograph of Judy Mosely-McAfee during her days playing basketball at the University of Hawaii, before being picked for the WNBA in 1997, for the Sacramento Monarchs. The photo is propped up against a basketball in front of a brick wall.

A Basketball Trailblazer: My Mother, the WNBA Star You’ve Never Heard Of

A gas meter outside a house.

In California, a Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Moves Forward

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Nurse practitioners step in as geriatrician ranks shrink

Jariel Arvin ('25) reports how nurse practitioners are meeting the needs of older patients during the ongoing shortage of geriatricians.

Three refinery workers dressed in safety gear and hardhats working.

The Path to a Just Transition for Benicia’s Refinery Workers

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