My audio students won 'Best Documentary' for a radio show/podcast episode they made in their first semester of journalism school! It's called Ohlone Land and it examined Bay Area municipalities' and institutions' attempts to repair harm done to local indigenous communities.

🎥🌟 Thrilled to reunite with Berkeley Journalism alums Sundance Film Festival Huge congrats to our alums with films in the fest: "To Be Invisible," "Battle for Laikipia and "Power" w/ @Cal Jason Spingarn-Koff @WilliamJenk_ Noah McMillan @GOAnand

Announcing a $10 million gift to UC Berkeley Journalism from Angela and David Filo! “Great journalism is essential to a thriving democracy. We have to invest in training the next generation of journalists..." said Angela Filo ('99). journalism.berkeley.edu/10-million-gif…

Professor Jennifer Redfearn has won a GuggenheimFoundation Guggenheim Fellowship! "I’m inspired to continue finding imaginative ways to engage the public in the critical issues of our time,” she said. #guggfellows2024 journalism.berkeley.edu/redfearn-award…

First year audio students Berkeley Journalism are doing their live news magazines! Listen tomorrow on the radio or stream it!

Carrie Lozano ’96, M.J. ’05 has spent her professional life creating new understandings of the world in which we live, one authentic, impactful story at a time. She is the president and CEO of San Francisco-based ITVS, a congressionally mandated nonprofit that co-produces and

Funding opps for doc makers working on stories about psychedelics! The Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Psychedelic Doc Fellowship offers 3 $10k fellowships for short form docs by students + 2 $25k fellowships for short or feature length projects. Oct. 15 deadline. fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/mycoskie/

Congratulations to the 5 Berkeley Journalism graduates nominated for #DocEmmys! Proud UC Berkeley. journalism.berkeley.edu/news-documenta…

🗞️ Local newsrooms are disappearing across America. Our President John Palfrey joins Pulitzer winners tru_trill and Sarah Conway and The New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow in proposing a discussion on revitalizing local news at #SXSW Vote for our proposal! bit.ly/46ApRp6

Oct 25-27, Berkeley Journalism and Hacks/Hackers host a 3-day AI/Journalism #hackathon at UC Berkeley to explore how #AI can be leveraged to enhance trust and deepen #media engagement in local communities: tinyurl.com/AI-Journ-hacka…

We hope you'll join us!

So happy for Tim. Congratulations!!! So well deserved!

🎉 Join the AI Journalism Hackathon! 🤖📰 Oct 25-27 at the Anchor House, Berkeley with Berkeley Journalism and Hacks/Hackers. Collaborate with journalists, filmmakers, & tech experts to strengthen media & democracy. 🚀 Register: lu.ma/ba5raxwa #AIJournalism #Hackathon #TechForGood

🎉 Join the AI Journalism #Hackathon! 🤖📰 Oct 25-27 at Anchor House, UC Berkeley, hosted by Hacks/Hackers + @BerkeleyJournalism. Journalists, filmmakers & tech experts come together to strengthen media & democracy. 🚀 Register: lu.ma/ba5raxwa #AIJournalism #TechForGood

Thank you Tim Ferriss and jon batiste for this beautiful conversation. Hearing such profound reflections on creativity and connection was a true gift. It’s easily one of the most moving episodes I’ve heard—a high bar, given the brilliance of this show. ✨tim.blog/2024/10/30/jon…

Check out this fine short film on first responders and psychedelic therapy: 'When The Smoke Clears' - Los Angeles Times latimes.com/00000195-070b-…

When The Smoke Clears, a powerful doc by my Berkeley Journalism students Misha Schwarz & Maarya Zafar, was just published by the Los Angeles Times! Two first responders, battling PTSD & depression, turn to psychedelic therapy in Mexico—medicines prohibited by U.S. law. latimes.com/00000195-070b-…

When The Smoke Clears, a powerful doc by made in the Berkeley Journalism documentary workshop, directed by Misha Schwarz & Maarya Zafar. Just published by the Los Angeles Times!