Nearly 150 police officers in Calif. were caught using racial slurs, sharing derogatory memes and harassing people based on their race, gender, sexuality and more — and most kept their jobs, UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program & The California Newsroom found. www.kqed.org/news/1208491...

California Agencies Disciplined Officers for Biased Conduct, but They Rarely Lost Their Jobs | KQED

California disciplinary records show officers who used racist, sexist and anti-LGBTQ language often kept their jobs after agencies sustained misconduct findings.

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In @calmatters.org today, @maynardinstitute.bsky.social's Martin Reynolds writes about the successful, publicly funded California Local News Fellowship + Propel Initiative for local news and why California shouldn't abandon its groundbreaking support. calmatters.org/commentary/2...

Opinion | California lawmakers want to cut funds for local news at exactly the wrong time

California lawmakers are finalizing a budget that would cut aid for local newsrooms, gutting a nascent effort to revive local journalism.

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Drawing on memories of his youth, @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social alum Hasan Dudar spent a decade crafting a rich collection of stories—illuminating life inside a tight-knit Midwestern Arab diaspora in Toledo, Ohio. news.berkeley.edu/2026/06/04/n...

New book 'Carryout' illuminates life in a Midwestern Arab diaspora - Berkeley News

Drawing on memories of his youth, UC Berkeley alum Hasan Dudar spent a decade shaping a rich collection of stories about a tight-knit community of immigrants in Toledo, Ohio.

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Q&A with Puerto Rican journalist @biancagraulau.bsky.social — our keynote graduation speaker — on making viral videos with rigorous journalistic reporting about the most important issues of our times + thoughts on anti-colonialism, AI, + #BadBunny! journalism.berkeley.edu/speaker-bian...

A Q&A with Puerto Rican Journalist and Commencement Speaker Bianca Graulau

UC Berkeley Journalism offers a two-year Master of Journalism (MJ) degree and a summer minor, preparing students for careers in journalism.

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Attacks on public health panel at #LoganSymposium2026 with @propublica.org's Brett Murphy + @statnews.com's Lizzy Lawrence on devastating US aid cuts for millions of people globally — pregnant women forced to eat mud, children dying from malnourishment, people living with open sewage and more.

Logan Symposium panel dives into @propublica.org, @nytimes.com and @wsj.com visual investigations on ICE violence: "The first thing we want to do is verify that what we're seeing is real," explains WSJ reporter @brennasmith.bsky.social, an alum of the @hrcberkeley.bsky.social Investigations Lab.

The Logan Symposium on Investigative Reporting sponsored by UC Berkeley Journalism's Investigative Reporting Program and @hrcberkeley.bsky.social kicked off today at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social with journalists who are covering critical global stories that hold power to account.

Tomorrow night, 3/31, UC Berkeley — Herb Caen Lecture: Press Freedom in Peril w/the @sfchronicle.com: CPJ's Jodie Ginsberg, @washingtonpost.com's Jason Rezaian and SF Chronicle's Emilio Garcia-Ruiz. Intro by Dean @mbolden.bsky.social journalism.berkeley.edu/event/2026-h...

2026 Herb Caen Lecture: Press Freedom in Peril

UC Berkeley Journalism offers a two-year Master of Journalism (MJ) degree and a summer minor, preparing students for careers in journalism.

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Join us at Berkeley Journalism's North Gate Hall on Thursday, March 19 for a talk with @ajbauer.bsky.social about his book: Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press. More info and RSVP here: journalism.berkeley.edu/event/making...

Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press

A conversation with researcher A.J. Bauer and Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies Chair Lawrence Rosenthal.

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Next up in our "Climate Journalism on Screen" series Feb 7–22 @bampfa.bsky.social: Feb 21 'The Glacier Wedding' by Amin Muhammad/Thomas Sawano (’25). Prof. Jennifer Redfearn will join them onstage after. 📸 Amin & Thomas filming in the remote mountains of Pakistan. bampfa.org/event/three-...

Professor Shereen Marisol Meraji talks to author @zentronix.bsky.social about “Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America” March 5th @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. This one's going to be extra. #ucberkeley #bayareanews #BruceLee journalism.berkeley.edu/event/author...

Professor Shereen Marisol Meraji talks to author Jeff Chang about “Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America”

In WATER MIRROR ECHO: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America, award-winning author Jeff Chang delivers a groundbreaking cultural biography of Bruce Lee, timed to Lee’s 85th birthday year in 2025.

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Our @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social from the @hrcberkeley.bsky.social Investigations Lab — including J-School student Kyle Sweasey —contributed #OSINT for the @hrw.org report on #CECOT that was pulled from "60 Minutes" last month. journalism.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-...

UC Berkeley student researchers featured in "60 Minutes" story pulled by CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss

UC Berkeley Journalism offers a two-year Master of Journalism (MJ) degree and a summer minor, preparing students for careers in journalism.

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Dean @mbolden.bsky.social has great interview with journalist Jonathan Karl about his bestselling new book about Donald Trump's new term — Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign that Changed America. www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archi...

Join us for Estado de Silencio (State of Silence), a film on press freedom in Mexico. Panel to follow with director Santiago Maza, @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social's Michael Bolden & more! 📅 Nov. 5 ⏰ 4:30 PM 📍 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Booth Auditorium 🔗 RSVP: events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/30...

ESTADO DE SILENCIO/STATE OF SILENCE: film screening and panel

State of Silence/Estado de Silencio explores the limits of freedom of the press in Mexico, following four journalists who risk their lives to repor...

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"With a resume as little more than a rancorous pamphleteer, she’s now at the helm of a network long considered a paragon of the journalism mainstream..." — Professor @ewass.bsky.social's latest op-ed in the @sfchronicle.com. #media #Trump #CBSNews www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

The appointment of Bari Weiss to lead CBS News epitomizes the age of media capitulation to Trump

OPINION: Bari Weiss’s appointment as editorial chief of CBS News has touched off a wave of indignation. The venom is especially bitter on the left, which Weiss has built her career targeting.

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Without investigative reporting, we would never know about this unconscionable police practice just banned by California, uncovered by alum @brianhowey.bsky.social, with reporting supported by @davidbarstow.bsky.social + Berkeley's Investigative Reporting Program. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

California cops can no longer conceal police killings while interrogating loved ones for dirt

A Reveal investigation helped spark a crackdown on a disturbing, widespread practice.

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In the wake of recent @theguardian.com stories by our IRP's Bernice Yeung, Aaron Glantz + Noy Thrupkaew and bipartisan pressure re: a retreat from combating human trafficking, the Trump Administration releases a delayed report — omitting all LGBTQ+ data. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Delayed US report on global human trafficking is released

Release comes after a Guardian investigation revealed US pullback on anti-trafficking efforts, which Trump officials denied

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Our @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Journalism Investigative Reporting Program alums Katey Rusch & Casey Smith have been named #TIME100NEXT for their award-winning investigative reporting on #policing. journalism.berkeley.edu/rusch-and-sm...

Alums Katey Rusch and Casey Smith named to TIME’s annual 'TIME100 Next' list of the 100 leaders shaping the future

UC Berkeley Journalism offers a two-year Master of Journalism (MJ) degree and a summer minor, preparing students for careers in journalism.

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Former Dean and Professor @ewass.bsky.social writes about the threats to journalism that go well beyond the Trump administration’s first term “fake news” and “enemy of the people” attacks on the press. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Jimmy Kimmel’s treatment opens an entirely new chapter in American media repression

OPINION: The brazen efforts by the Trump administration to threaten companies that own the news media to dictate their coverage are unprecedented, Edward Wasserman writes.

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Inland Empire communities face dangerous levels of shipping industry pollution — the same emissions warming the planet. After a rule that would have protected residents near rail yards fell apart under Trump's EPA, they're hoping the state takes the lead. capitalandmain.com/effort-to-cu...

Welcome Ava Hu to DSE, the newest Journalism Fellow! Ava is a student at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Graduate School of Journalism. At DSE she'll develop data visualizations re: climate change impacts on local and global communities🌎 dse.berkeley.edu/welcome-ava-hu @natureatcal.bsky.social

🚨 Calling documentary filmmakers! 🚨 The Mycoskie–UC Berkeley Psychedelic Doc Fellowship is now accepting applications. Awards ranging from $5k to $20k. Deadline: Oct 30 Apply here → fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/mycoskie/

In the @sfchronicle.com today, Journalist Katey Rusch ('20) uses newly public trove of internal police files to report an untold story about a discredited Oakland cop — part of the infamous "Riders" — who became an FBI agent. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

An FBI agent killed a man after the Boston Marathon bombing. Oakland PD had helped hide his past

A trove of internal police files provides a more complete accounting of the early episode that could have jeopardized Aaron McFarlane’s career before a high-profile shooting.

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"The database stands as a powerful emblem of transparency and the power of journalism at a time when both of these values face significant new threats," said @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's @davidbarstow.bsky.social re: database on police misconduct in CA. journalism.berkeley.edu/berkeley-and...

UC Berkeley and Stanford join forces on groundbreaking database on police misconduct and use of force, combining human tenacity with AI to benefit the public

UC Berkeley Journalism offers a two-year Master of Journalism (MJ) degree and a summer minor, preparing students for careers in journalism.

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"After all, how much nonperformance is too much?" asks Prof. @ewass.bsky.social as he explores media coverage of aging politicians this week in the @sfchronicle.com. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

First Biden, now Trump — the media still hasn’t figured out how to cover advanced aging

OPINION: The old age of political leaders and whether senior public officials have outlived the capacity to do their jobs is a judgment that the news media is under increasing pressure to address.

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New database just published by @latimes.com, @sfchronicle.com, @kqednews.kqed.org + CalMatters and built by Berkeley Journalism's IRP, @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social BIDS + @biglocalnews.bsky.social makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records. journalism.berkeley.edu/police-recor...

A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records

For Immediate Release August 4, 2025 Contact: Journalism@berkeley.edu A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records   ...

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LA Times journalist James Rainey on California's groundbreaking support for local journalism through our @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Journalism and the @maynardinstitute.bsky.social: "Accurate news and information has become an increasingly fleeting resource." www.latimes.com/california/n...

California taxpayers will pay $15 million to hire journalists

Your morning catch-up: Taxpayer-funded journalism, remains of the 31st firestorm victim found in Altadena and more big stories.

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A new group of early-career journalists and newsrooms were selected for the 2025-2027 California Local News Fellowship! Thank you, California, for supporting local journalism — an essential public service. Congrats to our fellows and newsrooms! fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/cafellows/ne...

I enjoyed connecting with D.C.-area alumni of @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social Thanks to everyone who braved that intense weather, to @npr.org for providing a venue and to alum @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social and Ron Nixon, two of our Journalism Advisory Committee members, for hosting.

GREAT NEWS! California expands commitment to local journalism with a $15 million allocation! “This funding strengthens the people and organizations anchoring local journalism in communities across California." - @reynoldspost.bsky.social journalism.berkeley.edu/15-million-t...

California expands historic commitment to local journalism fellowships

______________________________________________________________________________________________ California expands historic commitment to local journalism fellowships Media Release July 1, 2025 Califor...

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