Monica Lam ('04) comes home to Berkeley as CEO of the Daily Californian

Monica Lam's ('04) dynamic journalism career has landed on a new journalism challenge: leading the business side of the venerable student publication.

J-School mourns loss of Joan Bieder, a journalism 'trailblazer' and beloved teacher

Longtime television news teacher Joan Bieder died on October 26 at age 83. A celebration of her life was held at the school on December 13.

UC Berkeley Journalism announces fifth cohort of first generation Dean's Fellows

The new cohort of Dean’s Fellows includes Angelo Claure, Fernando Haro, Akua Parker, Macie Parker, Steffi Puerto and Emily Tenorio Molina.

Sophia Cutino ('26) and Seven Wu ('26) honored with Dorothea Lange Fellowships

The Dorothea Lang Fellowship celebrates the use of photography by UC Berkeley students or faculty members in scholarly work of any discipline.

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Featured Student Work

Eli Benton Cohen ('27)

First year student publishes A1 story in the San Francisco Chronicle highlighting the growing use of a judicial order once unusual in immigration cases — a writ of habeas corpus — in fighting back against unlawful detentions.

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Featured FACULTY

Ed Wasserman

Professor Ed Wasserman, former dean at UC Berkeley Journalism, writes an op-ed for the San Francisco about attacks on the media.

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Featured read

UC Berkeley Journalism News

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