Journalism

Awards

Six UC Berkeley Journalism alumni among 2026 Pulitzer Prize winners

Graduates of the school won journalism's highest honor for reporting on California wildfire insurance, Border Patrol surveillance and a school shooting.

Law

UC Berkeley students’ human rights research was highlighted in pulled ’60 Minutes’ story

Milestones

Reporting started at UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program leads to two new police reform laws

Politics & society

Berkeley Talks: Berkeley scholars unpack what’s at stake for U.S. democracy - Audio

New database makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret California police records

Three standout stories uncovered by the California Local News Fellowship

Michael Bolden selected to be next dean of UC Berkeley Journalism

In a tiny boat 7,800 miles from UC Berkeley, graduate students made a daring documentary

Six UC Berkeley alumni named 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners

Several Berkeley Journalism faculty and alumni honored with 2025 Pulitzer Prizes

Pulitzer-winning journalism professor discusses a ‘radical’ Berkeley experiment to develop the next generation of investigative reporters

After a 50-year leave of absence, returning to Berkeley’s School of Journalism

Journalism professor and alums win awards for ambitious investigative reporting

Berkeley Journalism faculty and alumni shortlisted for Academy Awards

Berkeley Talks: Veteran news editors on how the media covered the election - Audio

How World War I helps explain what gave rise to Trump’s second term

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