Netflix produces series based on UC Berkeley journalist’s work
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Netflix recently produced a six-part documentary series in collaboration with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program.
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UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in search of new dean
Campus announced its search for a new dean for the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, or J-School, on March 13 in a campuswide email. The new dean will replace current dean Edward Wasserman.
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Pulitzer Prize winner David Barstow to lead UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program
Barstow won Pulitzer Prizes for his work unearthing evidence of President Donald Trump’s “tax dodges” in 2019, documenting Walmart’s use of bribery in its efforts to expand in Mexico and exposing the Pentagon’s underground tactics involving news coverage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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Berkeley-based journalists face government backlash over confidential police data
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra informed the Investigative Reporting Program, or IRP, of possible legal action in a Jan. 29 letter, after its reporters had gained access to a database of police officers’ arrests and convictions through a Public Record Act request, or PRA, as first reported by The Mercury News.
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East Bay Express lays off majority of editorial staff amid financial troubles
Oakland-based newspaper East Bay Express laid off almost its entire editorial staff in January and replaced it with freelance workers because of financial difficulties, continuing a recent trend found at several news and media outlets.
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Lowell Bergman, renowned investigative reporting professor, announces retirement
After more than 25 years at UC Berkeley, Lowell Bergman, investigative reporting professor at the Graduate School of Journalism, announced his retirement to the campus community.
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Investigative Reporting Productions, Inc., partners with UC Berkeley
Investigative Reporting Productions, Inc., a nonprofit production company associated with the Graduate School of Journalism, established a formal affiliation with UC Berkeley over the weekend, according to a press release.
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Brown signs bill to protect janitorial workers from sex harassment
In light of the movement of janitors fighting against the sexual harassment they experience at their job, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Thursday that establishes workplace protection against sexual violence and harassment for custodial staff.
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Custodial workers speak out against workplace sexual violence on Sproul Plaza
Janitors who struggled in silence as survivors of harassment and assault in the workplace shared their experiences in support of state legislation via megaphone Thursday afternoon on the steps of Sproul Hall.
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Local, organic, and free of sexual assault
I do not report happy stories. Whether it is torture and disappearances in Latin America or child murders in Mississippi, I have dedicated my career to uncovering the ugly. So when my reporting team and I received a tip at the Investigative Reporting Program that female farm workers were being
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