Celebrating UC Berkeley Journalism's Class of 2026!

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New instructors join summer teaching lineup in thriving undergraduate journalism program

UC Berkeley Journalism’s undergraduate minor is booming this year, with hundreds of students enrolled in summer classes taught by faculty and other award-winning journalists on topics that range from podcasting to investigative reporting to photography and data journalism.

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UC Berkeley Journalism alums honored with 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

Susie Neilson (’19), Garance Burke (’04) and Kathleen Hennessey (’04) were named Pulitzer Prize winners. Another eight Berkeley Journalism alumni were honored as part of award-winning or finalist teams.

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Q&A with Commencement Speaker Bianca Graulau

She talks about being an independent journalist with an anti-colonialism beat and reporting stories about pressing social issues — and making a viral doc with Bad Bunny.

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First journalism master's fellowship for humor named for Alice Kahn

The family of humorist Alice Kahn  — a beloved Bay Area columnist who captured the cultural zeitgeist — celebrates her legacy with an endowed fellowship at UC Berkeley Journalism. 

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Featured Read

Impact Report 2025

Read about the work of students, faculty and alumni in our annual report for 2025. Find links, videos and images in this multimedia report.

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Featured Faculty

David Barstow

The professor and chair of the Investigative Reporting Program is the first reporter in American history to win four Pulitzer Prizes.

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Featured Doc

Chasing Whales

“Chasing Whales,” directed by 2025 alums Matthew Busch and Zoe Rosenblum follows a team of scientists to Antarctica. The LA Times published the doc.