1st Year Student Resumes

 
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Alicia Avila

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I am a Los Angeles native and completed my undergraduate work at the University of California Santa Barbara where I majored in Film & Media Studies as well as Global Studies ...  (Read more)

Yirmeyah Beckles

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Raising awareness by providing news to the public is my primary focus. Being involved with different communities, publications, and news outlets has allowed me to develop news judgment while mastering ...  (Read more)

Maggie Beidelman

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With a background in feature writing for dailies and alternative weeklies, Maggie Beidelman is now dabbling in the multimedia and video realm at UC Berkeley. A graduate of Santa Clara ...  (Read more)

Dylan Bergeson

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I arrived at Berkeley with an academic background in documentary film, media analysis, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. As an undergrad, I made two trips to report in the Middle East ...  (Read more)

Casey Capachi

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Casey Capachi is a multimedia journalist who is always looking to tell someone a story. She is a first year student at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism where ...  (Read more)

Monica Cruz-Rosas

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Monica Cruz Rosas is a reporter from Mexico City. She covered politics and social issues for emeequis magazine in Mexico. She is currently studying a Master in Journalism at UC ...  (Read more)

Hasan Dudar

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Hasan enters the j-school with experience as a print journalist, but has interest in all forms of storytelling. After graduating from the University of Toledo and working a short stint ...  (Read more)

Kate Elston

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Kate has worked and interned at numerous media outlets on the West Coast and abroad. A storyteller who loves piecing together audio and visuals to create a powerful narrative, her ...  (Read more)

Marta Franco

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After a few years working as a staff reporter in the Spanish newspaper El Periódico de Aragón, Marta decided it was time to take on new challenges. She was awarded ...  (Read more)

Jamie Goldberg

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Jamie has spent the past seven years gaining experience in print, online, and broadcast media. As a four-year college varsity softball player, Jamie has a particular passion for sports and ...  (Read more)

Adam Grossberg

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Reporter, documentary filmmaker, multimedia producer. Work has appeared nationally on PBS, The Bay Citizen, East Bay Express, and Oakland North.  (Read more)

William Harless

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William Harless covered politics and city government at a daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee for three years before joining the Peace Corps, where he served in Thailand from 2008 to ...  (Read more)

Syeda Amna Hassan

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Christopher Hickey

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Christopher Hickey's journalism experience began by reviewing films for his high school newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia. Seeking some glamour in his life, he matriculated at UC Santa Barbara in ...  (Read more)

Wendi Jonassen

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Stacey Kennelly

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Bay Area native with an interest in health, food and social justice.  (Read more)

Alexis Kenyon

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Reporter, photographer, radio-minded person looking for people and places to document. http://alexiskenyon.com  (Read more)

Christy Khoshaba

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Christy Khoshaba is a Brooklyn, New York native raised in Los Angeles, California. Living on both coasts led her to develop an affinity for entertainment, arts and culture. She has ...  (Read more)

Michelle Konstantinovsky

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Born and raised in San Francisco, Michelle Konstantinovsky crossed the Bay Bridge in 2011 to attend UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. Graduating from UC Davis in 2006 with ...  (Read more)

Tasion Kwamilele

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A native of Oakland, Tasion has always nurtured a passion for writing. As a teenager she began cultivating her skills by writing poetry. In 2005 competed in the national Brave ...  (Read more)

Derek Lartaud

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Derek Lartaud comes to the journalism school from a science-heavy background, where he hopes to marry his appetite for storytelling with his passion for health sciences research. As a researcher ...  (Read more)

Ryan Loughlin

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Ryan Loughlin is a video journalist and has worked on documentaries for National Geographic, PBS/NOVA and The History Channel. Ryan graduated from USC in 2007 with a degree in ...  (Read more)

Byrhonda Lyons

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Lover of news, people, music, cute shoes and her iPhone, that’s Byrhonda. Born and raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, you’ll always catch Byrhonda doing her two favorite things ...  (Read more)

Julia Marshall

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I've spent the last 3 years as a US Army TV news reporter for American Forces Network in Daegu, Korea and Kabul, Afghanistan. My current interest is researching cultural ...  (Read more)

Mitzi Mock

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Mitzi Mock is a print, radio and television journalist. Most recently, she was a producer at Snap Judgment, NPR's award-winning storytelling series. She also covered the 2010 elections beat ...  (Read more)

Megan Molteni

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Megan Molteni is a journalist from the Midwest recently transplanted to the Bay Area. After graduating with a major in biology from Carleton College she worked in a variety of ...  (Read more)

Molly Oleson

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Molly Oleson is a print and multimedia journalist with a background in fine art and extensive experience in writing, photographing and editing for various newspapers and magazines. After earning a ...  (Read more)

John Osborn

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Political Junkie. Data Nerd. Newsgame Dreamer.  (Read more)

Alexandra Pandell

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Lexi Pandell is a journalist from Oakland, CA. Prior to joining the UC Berkeley J-School, she attended UC Santa Barbara where she was Managing Editor of The Daily Nexus. During ...  (Read more)

Alexander Park

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Alex Park is an investigative reporter with a particular interest in foreign direct investment in Africa. As a journalist, he has reported in the Bay Area and abroad and his ...  (Read more)

Xiaoqing Pi

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Xiaoqing is a Chinese journalist currently studying new media at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She covers government affairs for Richmond Confidential, a hyperlocal news website focusing on Richmond ...  (Read more)

Justine Quart

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Justine Quart is a journalist who uses multimedia and print to document community stories. Her primary focus is on the intersection of food, health, and environmental sustainability issues, although her ...  (Read more)

Zahid Rafiq

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Melanie Ruiz

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Matthew Sarnecki

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Matt resettled back west after four years of video work in New York City. He has produced and directed an online documentary series in China for VICE (VBS.tv) and ...  (Read more)

Brittany Schell

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Brittany Schell, an Ohio native, is passionate about environmental and public health issues, especially agriculture and food-related topics. Before coming to UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, she studied ...  (Read more)

Jessica Schiewe

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Jessie Schiewe is a reporter living in Oakland, California. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Honolulu Weekly, Green Magazine Hawaii, OaklandNorth.net, Whole Life Times, and ...  (Read more)

Catherine Traywick

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Catherine is an assistant features editor at the Asian American culture magazine, Hyphen. She has also worked as business reporter for Oakland North, an assistant producer for the nationally syndicated ...  (Read more)

Kamila Ubaydullaeva

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Amina Waheed

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A multimedia reporter and aspiring documentary film maker, Amina began her career in journalism while working on community-based programs in Chicago’s inner-city. Her grassroots work around connecting urban, immigrant ...  (Read more)

Rachel Waldholz

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Rachel Waldholz covers business, economics and city life for Richmond Confidential. Her work has appeared in the Denver Post and Salt Lake Tribune, and on Grist.org. Before moving to ...  (Read more)

Mariel Waloff

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Mariel Waloff is a multimedia reporter covering youth and education for Oaklandnorth.net. She discovered her passion for journalism while documenting a Catholic activist movement in central Mexico. She worked ...  (Read more)

Meghan Walsh

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Spencer Whitney

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As an undergraduate student, Spencer Whitney worked on conducting research for his thesis on Jazz Communication and Improvisation. He is also currently the co-managing editor of 101 Magazine, which is ...  (Read more)

Byron Wilkes

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I found myself in Berkeley, Calif., after spending most of my life in the American South. My focus is social justice in conflict zones, specifically Africa and India. I hope ...  (Read more)

Gregory Woods

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Being a youth liaison and peer mentor at a young age for a non-profit organization called Project Action, I have worked hard building authentic relationships with local youth, community leaders ...  (Read more)

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