1st Year Student Resumes

 
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Theresa Adams

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I am curious about people. Some might call it nosy. I like hearing the stories that others like to tell me about themselves. This would include complete strangers who often ...  (Read more)

Yousur Alhlou

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Mark Anderson

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Mark Anderson is a freelance journalist interested in culture, investment and politics in east and northeast Africa. Mark has reported from Ethiopia, Kenya and the self-declared republic of Somaliland, where ...  (Read more)

Talal Ansari

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Talal Ansari is a experienced print journalist currently studying investigative reporting and long-form writing at UC Berkeley. He is a graduate of Columbia University with a Bachelor's degree in ...  (Read more)

Jennifer Baires

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After years of freelancing for online news sites and radio Jennifer Baires is pursuing a masters in journalism at UC Berkeley's Journalism school. Jennifer graduated in 2008 from UC ...  (Read more)

Charles Berkowitz

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Charles Berkowitz is a filmmaker/ paramedic based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since his graduation from Bard College, he has produced two feature documentaries focusing on the work of ...  (Read more)

Sara Bernard

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Sara Bernard is a former staff writer and multimedia producer for Edutopia magazine, now a freelance journalist and avid international traveler. She grew up in upstate New York and the ...  (Read more)

Julie Brown

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Born and raised on the shores of Lake Tahoe, Julie Brown spent the last five years reporting and editing for a variety of local publications in her hometown, including a ...  (Read more)

Rachel de Leon

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Rachel de Leon is a native Californian, born and raised in Los Angeles County. She received her bachelor's from California State University, Northridge in 2011. She has experience in ...  (Read more)

Emma Elbuzedi

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Steve Fisher

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Steve Fisher is studying at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism with a focus on investigative reporting through multimedia and long-form magazine writing. He has written for the National Geographic ...  (Read more)

Sean Greene

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Sean Greene covers the environment and science for Richmond Confidential. His work has appeared in the Orange County Register, the Ventura County Star and on KQED.org, where he was ...  (Read more)

Ashley Griffin

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While attending North Carolina Central University as a Division I athlete, Ashley doubled her workload by serving as editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper. During her reign as editor-in-chief, she uncovered ...  (Read more)

Jessica Hamel

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Jessica Hamel is studying at the UC Berkeley School of Journalism with a focus on multimedia. Although her journalism background is in print, her passion is for using visual media ...  (Read more)

Pendarvis Harshaw

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Hi! My name is Pendarvis Harshaw. I'm from Oakland, Ca. I completed my undergrad degree at Howard U in Washington DC, and now I'm back in the Bay ...  (Read more)

Angela Hart

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Angela Hart is a print and multimedia journalist covering the environment, health care, and politics. A self-made specialist in explanatory journalism that connects policy and politics, her thesis at UC ...  (Read more)

Sean Havey

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Since graduating from Rutgers University in 2005, Sean has worked as a general news reporter and photojournalist at a various newspapers in New Jersey and California. Although still photography remains ...  (Read more)

Erica Hellerstein

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Erica Hellerstein is a journalist and writer with a strong focus on social justice and women's human rights. A writer by practice and passion, Erica studied Creative Writing and ...  (Read more)

Rigoberto Hernandez-Martinez

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Rigoberto Hernandez is a staff writer and photographer for Mission Local, a UC Berkeley-run community website in San Francisco’s Mission District. He was born in Queretaro, Mexico, but was ...  (Read more)

Stephen Hobbs

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Stephen Hobbs, a Bay Area native, attended Santa Clara University, where he majored in communication and political science and also competed for the University's collegiate water polo team. At ...  (Read more)

Anne Hoffman

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Anne Hoffman is a narrative journalist from Washington, DC. It’s clear from her karaoke performances that she’d like to be a rock star, but storytelling is pretty cool ...  (Read more)

Mateo Hoke

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Based in San Francisco, Mateo is currently working on a book for McSweeney's Voice of Witness human rights book series. In recent years his travels have included Palestine's ...  (Read more)

Nausheen Husain

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Nausheen (pronounced no’-sheen) is an aspiring multimedia journalist and writer. Nausheen is pursuing a Master’s degree in digital media at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. A 2011 ...  (Read more)

Jason Jaacks

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Jason Jaacks is a multimedia nonfiction storyteller with a keen interest in stories people and the environment. Focusing on long-term projects, Jason utilizes video, audio, and the written word to ...  (Read more)

Tawanda Kanhema

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Tawanda Kanhema is an investigative journalist with experience covering politics, resource conflict and corruption in Africa. His research interests focus on transparency and governance, capital flight and inflows of foreign ...  (Read more)

Lauren Kawana

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Lauren Kawana grew up on an island. Her curiosity about the world and its people beyond the Pacific Ocean ultimately led her to journalism. Following numerous traveling opportunities, a college ...  (Read more)

Titania Kumeh

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Titania Kumeh is a freelance reporter with an interest in public policies and how they impact our quality of life. She has reported on HIV/AIDS in West Africa, covered ...  (Read more)

Alana Levinson

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Alana Levinson is a journalist from San Francisco that covers politics, arts and culture. After attending Emerson College in Boston, she moved to New York and worked in both magazine ...  (Read more)

Samantha Masunaga

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Samantha Masunaga is a multimedia and print journalist. A Southern California native, Samantha has interned and worked for a variety of print and online publications in Los Angeles and Orange ...  (Read more)

Aaron Mendelson

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Aaron Mendelson is a radio, print and new media journalist. He covers politics, community and culture, and is focusing on multimedia studies at UC Berkeley. His personal website is aaronmendelson ...  (Read more)

Chelsi Moy

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For the past eight years, Chelsi has worked as a reporter at several of the largest newspapers in Montana covering everything from crime and the judicial system to education and ...  (Read more)

Carly Nairn

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Carly cut her teeth in reporting at Portland State University, first as a news reporter, then theatre critic, then Opinion pages editor, for the student newspaper The Daily Vanguard. After ...  (Read more)

Jessica Naudziunas

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Jessica Naudziunas is a multimedia journalist specialized in public radio, video and print reporting. She is particularly interested in food policy, food issues, agriculture and public health. Her most recent ...  (Read more)

Tiffany Neely

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I graduated Cum Laude from the University of Memphis with a B.A. majoring in journalism with minor in political science. I'm continuing my education in Berkeley's graduate ...  (Read more)

Erik Neumann

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Erik Neumann is a radio and print journalist from Seattle, Washington. His work has appeared in weekly newspapers, online and on public radio stations around the Northwest. With an interest ...  (Read more)

Avni Nijhawan

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Multimedia journalist, portrait photog, entrepreneur, grad student at dream school. Compassionate. Driven. Learns fast. theavni { @twitter, @instagram, @gmail.com } 408.616.0724 www.vimeo.com/theavni www.saravniphoto.com  (Read more)

Brittany Patterson

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A recent graduate from San Jose State University, Brittany began her career writing for her college newspaper and then serving as its managing editor the next semester. With a passion ...  (Read more)

Sarah Phelan Abusaba

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Justin Pye

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Vanessa Rancano

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Erik Reyna

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Erik Reyna is a visual journalist who likes to wear different hats. On some days he takes photos, other days he is sitting in front of the computer writing code ...  (Read more)

Samuel Rolens

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Sam Rolens is a student at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, focusing on longform writing and multi-media. Sam reports on sports, business, politics and community.  (Read more)

Alejandro Rosas

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Alejandro Bryan Rosas who also is known by his peers as DJ Horchata. He is a native from Los Angeles, CA. From el pueblo de El Monte. Alejandro comes from ...  (Read more)

Lauren Rosenblum

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Lauren is a New York native who earned her B.A. in 2011 at Stony Brook University. After graduation, she pursued jobs in journalism as well as in post production ...  (Read more)

Alan Sanchez

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Coming from a diverse background in television production, the paparazzi industry (strangest job), and reporting on school and city papers, Alan Sanchez has come to Berkeley to expand and hone ...  (Read more)

Debora Silva

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Debora Silva is a Brazilian journalist living in California. She currently works as a freelancer associate producer for KQED Public Television and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Broadcast ...  (Read more)

Zach St. George

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Anchorager, Alaskaner. I studied journalism and English at Humboldt State University. I worked for the campus newspaper, the Lumberjack, and for the North Coast Journal, an alternative weekly based in ...  (Read more)

Pearly Tan

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I was born in Singapore and grew up in the humid country located near the equator. I began playing the piano when I was two, began performing when I was ...  (Read more)

Madeleine Thomas

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Madeleine Thomas is a multimedia and print journalist specializing in health reporting and narrative nonfiction.  (Read more)

Rachel Witte

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Rachel Witte is an aspiring videojournalist and on-air correspondent. As an undergraduate at Rutgers University, Rachel worked as a staff writer for The Daily Targum and completed editorial internships at ...  (Read more)

Mihir Zaveri

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Graduated in 2012 from UC Berkeley, worked at the student paper The Daily Cal for 4+ years, have interned at the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian, the Center for Investigative ...  (Read more)

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