Our commitment to students doesn't end at graduation. We are now developing a comprehensive career resources program for current students and alumni, so that we can provide longterm alumni career services. At the same time, we value and cultivate relationships with alumni who can serve as mentors and contacts for our students. To get a job in journalism, you need professional experience. Students cover the news for their courses and for individual and group projects, and work as freelance reporters or interns for scores of local, state and national print, broadcast and new media outlets.
Most students also complete a professional summer internship between their first and second years.
First, students build skills and confidence through J-school publications and broadcasts. UC Berkeley J-school students also regularly work in the San Francisco bureaus of national news organizations like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, ABC, CBS and CNN, Reuters and the Associated Press. In addition, many students write for the Daily Cal , an independent campus newspaper, or work at KALX-FM, the campus radio station. When a big story breaks in the Bay Area, students often report for newspapers around the country. In the summer months, many students fan out across the country and beyond to take the professional internships we strongly encourage.