For the fourth year in a row, students and alumni from Berkeley Journalism will present documentaries, photography, and innovative multimedia projects at a special Showcase produced and curated specifically for BAMPFA called Visualizing the World. The main feature will be a screening of Kristen Hwang's 2021 Student Academy Award-winning documentary “When They’re Gone,” about humanity’s fragile dependence on nature and the consequences of industrializing honey bees for crop pollination.

Kori Suzuki (‘23) will present a curated portfolio of his remarkable photojournalism; Brian Wollitz (’21) will screen his shortform video “The Titan Rises,” about an Oakland high school football team and the toll violence takes on inner-city athletes, and Kristen Hwang (‘21) will present her 2021 Student Academy Award-winning documentary “When They’re Gone,” about humanity’s fragile dependence on nature and the consequences of industrializing honey bees for crop pollination following a screening of the film.

Presented by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Kori Suzuki (‘23) is a Japanese American reporter, audio producer and photographer. He is a first-year student at Berkeley Journalism and a former intern with The Washington Post’s audio team. His work focuses on climate change, race and equity and he is drawn to stories about how we are all complicated and multidimensional. His stories and images have appeared in The Washington Post, The Seattle Times and KQED. He is the recipient of the 2022 Dorothea Lange Fellowship at UC Berkeley.

Brian Wollitz (‘21) is a multimedia producer, videographer and filmmaker from Pacifica, California. His interests include producing stories at the intersection of sports and social issues, food, music, art, and culture. He specializes in documentary filmmaking, sports journalism and sports broadcast production work. His writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, The Rugby Journal, and OffBeat Magazine.

Kristen Hwang (‘21) reports on health care and policy for CalMatters. She is passionate about humanizing data-driven stories and examining the intersection of public health and social justice. Prior to joining CalMatters, Kristen earned a master’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in public health from UC Berkeley. Her thesis film, “When They’re Gone,” received the Gold Medal in documentary film from the Student Academy Awards.