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An updated documentary from ProPublica, FRONTLINE and Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program tracks the migration of fringe election conspiracies into the mainstream. It airs Tuesday, Jan. 4, at 10 p.m. EST.

Stories that inspired us, and improved our understanding of a uniquely American crisis.

As another tumultuous year winds down, explore the 10 most-streamed FRONTLINE documentaries released during 2021.

Two FRONTLINE documentaries, American Insurrection and COVID’s Hidden Toll, as well as one podcast episode drawing on reporting from FRONTLINE and NPR’s film Plastic Wars, were named 2022 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards finalists on Thurs., Nov. 4.

Credit: UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism The work of a UC Berkeley School of Journalism lecturer, five students and two alumni was honored with 2021 Pulitzer Prizes in the breaking news, national news and public service categories. Abbie VanSickle was a key member of the staff of The Marshall Project that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for a year-long investigation of K-9 units and the damage that police dogs inflict on Americans, including innocent citizens...

An Explosion in Texas Shows the Hidden Dangers of Tanks Holding Heavy Fuels Industry experts believe that changes in the makeup of asphalt and No. 6 fuel oil products stored in heated tanks across the country could pose a risk to workers and nearby communities. This article was produced in collaboration with Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program. Justin Chambers arrived at the U.S. Polyco plant in Ennis, Texas, on the morning of April 23, 2018, with a job to do. One of the asp...

As the U.S. government continues to charge current and former service members in relation to January 6, military courts typically aren’t the go-to option.

‘I felt hate more than anything’: How an active-duty airman tried to start a civil war 2 hours ago In an eight-day span, Air Force Sgt. Steven Carillo allegedly killed a federal security officer and wounded his partner outside a U.S. courthouse and ambushed and killed a California sheriff’s deputy and injured four other officers, federal authorities say. But that expression of rage marked the culmination of a long slide into extremism. (Santa Cruz Sheriffs Office via AP) Co-published ...

It was 2:20 p.m. on June 6, 2020, and Steven Carrillo, a 32-year-old Air Force sergeant who belonged to the anti-government Boogaloo Bois movement, was on the run in the tiny mountain town of Ben Lomond, California. With deputy sheriffs closing in, Carrillo texted his brother, Evan, asking him to tell his children he loved them and instructing him to give $50,000 to his fiancée. “I love you bro," Carrillo signed off. Thinking the text message was a suicide note from a brother with a his...

, airing 10 p.m. Eastern on April 13 on PBS. It was 2:20 p.m. on June 6, 2020, and Steven Carrillo, a 32-year-old Air Force sergeant who belonged to the anti-government Boogaloo Bois movement, was on the run in the tiny mountain town of Ben Lomond, California. With deputy sheriffs closing in, Carrillo texted his brother, Evan, asking him to tell his children he loved them and instructing him to give $50,000 to his fiancée. “I love you bro,” Carrillo signed off. Thinking the text message wa...