January 30, 2012
Prof Hermida wins UBC award for media outreach
Prof Alfred Hermida has won this year’s President’s Award for Public Education through the Media which recognizes a faculty member who has made extraordinary efforts to communicate their scholarship to the public in a meaningful way using the news media.
January 5, 2012
For UBC j-schoolers, location is (almost) everything
Students at UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism were drawn was not just to its curriculum and its professors, but its location.
January 3, 2012
Stephen Ward to give two public talks on ethics and journalism
Stephen Ward, one of the leading thinkers on journalism ethics, will be giving two public talks at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism.
December 21, 2011
Prof. David Rummel wins Alfred I. duPont Silver Baton Award
Prof. David Rummel wins Alfred I. duPont Silver Baton Award
December 13, 2011
New website to help reporters who cover Aboriginal communities
November 25, 2011
Two UBC j-students named as TerreWeb scholars
UBC Journalism students Calyn Shaw and Claudia Goodine have been selected as TerreWeb scholars.
November 8, 2011
Internships take UBC journalism students from Vancouver to Moscow
UBC journalism students talk about their internship experiences at places as diverse as the Moscow Times and Canadian Geographic.
November 4, 2011
Prof Hermida nominated as Canada’s top social media maven
UBC journalism professor Alfred Hermida has been nominated as Canada’s top social media maven in the 2011 Digi Awards.
November 3, 2011
David Rummel of The New York Times joins UBC Journalism
David Rummel has joined the UBC Graduate School of Journalism as an instructor for the 2011/2012 year.
November 1, 2011
The New York Times and CBC Radio 3 journalists join UBC journalism as visiting profs
The School of Journalism is pleased to announce that Diane Nottle and Steve Pratt will be joining the School as Canwest Visiting Professors for 2011/2012.
October 28, 2011
International Reporting Program global pain project to be featured on Global
October 25, 2011
UBC j-students win two 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Students at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism have won two 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
October 21, 2011
Two UBC journalism students win Jack Webster student awards
UBC journalism students Lisa Hale and Calyn Shaw have won two of the six Jack Webster Student Journalism Awards for 2011.
October 19, 2011
CBC president Hubert Lacroix meets UBC j-students
Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, addressed UBC journalism students on the future of Canadian public broadcasting at the Liu Institute for Global Affairs, UBC, on October 18 2011.
September 29, 2011
UBC journalism gets five nominations in Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Students and faculty at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism have received five nominations in the 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
September 19, 2011
UBC j-school’s new website investigates access to morphine
The UBC Graduate School of Journalism has launched an ambitious multimedia site, The Pain Project, to document one of the greatest challenges to treating chronic illnesses: severely constrained access to morphine.
September 16, 2011
J-school alum Jodie Martinson inspires students in welcoming keynote
UBC j-school alum Jodie Martinson gave a heart-felt keynote at the welcome event for the first year students on 6 September 2011.
September 2, 2011
Connect with UBC Journalism alum on LinkedIn
Alumni, students, faculty and staff of the school now have a place to professionally network and reconnect on LinkedIn.
September 1, 2011
UBC launches ‘groundbreaking’ Aboriginal journalism course
Duncan McCue, award-winning CBC-TV journalist, to teach “Reporting in Indigenous Communities”
August 31, 2011
UBC journalism shrimp project nominated for 2011 Online Journalism Award
The UBC Graduate School of Journalism’s International Reporting Program web project, “Cheap Shrimp, Hidden Costs”, has been nominated for a 2011 Online Journalism Award.
August 30, 2011
Taylor Owen joins the school as new instructor
Banting Post Doctoral Fellow, Taylor Owen, new instructor for the 2011/2012 year.
June 28, 2011
Prof David Beers’ The Tyee wins prestigious Murrow Award
June 26, 2011
UBC School of Journalism website gets new look
Welcome to the redesigned website of the UBC Graduate School of Journalism. It sports a clean and elegant look that will provide a better and more intuitive experience.
June 20, 2011
Prof Hermida explores participatory journalism in new book
Participatory Journalism: Guarding the Internet’s Open Gates, a new book authored by Prof Alfred Hermida and other leading new media scholars has been published.
June 9, 2011
Former GigaOm ME Carolyn Pritchard joins UBC j-school
The former managing editor of San Francisco-based GigaOM, Carolyn Pritchard, is joining the UBC School of Journalism.
May 18, 2011
Emmy winner Peter Klein to head UBC j-school
Three-time Emmy winner and associate professor Peter W. Klein is taking the helm of the Graduate School of Journalism as acting director.
May 13, 2011
UBC j-grad takes senior web post at Global News
UBC journalism graduate Rebecca Lindell ‘10 has been appointed as the new National Senior Web Coordinator for Globalnews.ca.
May 11, 2011
Canadians trust mainstream media more than social networks: study
The increased competition for attention in the digital era has not eroded public confidence in the mainstream news media, according to a study by UBC j-school researchers.
May 10, 2011
Three j-school students win $17,500 SSHRC awards
Three UBC journalism students have won prestigious awards from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
May 7, 2011
UBC j-school calls for release of journalist Dorothy Parvaz in Syria
The University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism is calling for the release of reporter Dorothy Parvaz, who is being held in Syria.
May 1, 2011
Social media changing how people get the news
Nearly 60 per cent of Canadians regularly visit social networking websites, with the majority of users saying social media exposes them to a broader range of news and information than traditional media, a UBC study has found.
April 9, 2011
J-school alum joins Global News’ web unit
UBC Journalism alumnus Leslie Young is using her multimedia journalism skills to break new ground in Canadian digital journalism.
March 23, 2011
Canadian women in news still hit glass ceiling: study
Canadian women journalists hit the glass ceiling in senior management despite making gains that reached parity or exceeded it at most other levels, according to a global report of women in news by the International Women’s Media Foundation.
March 22, 2011
Two students selected as finalists in college photo competition
University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism students, Jes Abeita ‘11 and Shannon Dooling ‘12, have been selected as a finalists in Photographer’s Forum Magazine’s 31st Annual College Photography Contest.
March 11, 2011
Talk: Educating the public about education
Join us at 5:00pm March 16 at the Multipurpose Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC - for an inspirational session with Louis Freedberg, senior reporter and co-founder of California Watch at the Center for Investigative Reporting, in conversation with our own Dave Beers, sessional instructor at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism and editor of The Tyee.
March 7, 2011
UBC j-school director appointed to Dean’s office
UBC Graduate School of Journalism director Mary Lynn Young will take on the portfolio of Associate Dean, Communications and Strategy, in the Faculty of Arts, from July 1, 2011.
March 6, 2011
UBC j-school partners with Asian Canadian journalists
The Asian Canadian Journalists Association and the UBC j-school recently brought together journalists, media professionals and people interested in issues of diversity in newsrooms and the changing media landscape.
January 11, 2011
Feb. 7 Talk: Behind the scenes at Nature
Nicola Jones, previous online news editor and now an op-ed editor for Nature, will take you ‘behind the scenes’ of this top scientific journal in her lunchtime talk on Monday, February 7, 2011, from 12:30 to 2:00 pm in Room 104 at the UBC School of Journalism.
January 11, 2011
Colloquium: Perspectives on science and the changing media landscape
Join a discussion about how scientists and the media interact, particularly over hot issues like climate change. This colloquium will be held in the Geography building (1984 West Mall), Room 200, on 25 January from 12:30-2pm.
December 13, 2010
UBC j-school seeks dynamic visiting professor
Applications are being accepted from candidates with distinguished professional journalism experience for a one-term visiting professorship for the 2011-12 school year.
January 30, 2012
Prof Hermida wins UBC award for media outreach
Prof Alfred Hermida has won this year’s President’s Award for Public Education through the Media which recognizes a faculty member who has made extraordinary efforts to communicate their scholarship to the public in a meaningful way using the news media.
January 5, 2012
For UBC j-schoolers, location is (almost) everything
Students at UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism were drawn was not just to its curriculum and its professors, but its location.
January 3, 2012
Stephen Ward to give two public talks on ethics and journalism
Stephen Ward, one of the leading thinkers on journalism ethics, will be giving two public talks at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism.
December 21, 2011
Prof. David Rummel wins Alfred I. duPont Silver Baton Award
Prof. David Rummel wins Alfred I. duPont Silver Baton Award
December 13, 2011
New website to help reporters who cover Aboriginal communities
November 25, 2011
Two UBC j-students named as TerreWeb scholars
UBC Journalism students Calyn Shaw and Claudia Goodine have been selected as TerreWeb scholars.
November 8, 2011
Internships take UBC journalism students from Vancouver to Moscow
UBC journalism students talk about their internship experiences at places as diverse as the Moscow Times and Canadian Geographic.
November 4, 2011
Prof Hermida nominated as Canada’s top social media maven
UBC journalism professor Alfred Hermida has been nominated as Canada’s top social media maven in the 2011 Digi Awards.
November 3, 2011
David Rummel of The New York Times joins UBC Journalism
David Rummel has joined the UBC Graduate School of Journalism as an instructor for the 2011/2012 year.
November 1, 2011
The New York Times and CBC Radio 3 journalists join UBC journalism as visiting profs
The School of Journalism is pleased to announce that Diane Nottle and Steve Pratt will be joining the School as Canwest Visiting Professors for 2011/2012.
October 28, 2011
International Reporting Program global pain project to be featured on Global
October 25, 2011
UBC j-students win two 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Students at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism have won two 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
October 21, 2011
Two UBC journalism students win Jack Webster student awards
UBC journalism students Lisa Hale and Calyn Shaw have won two of the six Jack Webster Student Journalism Awards for 2011.
October 19, 2011
CBC president Hubert Lacroix meets UBC j-students
Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, addressed UBC journalism students on the future of Canadian public broadcasting at the Liu Institute for Global Affairs, UBC, on October 18 2011.
September 29, 2011
UBC journalism gets five nominations in Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Students and faculty at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism have received five nominations in the 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
September 19, 2011
UBC j-school’s new website investigates access to morphine
The UBC Graduate School of Journalism has launched an ambitious multimedia site, The Pain Project, to document one of the greatest challenges to treating chronic illnesses: severely constrained access to morphine.
September 16, 2011
J-school alum Jodie Martinson inspires students in welcoming keynote
UBC j-school alum Jodie Martinson gave a heart-felt keynote at the welcome event for the first year students on 6 September 2011.
September 2, 2011
Connect with UBC Journalism alum on LinkedIn
Alumni, students, faculty and staff of the school now have a place to professionally network and reconnect on LinkedIn.
September 1, 2011
UBC launches ‘groundbreaking’ Aboriginal journalism course
Duncan McCue, award-winning CBC-TV journalist, to teach “Reporting in Indigenous Communities”
August 31, 2011
UBC journalism shrimp project nominated for 2011 Online Journalism Award
The UBC Graduate School of Journalism’s International Reporting Program web project, “Cheap Shrimp, Hidden Costs”, has been nominated for a 2011 Online Journalism Award.
August 30, 2011
Taylor Owen joins the school as new instructor
Banting Post Doctoral Fellow, Taylor Owen, new instructor for the 2011/2012 year.
June 28, 2011
Prof David Beers’ The Tyee wins prestigious Murrow Award
June 26, 2011
UBC School of Journalism website gets new look
Welcome to the redesigned website of the UBC Graduate School of Journalism. It sports a clean and elegant look that will provide a better and more intuitive experience.
June 20, 2011
Prof Hermida explores participatory journalism in new book
Participatory Journalism: Guarding the Internet’s Open Gates, a new book authored by Prof Alfred Hermida and other leading new media scholars has been published.
June 9, 2011
Former GigaOm ME Carolyn Pritchard joins UBC j-school
The former managing editor of San Francisco-based GigaOM, Carolyn Pritchard, is joining the UBC School of Journalism.
May 18, 2011
Emmy winner Peter Klein to head UBC j-school
Three-time Emmy winner and associate professor Peter W. Klein is taking the helm of the Graduate School of Journalism as acting director.
May 13, 2011
UBC j-grad takes senior web post at Global News
UBC journalism graduate Rebecca Lindell ‘10 has been appointed as the new National Senior Web Coordinator for Globalnews.ca.
May 11, 2011
Canadians trust mainstream media more than social networks: study
The increased competition for attention in the digital era has not eroded public confidence in the mainstream news media, according to a study by UBC j-school researchers.
May 10, 2011
Three j-school students win $17,500 SSHRC awards
Three UBC journalism students have won prestigious awards from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
May 7, 2011
UBC j-school calls for release of journalist Dorothy Parvaz in Syria
The University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism is calling for the release of reporter Dorothy Parvaz, who is being held in Syria.
May 1, 2011
Social media changing how people get the news
Nearly 60 per cent of Canadians regularly visit social networking websites, with the majority of users saying social media exposes them to a broader range of news and information than traditional media, a UBC study has found.
April 9, 2011
J-school alum joins Global News’ web unit
UBC Journalism alumnus Leslie Young is using her multimedia journalism skills to break new ground in Canadian digital journalism.
March 23, 2011
Canadian women in news still hit glass ceiling: study
Canadian women journalists hit the glass ceiling in senior management despite making gains that reached parity or exceeded it at most other levels, according to a global report of women in news by the International Women’s Media Foundation.
March 22, 2011
Two students selected as finalists in college photo competition
University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism students, Jes Abeita ‘11 and Shannon Dooling ‘12, have been selected as a finalists in Photographer’s Forum Magazine’s 31st Annual College Photography Contest.
March 11, 2011
Talk: Educating the public about education
Join us at 5:00pm March 16 at the Multipurpose Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC - for an inspirational session with Louis Freedberg, senior reporter and co-founder of California Watch at the Center for Investigative Reporting, in conversation with our own Dave Beers, sessional instructor at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism and editor of The Tyee.
March 7, 2011
UBC j-school director appointed to Dean’s office
UBC Graduate School of Journalism director Mary Lynn Young will take on the portfolio of Associate Dean, Communications and Strategy, in the Faculty of Arts, from July 1, 2011.
March 6, 2011
UBC j-school partners with Asian Canadian journalists
The Asian Canadian Journalists Association and the UBC j-school recently brought together journalists, media professionals and people interested in issues of diversity in newsrooms and the changing media landscape.
January 11, 2011
Feb. 7 Talk: Behind the scenes at Nature
Nicola Jones, previous online news editor and now an op-ed editor for Nature, will take you ‘behind the scenes’ of this top scientific journal in her lunchtime talk on Monday, February 7, 2011, from 12:30 to 2:00 pm in Room 104 at the UBC School of Journalism.
January 11, 2011
Colloquium: Perspectives on science and the changing media landscape
Join a discussion about how scientists and the media interact, particularly over hot issues like climate change. This colloquium will be held in the Geography building (1984 West Mall), Room 200, on 25 January from 12:30-2pm.
December 13, 2010
UBC j-school seeks dynamic visiting professor
Applications are being accepted from candidates with distinguished professional journalism experience for a one-term visiting professorship for the 2011-12 school year.
December 7, 2010
Video: Prof Klein on Emmy-winning e-waste documentary
Watch UBC journalism professor Peter Klein talk on the Emmy-winning documentary, Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground, delivered at the Vancouver Institute on November 6, 2010.
December 3, 2010
UBC forum tackles Maclean’s ‘Too Asian?’ article
Journalism professor Candis Callison was one of the panelists on a recent forum at the University of British Columbia to discuss the issues raised by the publication of the Maclean’s article “Too Asian?”
November 25, 2010
Alumni Showcase: Aaron Goodman (?01) and Ian Bickis (?09)
Alumni Aaron Goodman and Ian Bickis hired
November 22, 2010
UBC J-school partners with The Globe and Mail
A team of 10 UBC journalism students investigating the global effects of shrimp farming has partnered with The Globe and Mail to produce a web video project for the paper’s food series, which launched Nov. 20.
November 17, 2010
Talk: Academia and China?s brave new media world Nov 17
Yuezhi Zhao, Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Global Communication at the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University.
November 15, 2010
UBC panel on international human rights
Prof Alfred Hermida will be talking about social media and political change at a panel discussion at UBC Robson Square in downtown Vancouver on Thursday 18.
November 12, 2010
Student music wiki project honoured in SNCR awards
CBC-UBC j-school music wiki project has received a Commendation of Merit in the prestigious SNCR Excellence in New Communications Awards program.
November 4, 2010
Peter Klein Vancouver Institute lecture Nov. 6
Digital Dumping Ground: The Global Trade in Electronic Waste
November 4, 2010
UBC law and journalism schools partner to investigate wrongful convictions
UBC law and journalism schools partner to investigate wrongful convictions
November 2, 2010
UBC grad, alumni and prof win BC journalism awards
Adjunct Professor Duncan McCue, Cheryl Chan (‘06) and Ryan Elias (‘11) win Jack Webster awards.
October 21, 2010
Prof Hermida’s blog wins Canadian online award
Prof Alfred Hermida’s blog on the changing nature of journalism, Reportr.net, has won a prestigious Canadian Online Publishing Award.
October 18, 2010
Grad (‘07) joins the Globe & Mail
Katherine Scarrow hired as editor for the Globe & Mail
October 14, 2010
IBM hosts visualization workshop with Prof Hermida
Prof Hermida is leading a workshop on visualization in journalism at an IBM conference in Toronto on November 2.
October 6, 2010
Talk: Prof Callison on spinning climate change
Please join us 5-6:30pm on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at Green College Coach House as Candis Callison speaks on “Spinning climate change, vernaculars and emergent forms of life.”
October 5, 2010
Talk: Prof Stack on academic-media engagement
Talk: Prof. Michelle Stack speaks about academic-media engagements. This series is hosted by the School of Journalism, the Center for Higher Education and Training and the Department of Educational Studies.
October 5, 2010
Crowdsourcing panel with Prof Hermida and guests
Join UBC journalism professor Alfred Hermida on Oct. 6 for a panel discussion at W2 in Vancouver on one of the major trends in media-making, crowdsourcing.
September 28, 2010
Media coverage of UBC School of Journalism Emmy Win
The Emmy award won by UBC journalism students has been widely covered in the media.
September 27, 2010
UBC journalism school wins Emmy for investigative documentary
UBC journalism students and faculty have won a prestigious Emmy Award for outstanding investigative journalism for a documentary that explores the impact of electronic waste.
September 23, 2010
UBC j-school up for three Canadian Online Publishing Awards
The UBC journalism school has been nominated for three Canadian Online Publishing Awards in the video, community and blog categories.
September 22, 2010
Alumnus Blake Sifton (‘09) lands position with Al Jazeera
Blake Sifton (‘09) gets job with Al Jazeera
September 16, 2010
CBC’s Ian Hanomansing welcomes new UBC j-students
Day One of the academic year on September 7th got off to a great start. Ian Hanomansing spoke to incoming First Year students.
September 3, 2010
Oscar-nominee joins journalism school as Canwest Visiting Professor
Award-winning television journalist David Paperny joins UBC on the 20th anniversary of his Oscar-nominated documentary about a Vancouver man dying of AIDS.
July 30, 2010
School of Journalism hiring for tenure-track faculty position
July 15, 2010
UBC School of Journalism nominated for three Emmys
Int’l Reporting students have been nominated for 2 Emmy Awards for the PBS Frontline/World documentary, Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground, while their professor, Peter Klein, has been nominated for a 3rd Emmy for Over a Barrel: The Truth About Oil.
June 25, 2010
Student project, the Canadian Music Wiki, goes live
The CBC-UBC project to create a Canadian music online encyclopedia, the Canadian Music Wiki, has launched after eight months of research and development by journalism grad Amanda Ash.
June 22, 2010
Alumni take home 4 RTNDA awards
Alumni Enza Uda, Michael Laanela, Meoni Poon and Jennifer Chrumka bring home RTNDA awards
June 11, 2010
Edmonton Journal hires grad (‘10)
UBC journalism grade Brent Wittmeier is the new Edmonton Journal crime reporter.
April 23, 2010
Journalism prof wins International Knight Fellowship
Adjunct professor Duncan McCue has been awarded a prestigious International Knight Fellowship at Stanford University.
April 7, 2010
Grad (‘01) appointed Business in Vancouver online news editor
Grad (‘01) achieves new position as online news editor for Business in Vancouver.
April 1, 2010
Video of Prof Ulken’s online journalism workshop
Watch the video of the workshop by UBC Canwest Visiting Professor Eric Ulken on online tips, tricks, tools and techniques.
March 11, 2010
Grad (‘09) reports on counter-terrorism from the Gulf of Aden
Allison Cross (‘09) reports on the Canadian Navy’s counter-terrorism mission.
March 11, 2010
Free workshop: New tools & techniques for journalists
The UBC School of Journalism invites journalists to a free workshop in Vancouver on new tools and techniques for journalists
March 10, 2010
UBC panel explores genetics and Aborginal health
Prominent public health officials and researchers discussed the opportunities and risks that genetic research presents for Aboriginal health at a panel hosted by the UBC Graduate School of Journalism.
March 4, 2010
Live blog: UBC Aboriginal Health panel discussion
Prominent public health officials, geneticists, social scientists and journalists are meeting in Vancouver on Thursday March 4 to discuss new opportunities and risks that genetics presents for Aboriginal health.
March 1, 2010
UBC panel to tackle genetics and Aboriginal health
Prominent public health officials, geneticists, social scientists and journalists are meeting in Vancouver on March 4 to discuss new opportunities and risks that genetics presents for Aboriginal health.
February 22, 2010
UBC j-students get Olympic-sized opportunity
UBC journalism students are working as interns with some of the world’s best renowned media organizations that have converged on Vancouver to cover the 2010 Winter Olympics.
January 25, 2010
March 1 deadline for Canwest Visiting Professorship
This appointment, made possible by an endowment from Canwest Global Communications Corp., allows a prominent journalist from print, radio, television or online to spend three and a half months at the School of Journalism teaching a course, interacting with students and delivering two public lectures.
January 18, 2010
IBM funds UBC j-prof research into visualisation in journalism
UBC journalism professor Alfred Hermida has been awarded $10,000 from IBM to support his research into the application of visualization in journalism.
January 11, 2010
Lecture: Dan Burnett on a landmark defamation decision
January 7, 2010
UBC j-school joins innovative DocumentCloud investigative project
The UBC Graduate School of Journalism has become the first Canadian j-school to join the DocumentCloud project designed to help investigative reporters share and analyse the mounds of documents they unearth.
November 19, 2009
Grad nominated for an Emmy award
Daniel Sieberg (‘00) has been nominated for an Emmy for “The Big Impact of Micro-loans”, which aired on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric on April 15, 2009.
November 19, 2009
Int’l Reporting class encourages ?bold, relentless story-chasers?
The school’s new International Reporting class teaches students how to operate independently in developing countries, says Graeme Smith, Globe & Mail war correspondent.
October 28, 2009
Student wins $20,000 IDRC award
Jodie Martinson (‘10) has won an International Development Research Centre (IDRC) fellowship of $20,000 to report on the fate of wives of Ugandan rebels.
October 22, 2009
UBC grad student and alumni win 3 BC journalism awards
Enza Uda (‘00), Michael Laanela (‘04), Meoni Poon (‘07) and Cecilia Greyson (‘11) win Webster Awards.
October 20, 2009
SOJ student-led news website nominated for national publishing award
The Thunderbird.ca is the only student-led news website nominated for The Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
October 16, 2009
Press Freedom in India: Lunch hour talk on Nov 4
Kanwar Sandhu, prominent Indian journalist, discusses press freedom in India.
October 2, 2009
Former LA Times editor joins J-School as Canwest Visiting Prof
Starting in January, Eric Ulken, former LATimes.com managing editor and editor of interactive technology, will be teaching students the fundamentals of visual analytics in journalism - which has been called the new photography.
September 24, 2009
J-Student wins $42,000 health communications award
First year student Rebecca Cheung (‘11) has won a CIHR Health Research Communications Award in the amount of $42,000.
September 15, 2009
Breaking the Vatican’s Walls: Lunch hour talk on Sept 30
Join Alexander Smoltczyk, Bureau Chief in Rome of Germany’s leading news magazine, Der Spiegel, for a talk on “Breaking the Vatican’s Walls”.
September 9, 2009
Grad (?02) new head of development for Brightlight Pictures
Elizabeth Levine (‘02) has been appointed Executive Director of Development at Brightlight Pictures, a company that has produced such films and television programs as White Noise, Fifty Dead Men Walking, Wicker Man and The Guard.
September 4, 2009
UBC and CBC co-host panel for Asian American Journalists Association visit
In their inaugural visit to Vancouver, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) will meet with Vancouver journalists and media professionals to discuss issues of diversity and the future of the journalism industry.
August 6, 2009
UBC j-school partners with CBC Radio 3 on music wiki project
The UBC Graduate School of Journalism has been awarded a $15,000 grant to work with CBC Radio 3 to create a Canadian music wiki website.
July 27, 2009
Student starts up online news co-op
A collective of media makers in Vancouver is putting together the city’s first online, grassroots news co-operative, and Dawn Paley (Grad ‘10) is working hard to get things off the ground.
July 24, 2009
UBC j-student chosen for ONA09 student newsroom
UBC journalism student Amanda Ash is the sole Canadian who has been chosen to participate in the student newsrooms at the forthcoming Online News Association conference in San Francisco, October 1-3.
July 13, 2009
Prof Klein’s newest documentary airs on ABC on July 22
Produced by Professor Peter Klein, “Over a Barrel: The Truth About Oil”, an ABC News Special reported by Charlie Gibson, airs on Wednesday, July 22 at 10:00 p.m, ET.
July 6, 2009
Prof Beers’ news site wins Edward R Murrow Award
Professor David Beers’ electronic news publication The Tyee has received a 2009 National Edward R. Murrow Award, among the most prestigious prizes in journalism.
June 22, 2009
Grad wins health award
For the first time, an online-only news organization has won an NIHCM (National Institutute for Health Care Management) award. Shelley Wood (‘00), managing editor of theheart.org won in the category of Print Journalism about the Myxo ETlogix annuloplasty ring.
June 22, 2009
Student’s thesis project published on The Tyee
Amy Juschka’s (‘09) graduating thesis has been published on TheTyee.ca.
June 22, 2009
J-students find sensitive US security data in e-waste in Ghana
UBC journalism students investigating the global traffic in e-waste for an international reporting course have uncovered a previously unknown US security breach.
June 16, 2009
Grad’s doc on outlaw gangs airs in Australia
Video journalist and producer Aaron Goodman (‘01) just completed a documentary “Falling Angels” with reporter Nick Lazaredes on efforts to crack down on outlaw motorcycle gangs in Canada that aired on SBS Dateline in Australia.
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