The UBC Sch ool of Journalism\, Writing\, and Media (JWAM) is pleased to present a talk and Q&A with Jason Pires\, Co-Anchor of Global News Morning\, on Thursday\ , November 23\, 2023\, from 4:30pm to 6pm (Sing Tao 204). Join us for this exciting and informative hybrid event as part of the Equity\, Diversity\, a nd Inclusion (EDI) in Writing and Journalism Speaker Series.
for this free public event\, available both in-p erson as well as via Zoom. For those joining via Zoom\, the link and passco de will be shared with registrants prior to the event.
Veteran BC broadcast journalist Jason Pires shares his perso nal experience with storytelling in the industry: how it has evolved\, the quest for better and more diverse representation\, and how traditional medi a is surviving in the digital world.
Jason Pires is the co-anchor of Global News Morning\, the top morning news program in the province. For more than two decades\, Pires has built an award-winning care er in broadcasting\, spanning work at CHEK TV\, CTV Vancouver Island\, Vanc ouver’s CTV Morning Live (co-host)\, and CTV News at Noon (anchor). His acc olades include an Edward R. Murrow Award and numerous Radio Television Digi tal News Association (RTDNA) Awards. Pires has a deep passion for diverse s torytelling and cultivating community within the province.
The S chool of Journalism\, Writing\, and Media (JWAM) at UBC on the Musqueam lan d brings together a range of innovative approaches to the practice and teac hing of journalism\, writing\, and other forms of communication. JWAM’s jou rnalism and WRDS courses reach several thousand students from across the un iversity each year. The research-informed pedagogy of the JWAM team has inc luded the continued development of our teaching\, for instance\, on issues related to decolonization\, race\, Indigeneity\, trans identities\, and dis ability. As we continue our work in these areas\, we recognize there are ga ps in the diversity of our fields as well as the inclusivity of our researc h and teaching practices. The Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Speaker Se ries is a part of an ongoing effort to address these gaps and aims to furth er the conversation on EDI and the teaching of writing.
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