Alumni Profile

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Alumni spotlight: Jimmy Thomson

JWAM alumni and environmental journalist Jimmy Thomson has just been promoted to the editor-in-chief at The National Observer.

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Alumni spotlight: Emi Sasagawa

JWAM alumna Emi Sasagawa recently made the 2024 CBC Nonfiction Prize shortlist for Dad’s the Word.

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Alumni spotlight: Esther Cheung

JWAM alumna Esther Cheung recently won the Best Animated Short at Forest City Film Festival, the Air Canada Short or Video Award at Toronto Reel Asian, Best Animated Short Film at Roma Short Film Festival

Elizabeth Melimopoulos, ’22

Elizabeth Melimopoulos, ’22

Elizabeth Melimopoulos graduated from UBC Journalism in 2022 and works at Al Jazeera in Doha.

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, ’19

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, ’19

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson graduated with a Master of Journalism degree in 2019 and currently works as a food security reporter for Canada’s National Observer.

Masa Kanan, ’18

Masa Kanan, ’18

Researcher, Political Affairs Directorate, The Royal Hashemite Court

Sharon Nadeem, ’18

Sharon Nadeem, ’18

Sharon Nadeem is a graduate of UBC Journalism’s Class of 2018 and now works as an associate producer for the Global Reporting Centre. While previously working as a software engineer in India, Nadeem found her passion for creative problem solving. Since transitioning to journalism, she’s pursued that passion through her work on multiple long-term, investigative […]