UBC Master of Journalism alum wins two top journalism awards
Alum Christopher Cheung takes home two prestigious awards in recognition of his commitment and dedication towards community journalism.
JWAM graduate Priya Bhat joins News21 to report on poverty and pandemic
Priya Bhat has been named as this year’s Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellow, joining a team of student journalists reporting on COVID-19 and poverty in the United States.
JWAM alumni start media company to ‘decomplicate’ news
Alumni Rumneek Johal and Carol Eugene Park, founders of Decomplicated, a daily newsletter and podcast share their experiences starting their own media company, their goals and their collaboration with parent company, Overstory Media Group.
J-school alum named recipient of CJF Black Journalism Fellowship program
Dannielle Piper has been named as one of the three recipients of the fellowship program, established in partnership with CBC News and CTV News.
Brenna Owen, ’19
Brenna Owen graduated in 2019 and is currently a reporter-editor with The Canadian Press in Vancouver.
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.
Jonathan Ventura, ’19
Jonathan Ventura obtained his UBC Master of Journalism degree in 2019 and is now a video journalist at CBC Manitoba.
UBC Journalism community shine at the 2020 Webster Awards
Alumni, students and faculty took home two journalism awards and one student journalism award at the 2020 Jack Webster Awards.
Jaione Belza Guede, ’17
Jaione Belza Guede graduated from the UBC School of Journalism in 2017 and now works as the senior content editor at OneFootball, a football media company in Berlin.
Masa Kanan, ’18
Researcher, Political Affairs Directorate, The Royal Hashemite Court