Announcements

Prof discusses 60 Minutes piece on Afghanistan

Peter Klein’s latest documentary with Lara Logan offered a rare look at the growing threat to US troops from combatants in Afghanistan.

Grad gets new CBC environment reporting post

Lisa Johnson (‘04), graduate of the UBC School of Journalism, has been named CBC News Vancouver’s environment reporter working across TV, radio and online.

Journalism profs among Vancouver’s top 20 web influencers

Professors from the UBC Graduate School of Journalism make up 10% of NowPublic’s MostPublic Index which identifies the web’s 20 most visible individuals in Vancouver.

Journalism school featured on CBC National

The UBC Graduate School of Journalism was featured in a report by CBC National on a debate between the candidates vying to represent downtown Vancouver in parliament.

The Future of News: Public forum Sept. 22

How Much Control Does the Public Have?

Canwest Visiting Professors announced

Two award-winning journalists join UBC Graduate School of Journalism as Canwest Visiting Professors to mark the School’s 10th anniversary

Election 2008: UBC Journalism School tracks social media

The 2008 federal election will be the first Canadian election in which new forms of journalism will play a role in the media coverage.

The School of Journalism has created NetPrimeMinister.ca to provide continual updates on the public conversation about the election, showing how candidates are being covered in social media from blogs to Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

UBC j-school students win 5 of 12 CIHR awards

UBC graduate journalism students have won five out of 12 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Communication Awards

Nature editor appointed Science Journalist in Residence

Nicola Jones, acting essays editor for the journal, Nature, has been named as the school’s first Science Journalist in Residence.

UBC j-school student wins national broadcast award

UBC J-school student Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra has won one of three prestigious national Broadcaster of the Future awards offered by Global Television.