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.