Internship stories from New York to London
UBC graduate journalism students in places like Toronto, New York City, London and Jerusalem are getting first-hand reporting experience during their summer internships.
Students travel to Himalayas on video assignment
J-school student documentary makers Dan Haves and Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra report from a remote district in the Himalayas, where Dr. Videsh Kapoor from the UBC Medical School and her team of medical students have established a health care centre.
UBC students heading to D.C. for online news conference
Three students at the Graduate School of Journalism have won scholarships to serve in the Online News Association student newsroom during the annual conference in September.
Young to lead UBC J-School
Mary Lynn Young, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Journalism and former Globe & Mail national business columnist, has been named Director of the UBC Graduate School of Journalism. Young is one of the founding professors of the program, with an award-winning academic and prominent journalistic career.
Director Stephen Ward’s newest book published
Media Ethics Beyond Borders: A Global Perspective, a new book co-edited by UBC Professor and Director Stephen Ward and Professor Herman Wasserman of the University of Newcastle, U.K, will be available June 16, 2008. The book comprises 10 essays by international media ethicists on a global approach to media ethics in a global world. It […]
Prof Rob Cribb up for two top journalism awards
In quick succession, CanWest visiting professor Robert Cribb gained nominations from both the Canadian Association of Journalists and the Michener Awards for outstanding investigative journalism. Along with the Toronto Star’s Dale Brazao and Andrew Bailey, Cribb was nominated by the CAJ for the series “Dirty Little Secrets,” which exposed abuse in daycares. It took the […]
UBC sweeps EU student journalism awards
UBC students have won two out of three top European awards for budding journalists in Canada. Trevor D’Arcy ‘09 and Anna Olejarczyk ‘08 are Canadian winners of the 2008 European Union Young Journalist Award.
IDRC winner Munisha Tumato off to Nepal
UBC journalism graduate Munisha Tumato is the 2008 recipient of the International Research Development Award for International Development Journalism.
UBC student wins community newspaper award
The Graduate School of Journalism is pleased to announce that first-year M.J. candidate, Darren Fleet, is a winner of the B.C. Community Newspapers Association competition. He received the award on April 18. Darren has a BA in history from Simon Fraser University and has written and photographed for community newspapers in Langley and Whistler, BC. […]
BBC journalism adapts to changing attitudes on blogs
Prof Alfred Hermida presented his research into how the BBC has integrated blogging in its journalism at the International Online Journalism Symposium at the University of Texas, Austin.