Journalism school featured on CBC National



The UBC Graduate School of Journalism was featured in a report by CBC National on Thursday, September 25th.

CBC National reported on comments by NDP candidate Michael Byers calling for the tar sands to be shut down, during a debate between Vancouver candidates at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism

The debate between the four candidates competing for the Vancouver-Centre riding — Hedy Fry (Liberal incumbent), Lorne Mayencourt (Conservative), Adriane Carr (Green Party) and Michael Byers (NDP) — was a class assignment for first-year journalism students.

The debate was filmed by CBC National and live blogged by journalism student Erin Empey.

The full debate is available as audio on TheThunderbird.ca, as well as a podcast from the UBC Graduate School of Journalism on iTunes U.



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