Posts Tagged ‘UBC Graduate School of Journalism’
Apr. 23, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: Aboriginal, CBC, Duncun McCue, Ernie Crey, health, health care, Journalism, Peter Klein, Reporting in Indigenous Communities, UBC Graduate School of Journalism
An innovative UBC Graduate School of Journalism project provides a hard-hitting look into efforts by Aboriginal communities to address such major health and social issues as suicide, sexual abuse, diabetes and the survival of traditional languages.
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Sep. 19, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, News Tip | Tags: Education, health care, International Reporting, Journalism, medicine, morphine, pain, studentlife, UBC Graduate School of Journalism
In advance of a United Nations conference today on the global challenges of treating cancer and other diseases, the UBC Graduate School of Journalism has launched an ambitious multimedia site, The Pain Project, which documents one of the greatest challenges to treating chronic illnesses: severely constrained access to morphine.
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May. 18, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: arts, business, Emmy Awards, International Reporting, Journalism, news media, UBC Graduate School of Journalism
Three-time Emmy winner Peter W. Klein will take the helm of the University of British Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism as Acting Director, starting on July 1, 2011.
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May. 11, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: business, Canadian Media Research Consortium, facebook, Journalism, news, research, social media, twitter, UBC Graduate School of Journalism
The increased competition for attention in the digital era has not eroded public confidence in the mainstream news media, according to a study by researchers from UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism.
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May. 8, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, News Tip | Tags: #FreeDorothy, Al-Jazeera, alumni, arts, business, Dorothy Parvas, International Reporting, Peter Klein, politics, Syria, UBC Graduate School of Journalism
The UBC Graduate School of Journalism is calling for the release of reporter Dorothy Parvaz, who is being held in Syria.
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Apr. 27, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: Alfred Hermida, business, Canadian mediasphere, Journalism, news, social media, UBC Graduate School of Journalism
A new study finds nearly 60 per cent of Canadians – the equivalent of more than 15 million people – regularly visit social networking websites, with the majority of users saying social media exposes them to a broader range of news and information than traditional media.
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Apr. 12, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: business, Canadian mediasphere, Donna Logan, Journalism, online habits, paywalls, The New York Times, UBC Graduate School of Journalism
Less than a month into The New York Times’ Canadian trial run of charging for online content, a survey by UBC researchers suggests that the majority of Canadians are unwilling to pay for news online, especially if free alternatives exist.
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Mar. 24, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Alison Beale, business, executives, inequality, Journalism, management, Mary Lynn Young, media, news, reporters, UBC Graduate School of Journalism, women
Canadian women journalists hit the glass ceiling in senior management despite making gains that reach or exceed parity at most other levels, according to a International Women’s Media Foundation global report co-authored by UBC Prof. Mary Lynn Young.
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