International Reporting Program
The International Reporting Program (IRP) is a program at the University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, which gives students the opportunity to research and report under-covered stories from around the world. These student projects are featured on major news outlets including The New York Times, PBS, Al Jazeera, CBS, Global and The Globe and Mail.[1] The 2009 investigation into electronic waste won an Emmy Award.[2] The IRP was created by professor Peter Klein with the help of a $1 million donation from Alison Lawton and the Mindset Social Innovation Foundation.
Projects
The IRP’s first project, “Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground," in 2009 was an investigation into the international electronics waste trade.[3] The resulting PBS Frontline/WORLD documentary, “Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground,” won the 2010 Emmy for Best Investigative Magazine Story.[4]
In 2009-10, the class partnered with The Globe and Mail to investigate Thailand’s shrimp agriculture industry.[5] It was nominated for the prestigious 2011 Online Journalism Award.[6]
In 2010-11, “The Pain Project” was produced by IRP students and faculty after they travelled to Ukraine, India and Uganda to report on the lack of access to painkillers such as morphine.[7] Pieces from this investigation were featured in documentaries produced in partnership with CBS Sunday Morning, Global 16x9, and Al Jazeera People and Power. The Al Jazeera documentary won second place in the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism.[8]
The IRP's 2011-12 class produced “Beneath the Boom: The Price of Progress in Brazil,” which explores how Brazil’s economic and energy interests clash with efforts to protect the environment and preserve aboriginal land. They partnered with The New York Times to produce two short documentaries, “Dying for Land” and “Damming the Amazon.”[9] [10]
Awards
| Project | Project Year | Award/Nomination |
| China's Generation Green | 2014 | Edward R. Murrow National Award for Best Online Video News Series |
| Society of Professional Journalists – Sigma Delta Chi Award for Non-Deadline Online Reporting | ||
| Canadian Association of Journalists Award for Online Media | ||
| Edward R. Murrow Regional Award (International Region) Small Online News Organization Video Series | ||
| Canadian Online Publishing Award – Best Interactive Story | ||
| CUT | 2013 | Edward R. Murrow Regional Award (International Region) Small Online News Organization Overall Excellence |
| Webby Award - Green Category | ||
| Canadian Online Publishing Award - Best Multimedia Feature | ||
| Canadian Online Publishing Award - Best Interactive Story | ||
| The Pain Project | 2011 | Association of Health Care Journalists Award |
| Canadian Online Publishing Award - Best Multimedia Feature Gold | ||
| Canadian Online Publishing Award - Best Online-Only Publication Silver | ||
| Cheap Shrimp: Hidden Costs | 2010 | Canadian Online Publishing Award - Nomination |
| Online Journalism Award - Nomination Online Video Journalism, Small Site | ||
| Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground | 2009 | Emmy Award - Outstanding Investigative Journalism |
| Emmy Award - Nomination for Outstanding Research | ||
| Livingston Award for Young Journalists - Nomination |
References
- ^ "International Reporting Program". Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "UBC student documentary wins Emmy". CBC. September 28, 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground". PBS Frontline/World. June 23, 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ Morrow, Adrian (August 23, 2012). "Documentary by UBC journalism students wins Emmy". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ UBC School of Journalism (November 21, 2010). "The high environmental cost of global shrimp". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "UBC journalism shrimp project nominated for 2011 Online Journalism Award". University of British Columbia Public Affairs. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Freedom From Pain". Al Jazeera. July 20, 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "The Pain Project wins second place in 2011 AHCJ awards". University of British Columbia Public Affairs. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ UBC School of Journalism (May 12, 2012). "Damming the Amazon". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ Nursall, Kim (July 20, 2012). "Arrests in Brazil follow UBC students' report on activist's murder". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 16 January 2013.