International Reporting Program

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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 and develop innovative ways of covering these issues. Student projects are featured on major news outlets including The New York Times , PBS , Al Jazeera , CBS , Global, Vice News and The Globe and Mail . [1] Past project have won some of the top media awards, including the Emmy for Best Investigation, two Sigma Delta Chi Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, four Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, two Webby honors, the Digital Publishing Award, an American Health Care Journalism Award, numerous Canadian Online Publishing Awards and several "Online News Association" nominations.

Past projects have taken students to China, India, Indonesia, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Cameroon, Chile, Brazil, Thailand, Ukraine, Russia and Jordan.

The program was created by professor Peter Klein with the help of a $1 million donation from Alison Lawton and the Mindset Social Innovation Foundation.

Awards

ProjectProject YearAward/Nomination
China's Generation Green2014Edward 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
CUT2013Edward 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 Project2011Association 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 Costs2010Canadian Online Publishing Award - Nomination
Online Journalism Award - Nomination Online Video Journalism, Small Site
Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground2009Emmy Award - Outstanding Investigative Journalism
Emmy Award - Nomination for Outstanding Research
Livingston Award for Young Journalists - Nomination

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References

  1. "International Reporting Program" . Retrieved 19 January 2013.