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A Bachelor of Journalism from @KwantlenU provides you with a wide range of skills that will prepare you for jobs in fields like journalism, public relations and strategic communications. Learn more: kpu.ca/arts/journalism
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Journalism and Communication Studies general scholarships! 🧵
Julia Townsend won the $1,500 Connect FM Journalism Fourth Year Scholarship and the $1,500 South Asian Business Association Endowed Award for Journalism.
Suneet Gill (@gillsuneet24) won the $1,500 Connect FM Journalism Third Year Scholarship and a $1,000 PIPS Tireless Runner Endowed Award.
Nyamat Singh (@NyamatSingh) won the $1,500 Connect FM Journalism Second Year Scholarship and a $1,000 PIPS Tireless Runner Endowed Award.
Congrats to KPU Journalism student Hope Lompe for winning one of this year's Jack Webster Student Journalism Awards!
So pleased to announce seven 2024 Student Journalism Award winners from @KPUJournalism, @TRUNewsroom, @UBCJournalism, @LangaraJSchool, @BCIT_Journalism. Read about them here jackwebster.com/wp-content/u…
.@claudiaaculley, Editor in Chief of @Runnermag interviewed by @simisara980 on CKNW about attempts to shut down the student newspaper: overcast.fm/+AABJtjp1U08/41:…
A group of KPU students is trying to shut down @Runnermag, KPU's student newspaper, and have all its articles about student government destroyed. runnermag.ca/2024/09/from-th…
KPU's 2024 journalism grads have hit the ground running, with many already working in the industry just months after graduation!
@An_AustinKelly has been hired as a Multimedia Journalist at the @QuesnelNews and @RayneeNovak is a Multimedia Journalist at the @CVRecord
.@abbyyluciano is working this summer for @CBCVancouver and @BolznerEmma has a summer job reporting for @BlackPressMedia in Surrey.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Journalism and Communication Studies department scholarships at @KwantlenU!
Kayla MacInnis (@kaylabythesea) is the winner of the $1,000 "Most Promising Journalist" KPU Endowed Journalism Award. 🧵
Claudia Culley (@claudiaaculley) won the $1,000 "Excellence in Storytelling" award for a story in @Runnermag about the discrimination faced by minority groups. runnermag.ca/2024/01/the-wra…
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Congrats to KPU Journalism grad Kyler Emerson (@AeKyler) for being recognized with the new journalist award at the Ma Murray community newspaper awards!
langleyadvancetimes.com/comm…
KPU Journalism students were sent out to practicums this Fall at a variety of news organizations and other host organizations including @georgiastraight @citynewsvan and @thetyee. Below are some examples of the great work they produced while learning on the job.
.@RayneeNovak was at @georgiastraight and wrote dozens of pieces for them during her practicum, including these two.
straight.com/moneen-vancouve…
straight.com/music/menzinger…
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Congratulations to @KPUJournalism students @kaylabythesea and @claudiaaculley, both winners of this year's $2,000 @JackWebsterFdn Student Journalism Awards! jackwebster.com/wp-content/u…
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Journalism and Communication Studies general scholarships! 🧵
.@abbyyluciano won the $1,000 Corus Radio Journalism Bursary, the $2,985 @SurreyNowLeader Endowed Scholarship and one of the $1,000 PIPS Tireless Runner Endowed awards. @NyamatSingh won the other $1,000 PIPS award.
Congrats Kier!
I’m very honoured to be a finalist for the 2023 @RTDNA_Canada Emerging Journalist Award…! Thanks to everyone who’s reached out with kind words and support <3
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Journalism and Communication Studies department scholarships at @KwantlenU! 🧵
Kyler Emerson (@AeKyler) is the winner of the $1,000 "Most Promising Journalist" KPU Endowed Journalism Award.
Ashley Pocrnich (@AshleyPocrnich) won the $1,000 "Excellence in Storytelling" award for an audio story on the high cost of car repairs. Ashley also won the $1,000 Warfield Radical Visionary Award, given in the memory of KPU instructor Katie Warfield, who passed away in 2021.
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Congrats to @JoelCMcKay, @KPUJournalism Class of 2009!
Joel McKay has been elected Chair of UNBC's Board of Governors.
A well-known advocate for northern B.C., the CEO @NorthernDevelop is a provincially appointed Board representative. McKay is also an incoming graduate student at UNBC!
Read more: www2.unbc.ca/newsroom/unbc-s…
#ThisIsUNBC
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Check out this story by KPU Journalism student Kayla MacInnis.
STORY: The Miami River is one of the Fraser Valley's most-overlooked, neglected waterways. But volunteers and scientists are doing their best to restore a key wetland waterway.
Was delightful to see @kaylabythesea work on this. Beautiful photographs.
fvcurrent.com/p/volunteers-m…
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Check out the cool work students in @KPUJournalism's JRNL 4270 Advanced Storytelling course did this semester: advancedjournal2023.wixsite.…
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KPU's Journalism program believes that journalism is stronger when it is produced by and includes the voices of people from a variety of different backgrounds and perspectives. To that end, we have adopted the following set of principles.
Are you a high-school student interested in Journalism, Public Relations and/or Graphic Design? Come join us for KPU CREATES, a special event including free pizza, on Jan. 17 from 3:30-5:30pm. kpu.ca/kpu-creates?_cldee=Bg…