Two teams of UBC Graduate School of Journalism students won the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPAs), the country’s highest award in online journalism for multimedia documentaries. The students, all fellows of the school’s International Reporting Program (IRP), traveled around the world reporting on under-covered global issues, and returned with powerful stories that have received international attention.
CUT, a year-long reporting project about the environmental and social costs of illegal logging, won the gold award for the best video or multimedia feature in the green category, beating out major news organizations like the Toronto Star, La Presse and the Canadian Press. The Pain Project, a series of stories on patients suffering without proper access to morphine, won the gold award for the best video or multimedia feature in the blue category, as well as the silver award in the best overall online-only publication website category.
The three awards represent a new record for the School of Journalism. The j-school won one award in 2012 and two in 2011. For more information, click here.
