I’m very pleased to announce that Eric Ulken, a former editor from the Los Angeles Times, is joining the UBC Graduate School of Journalism. Eric is coming as the Canwest Visiting Professor for 2009-2010. He spent four years at the LA Times as managing news editor for latimes.com and as editor of interactive technology. He is known in online journalism circles for developing new ways of collecting, organizing and presenting

We run a visiting professor scheme at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism and the deadline for applications is fast approaching. The aim of the scheme is to bring in professional journalists who are interested in coming to Vancouver to work with the students and teach a course in their area of specialty.  From the school website: The incumbent is expected to reside in Vancouver for the 3 1/2-month period

Just finished publishing a bunch of j-student work on Vancouver’s local elections at TheThunderbird.ca. This was the final big assignment for this term for the students at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism. There is a wealth of content on the race to be mayor of this beautiful city, the controversial $100m loan for the 2010 Winter Olympics and the debate over the future of the UBC Farm. The students