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. 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/NominationChina's Generation Green2014Edward R. Murrow National Award for Best Online Video News SeriesSociety of Professional Journalists – Sigma Delta Chi Award for Non-Deadline Online ReportingCanadian Association of Journalists Award for Online MediaEdward R. Murrow Regional Award (International Region) Small Online News Organization Video SeriesCanadian Online Publishing Award – Best Interactive StoryCUT2013Edward R. Murrow Regional Award (International Region) Small Online News Organization Overall ExcellenceWebby Award - Green CategoryCanadian Online Publishing Award - Best Multimedia FeatureCanadian Online Publishing Award - Best Interactive StoryThe Pain Project2011Association of Health Care Journalists AwardCanadian Online Publishing Award - Best Multimedia Feature GoldCanadian Online Publishing Award - Best Online-Only Publication SilverCheap Shrimp: Hidden Costs2010Canadian Online Publishing Award - NominationOnline Journalism Award - Nomination Online Video Journalism, Small SiteGhana: Digital Dumping Ground2009Emmy Award - Outstanding Investigative JournalismEmmy Award - Nomination for Outstanding ResearchLivingston Award for Young Journalists - Nomination
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