Faculty, staff, & board
Current instructors (2024/2025)
Peter Klein is the director of the Global Reporting Program and a professor at the UBC School of Journalism, Writing, and Media. He was a producer with CBS News 60 Minutes, and has produced projects for many of the major American news programs, including Frontline, Nightline, 20/20 and 48 Hours. He has written for The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor and other newspapers. Peter has won 3 Emmys, 2 Sigma Delta Chis, numerous Edward R. Murrow, Online Journalism Award, Webby honors and several other top journalism awards.
Andrea Crossan is an award-winning journalist and educator. She’s reported in the U.S. and U.K. for a number of news organizations, including the BBC World Service, CBC, Associated Press, and NBC News. As a radio journalist, she produced and reported stories on gender rights around the globe, including traveling to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Uganda, South Africa, Pakistan, India, Brazil, and Kenya.
Crossan is the executive director of the Global Reporting Centre (GRC). She grew up in North Vancouver and is a proud member of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. In 2022, she was part of the production team for the CBC Vancouver’s award-winning podcast, Land Back, focusing on Indigenous land dispossession and reclamation. Crossan was also a 2022/2023 Asper Visiting Professor at UBC where she co-taught the Global Reporting Program, travelling with a cohort of fellows on a reporting trip to Cambodia.
Britney Dennison (on leave) is the executive editor of the Global Reporting Centre (GRC). Her work has won several awards including five Edward R. Murrow awards, an Online Journalism award, and a Canadian Association of Journalists award.
Her work has appeared in major media outlets, including NBC News, PBS NewsHour, Mother Jones, the PBS series FRONTLINE, the Toronto Star and more. Dennison is a sessional instructor for the Global Reporting Program where she has lead student fieldwork in a number of countries, including Cambodia, Peru, and Norway. Her work focuses on multi-media journalism, including video production, digital design, photography, and feature writing. Her work also specializes in community-engaged reporting. She produced the award-winning video series, Turning Points, for PBS NewsHour, which piloted the Centre’s new approach to reporting called ‘empowerment journalism.’
Past guest speakers
Olívia Zauli Fellows is a Brazilian journalist and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia
Anna Maria Tremonti was the founding host of CBC Radio’s flagship current affairs program The Current. Her latest podcast is Welcome to Paradise.
Philippe LeBillon is a Professor of Geography at University of British Columbia
Zoe Tabary is the Property Rights Editor at Thomson Reuters Foundation
Susie Saliola is the Education and Research Analyst at Esri Canada
Anusuya Datta is a journalist with special interest in satellite-guided journalism
Nate Halverson is an Emmy Award-winning producer for Reveal/Center for Investigative Reporting
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of seven books. She is Senior Correspondent for The Intercept
Toby McIntosh is a senior advisor for the Global Investigative Journalism Network’s Resource Center
Brian Jacobs is Senior Graphics Editor at National Geographic
Evan Thornberry is the GIS Librarian at the University of British Columbia Library
Jennifer LeFleur is the data editor at the Investigative Reporting Workshop at the School of Communication at American University
André Picard is a health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail
Past instructors
Kathryn Gretsinger, University of British Columbia
Dan McKinney, University of British Columbia
Bathseba Opini, University of British Columbia
Simon Donnor, University of British Columbia
Jiawen Zheng, Nanjing University
Kwabena Koranteng, Investigative journalist in Uganda
Wen Nainan, Nanjing University
Maria Paula Martinez Concha, Universidad de los Andes
Claire Ward, Vice News
Videsh Kapoor, University of British Columbia
Shayla Harris, Documentary filmmaker
Sarah Carter, CBS News
Trisha Doyle, Investigative journalist
Mikko Villi, University of Jyväskylä
Cynthia SohYoung Yoo, Kyung Hee University
Farah Nosh, Award-winning photojournalist
Saranaz Barforoush, University of British Columbia
Muna Khan, Centre for the Excellence in Journalism
Fred Kakooza, Makerere University
Dave Rummel, University of British Columbia
Kim Frank, Video editor
Sebastián Salamanca, Colombian lawyer and journalist
Meera Krishnamoorthy, Citizen Matters
Taylor Owen, University of British Columbia
Peter Herford, Shantou University
Patrick Pennefather, Centre for Digital Media
Alexander Altunyan, The International University in Moscow
Turo Uskali, University of Jyväskylä
Advisory board
Alison Lawton (Honourary Chair)
Muna Khan
Philippe le Billon
Sebastián Salamanca
Videsh Kapoor
Stuart Sutton-Jones
Melissa Chan
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Peter Klein