Projects
Shaurya Kshatri
Latest project
Rice farmers pay the price for conservation in the Mekong Basin
2023
This series follows rice farmers from Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake downstream to the Delta in Vietnam where the Mekong River joins the South China Sea. Rice farming is a major industry and food source, but is under threat from a changing climate. As farmers face pressure to change how they farm in an effort to conserve the waterways, the lives and livelihoods of the small-scale farmers who fill the world’s rice bowl are being upended.
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- Cambodia
- Vietnam
- Awards
- COPA (Silver, Best Feature Article – Academic)
- COPA (Finalist, Best Video Content – Academic)
- One World (Longlist, Student)
Past projects
Yejin Jo
Growing older
2022
By 2050, it’s projected that over two billion people will be 60+ years old. Growing Older is an investigation into the challenges of an aging world — and the need to work across generations to find solutions.
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- South Korea
- Canada
- Finland
- Sweden
- Awards
- AHCJ (Winner, Student)
- SPJ (National Winner, Collaborative Journalism)
- CAJ (Finalist, Student Award of Excellence)
Amanda Follett Hosgood
‘Disaster land grabs’ worldwide and in British Columbia
2021
Amidst a crushing pandemic, a pipeline pushed through unceded territory. Experts say this fits a global pattern of power plays.
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- Canada
- Awards
- DPA (Honourable Mention, Best Feature Article (Long))
- Webster (Finalist, Excellence in Multimedia Journalism)
Fabian Fröhlich
Beyond school
2020
Through photo essays, Beyond School reveals how new curriculums and alternative teaching methods are transforming schools for students around the world — from language in Nepal, religion in Pakistan, inclusion in Kenya and culture in Norway.
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- Norway
- Nepal
- Kenya
- Pakistan
- USA
- Awards
- One World (Longlist, Student Award)
The fish you (don’t know you) eat
2019
Twenty-five percent of fish caught in the ocean don’t land on our plates. They’re churned into fishmeal, which is used to feed farmed fish. But what are the true costs of this process? We travelled to China, Peru and West Africa—key locations in the global fishmeal industry—to find out.
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- China
- Peru
- The Gambia
- Senegal
- Awards
- DPA (Winner, Best Digital Editorial Package)
- Emerge Media (Winner, Multimedia Production)
- CAJ (Finalist, Student Award of Excellence)
- OJA (Finalist, Pro-Am Student)
- One World (Special Mention, Student Award)
Stuck
2018
Stuck. follows the journeys of migrants throughout Turkey’s two-tiered immigration process, and shows the labyrinthine system than non-Syrians face as they try to start new lives in Europe.
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- Turkey
- Awards
- COPA (Gold, Best Article or Series)
- EPPY (Winner, Best College/University News Feature)
Surviving the city
2017
By 2050, two thirds of the people in the world will be living in cities. This dramatic influx is putting pressure on urban life, and raising critical questions for the people living through these challenges. We travelled to China, Colombia, and India to document how cities are handling education, crime, clean water, safe food and rapidly expanding industries.
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- China
- Colombia
- India
- Awards
- Edward R. Murrow (Regional Winner, Excellence in Writing)
- RTDNA Canada Network (Digital Media)
- COPA (Silver, Best Article/Series)
- One World Media (Nominated)
- OJA (Nominated, Pro-Am Student Award)
Hidden in plain sight
2016
In the past two decades, Chile has emerged as one of Latin America’s most prosperous nations. But beneath the surface of this success story, people are struggling to have their voices heard amid growing social tensions. Fellows travelled to Chile to investigate why some of the country’s most vulnerable people—migrants and people who are HIV positive—remain hidden in plain sight.
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- Chile
- Awards
- HR/CAJ (Nominated, Human Rights Reporting)
- DPA (Nominated, Digital Initiative)
Out of the shadows
2015
Mental illness is the leading cause of disability worldwide, but it remains one of the world’s most neglected diseases. We went to Togo, Benin, Jordan, and India to look at how some countries are addressing this major health challenge and coming up with creative solutions to bring mental illness out of the shadows.
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- Togo
- Benin
- Jordan
- India
- Awards
- Edward R. Murrow (Regional Winner, Video News Series)
- OJA (Winner, Pro-Am)
- DPA (Winner, Best Editorial Package)
- Webby (Honoree, Green Category)
- One World Media (Nominated, Short Film)
- CAJ (Nominated)
China’s generation green
2014
How can China manage its dangerous water, contaminated soil, mountains of waste, and disappearing biodiversity? This series, reported by fellows from UBC and Shantou University in China, is about the generation who are openly and actively fighting to change the trajectory of the country to avoid disaster.
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- China
- Awards
- Edward R. Murrow (National Winner, Best Online Video News Series)
- Edward R. Murrow Award (Regional Winner, Small Online News Video Series)
- COPA (Interactive Story)
- CAJ (Online Media))
- Sigma Delta Chi (Non-Deadline Reporting)
Cut: Investigating global logging
2013
Where do the wood and paper products in our home come from? Interpol estimates that up to 30% of our wood is illegally cut by poachers, organized criminals, and corrupt governments and businesses. We traveled to Indonesia, Russia and Cameroon, to investigate the criminal, environmental and social consequences of the illegal timber trade.
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- Indonesia
- Russia
- Cameroon
- Awards
- COPA (Best Video Feature)
- Webby (Honoree, Green Category)
- Edward R. Murrow (Regional Winner, Small Online News)
Beneath the boom
2012
In Brazil, economic and energy interests are clashing with environmental concerns; tensions are rising between indigenous people and ranchers, leading to violence and death. Fellows met with Guarani villagers and regional farmers in southwest Brazil to document murder, forced removals and land disputes that went unheard both within Brazil and around the world.
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- Brazil
The pain project
2011
Morphine is considered the gold standard for medical pain treatment, as it is simple and cheap to make and distribute. But around the world, many can’t access any, and are left to suffer. We investigated why this is, and discovered that bureaucratic hurdles and the global war on drugs are largely to blame.
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- Ukraine
- Uganda
- India
- Awards
- COPA (Video or Multimedia)
- COPA (Silver, Online Publication)
- Excellence in Healthcare Journalism (Silver)
Cheap shrimp, hidden costs
2010
Although once considered a delicacy, today shrimp is one of North America’s favourite cheap seafoods. But plunging shrimps prices come with hidden costs. We investigated the consequences to Thailand’s labourers, forests, and marine ecosystems.
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- Thailand
- Awards
- OJA (Nominated, Online Video)
Ghana: digital dumping ground
2009
The world is trashing old computers and phones at alarming rates, sending hundreds of millions of pounds of dangerous electronic waste to lower-income countries. We travelled to Ghana to learn about the consequences of our disposable culture, breaking a major story about data fraud in the process.
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- Ghana
- Awards
- Emmy (Investigative Journalism)
- Sigma Delta Chi (Best Documentary)
- Livingston Award for Young Journalists (Nominated)