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About the GRC

Global
journalism,
done
differently.

We are an editorially independent journalism organization working to reimagine global reporting. Here’s how we work.

In numbers

  • 🏆 41 awards and nominations
  • 🌏 21 active contributing journalists
  • 🎓 220+ graduate students trained through hands-on global journalism

Recent Highlight

✨ We’ve been recognized with a 2024 Anthem Award for our Empowerment Journalism guide.

The latest

State of Play: Summer Games

The Olympics are meant to welcome the world, but who are they really for? Meet the people who are moved out, pushed out, and priced out in the name of sports. From the GRC and PRX, all episodes are out now.

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Soccer fans gather outside BMO Stadium near downtown Los Angeles ahead of a game. The city is set to host the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. Photo: Jesse Winter

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Al Jazeera English
Toronto Star
Mongabay

  • FEATURES / DOCUMENTARY

    Al Jazeera English

    France’s Olympic Gamble

    For the latest project of the Global Reporting Program (GRP), students travelled to Paris ahead of the 2024 Summer Games to investigate some of the impacts of hosting the Olympics. The result of that work is a 25-minute documentary for Al Jazeera’s People & Power.

    The GRP is a graduate-level course at UBC that brings students together to produce ambitious global reporting projects. Learn more about the GRP.

    Watch now
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    People protesting the Olympics in Paris with multi-coloured smoke and signs.
    PARIS, FRANCE The anti-Olympic protest group, “Revers de la Médaille,” have been staging protests at Paris landmarks across the city to voice opposition to the upcoming games. They gathered at Sacré Cœur church in Montmartre, Paris on December 15, 2023. Photo by Bhagyashree Chatterjee.

  • Resources / Guide

    Empowerment Journalism Guide

    An award-winning online reporting guide of best practices, advice, and guidance for reporting with and in communities. This guide includes insights from 21 professionals, including Peabody, Academy, and Emmy award-winning filmmakers, as well as newsroom leaders, editors, community reporters, and authors.

    You’ll find practical advice on building trust and partnerships, consent, crediting, accountability and more.

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    Photo: Britney Dennison

…the Global Reporting Centre peels back that false narrative that things are just happening in one country. And allows journalists and students to collaborate on really big stories that can make a really big difference.”

—Martha Mendoza, AP News

It is really an opportunity for journalists to come together as opposed to just working in our silos.”

—Duy Linh Tu, Columbia Journalism School

Their merging of academics with journalists is a fascinating new way to explore in-depth topics that are complicated and span the globe.”

—Robert Cribb, Toronto Star

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