Alum scores accolade for WolfPack coverage June 30, 2025
By Brandi Thring University athletics often highlight scores and stats and winning streaks — but award-winning reporter and TRU alum Marty Hastings (BJour ’09) has…
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Journalism students explore personal stories of climate disaster survival March 25, 2025
KAMLOOPS — Last fall, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) assistant professor Jennifer Chrumka’s digital journalism class took on a project telling stories of surviving climate disaster…
Bringing history to life one story at a time January 31, 2025
By Brandi Thring History is not confined to textbooks. It exists in the memories of those who lived it. For Mark Zuehlke — an author,…
Castanet | Well-known author, journalist to give free lecture on geoengineering and climate change January 27, 2025
Gwynne Dyer, author of Intervention Earth, breaks down the climate crisis at the Science Revealed Dean's Lecture at TRU on Feb. 19. “It’s a wonderful…
Global News | Open by Default w/Matt Malone March 22, 2024
Law faculty member Matt Malone speaks with A Little More Conversation host Ben O'Hara-Byrne about Open by Default, a tool he hopes will be used to…
CBC Kamloops | Open By Default documents March 6, 2024
For the first time, over 20,000 internal government documents are now accessible to the public. Law faculty member Matt Malone is spearheading the project and…
Investigatove Journalism Foundation | The IJF launches ‘Open By Default,’ a new database of internal government documents never before made public March 5, 2024
Open by Default, a repository of internal government records released under federal access legislation, is now freely available to promote government transparency. The brainchild of…
CBC Kamloops | TRU journalism students November 15, 2023
Daybreak Kamloops' Shelley Joyce wants to know where TRU journalism students get their news, when was the last time they opened a real newspaper or…
Kamloops This Week | KTW readers say goodbye to their community newspaper October 25, 2023
Kamloops This Week published its final print edition on Oct. 25, 2023. In that paper, readers, including TRU President Brett Fairbairn, filled the pages with…
CBC Kamloops | KTW's final edition October 25, 2023
TRU alum Jessica Wallace speaks with Daybreak Kamloops about being an intern at Kamloops This Week and what the paper has meant to her. Story begins…
Journalism alum is finalist for esteemed Michener Award May 3, 2022
Jessica Wallace is becoming one of the most decorated journalists to ever graduate from TRU’s journalism program. Wallace (BJour ‘12) has received her third award…
Researchers awarded Insight Development Grants January 12, 2022
Three TRU researchers have received more than $170,000 through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants program. The program supports research…
Castanet | What does the movie cameo say about our culture? November 3, 2020
TRU faculty member Joceline Andersen has published a book looking at the role of cameos in film. She's also giving an online Tap Into Research…
Radio NL | Charles Hays on journalists being targetted June 2, 2020
TRU Journalism faculty member Charles Hays talks with Radio NL about the role the media plays when it comes to reporting on facts on protests…
Egyptian student gets prime minister's attention January 16, 2019
Time was tight last week as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was speared with pointed questions from the public and journalists during his stop at…
Communications instructor develops open textbook April 4, 2018
A few years ago, Journalism, Communication and New Media faculty member Shannon Smyrl saw an opportunity. Feeling constrained by the lack of an open, flexible…
Hunter finds success in writing contest September 14, 2017
The term jack of all trades shouldn't be thrown around loosely, but when it comes to TRU alumna Sadie Hunter, that's exactly what she is.…
The whole equation July 27, 2017
After having completed a semester in Manchester, England, Martin McFarlane, a fourth year Bachelor of Journalism, Public Relations Major says that dropping yourself into a…
Powers of storytelling October 24, 2016
The stories of others can have special powers. They have the power to educate, strengthen community relations, entertain, inspire us to action, heal and introduce…
Law alum gold medalist interviews students September 13, 2016
The top student from the first graduating TRU Law class of 2014 paid a visit to campus Monday to meet TRU Law students, but not…
