Extra, Extra! News Pitches Coming in Hot 🔥

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News Pitches!

Hi friends! Here are the left over pitches from the first news meeting! Send me an email or Slack DM me if you're interested in a story! First come, first serve!

• Write about Tsmis, the CJSR podcast about Filipino diaspora and culture in Edmonton! They are currently working on their second season!

• U of A press wins publisher of the year!! A big deal if you're into publishing!

• U of A students start a program to bring groceries and prescriptions to seniors and immunocompromised people who cannot leave their homes during the pandemic!

• Interview campus recreation about how the gym and fitness classes (especially virtual fitness classes) are going to work

• Biologists show common sunscreen ingredients that leach off the skin while swimming, have detrimental effects on freshwater ecosystem! A cool research story!

• Profile the workspace 101 course offered by UAlberta Recreation! What is it about? What does it aim to do?

• 5 U of A profs names to the Royal Society of Canada!!! A super big honour! Would be wonderful to talk to at least one professor about their experience!

• Student research project used diamonds to provide insight to the earths carbon cycle

• U of a study shows Chinese Canadians experience racism during pandemic

• Donation of 50 EEG headsets to undergrad psych department! Would be interesting to learn how they plan to use them!

• The library is knitting a scarf as a data visualization project for COVID-19 cases

• U of A study finds a sizeable proportion of junior high school students whose first language is not English are falling behind in oral language and literacy skills

As always, you are also welcome to pitch a story to me!