News Pitches (Jan 5)

News Pitches! 🗞

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Hey everybody — Areeha here!I hope you are doing well and are ready for classes to start in a few days! This break went by so quickly, but I hope you took time to rest and relax during it! Here are News pitches for the week! Let me know if you're interested in any of them! 

  • On January 13 there is a Brown Bag Lunch Reading with U of A’s Writer-in-Residence @UAlberta, Ifeoma Chinwuba! Introduced by Jumoke Verissimo, Ifeoma will read and answer questions via Zoom, from 12 to 1 p.m. MST. 

  • A U of A study shows a Western lifestyle may limit the diversity of bacteria in the gut. Interview the senior author of this study! 

  • Interview U of A students from a variety of faculties on how the start of the semester, especially with online courses, is looking like for them!

  • A U of A professor on Twitter has voiced a lack of resources provided to professors to prepare for online courses. Interview her on this! 

  • A team of U of A researchers focused on aging Albertans has found that urinary incontinence could be a contributing factor in falls among older adults.

  • UDesi, the U of A Pakistani Students’ Association, and the U of A Bollywood Dance Club are holding a mock South Asian inspired wedding on January 22nd! Interview them on this event! 

As always feel free to pitch me a story idea! Reach me at [email protected] or at Slack with any questions or concerns.Have a great week and happy start to the Winter semester! 

Cheers, Areeha