News Section Pitches

News Section Pitches

October 16, 2019

Some News Section pitches! From book launches, mobile grocery stores, to how humans process compound words, take a news pitch.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the meeting yesterday. We will definitely have another meeting where just hang out sometime soon.

Here are some News Section pitches you can take if you are interested. Please let me know and I will give you the contact information for the interviews :)Additionally, if you have something YOU would like to PITCH ME, please feel free to send an email! I'd love to speak with you about it. 

Expert Commentary: Urban sustainability and if scooters have a role to play in it

Talk with U of A experts in the field and see if the newfound scooter craze actually helps urban sustainability or not!

New Book by U of A professor - Power Play: Professional Hockey and the Politics of Urban Development

Attend a book signing event and interview U of A professor in KSR and author Jay Scherer who will unveil his new book called Power Play: Professional Hockey and the Politics of Urban Development

 Loran Scholar Everett Horner of Barrie Ontario attends U of A 

From over 5,000 applicants, and among 88 finalists, Everett Horner of Barrie, Ontario, was selected as one of the 35 recipients from across Canada to become a 2019 Loran Scholar, receiving Canada’s largest and most comprehensive undergraduate merit-based award. Out of 25 partner universities, he chose to attend the University of Alberta this autumn.

Understanding how humans process compound words

Humans process compound words—like snowball—and words that look like compound words but aren’t—like carpet—in the same way, according to new research by University of Alberta scientists. And the results promise broad applications, from rehabilitation after stroke or brain injury to developing AI that understands how humans use language.

Mobile grocery store brings food at (or just above) cost to Edmonton communities

A U of A initiative is allowing people to access food and healthier options at a cheaper rate. It travels across communities throughout Edmonton and the surrounding area. Interview those who run it and see what the impact of the program is.

U of A alumna owned store celebrates 40 years

Two women who are UofA alumna, own and operate Edmonton’s oldest women and home decor consignment store. Interview the owners and get their story of what it takes to run a local business with a focus on sustainability

 

Enabling reconciliation or enabling colonialism? Lecture on Canadian politics

Either preview or cover the event after the fact. Lecture takes place October 17 from 3:30 to 5 pm.

Campus Crime Beat

Have a chance to make an addition to the long-standing tradition of Gateway coverage of nefarious activity at the U of A. Write a story with multiple briefs about incidents requiring UAPS, stolen property, potential hotboxing in a vehicle parked at the U of A, and more!