If you haven’t noticed, KelownaNow has published a few articles over the last few months that were written by very talented UBCO students.
These students are in the university’s new Economics and the Media course, which was created through a partnership with KelownaNow.
Teaching the course is Julien Picault, who has seen a noticeable improvement over the four-month duration of the course.
“I am seeing an improvement in the students in terms of the writing,” he said. “I think that having a course in writing and writing media is very interesting and what we need.”
“It's an addition for (the students) and I think we have (had) multiple papers at the end (of the term) that you have published, which shows that students have reacted and improved along the term.”
He calls the difference between stories written in January and April as “day and night,” and we have to say, we agree.
For the final term project, students were free to cover a Kelowna related story that they felt had an important impact on the city.
Here’s what a few of them came up with:
UBC Okanagan Faces a Housing Shortage on Campus
When a University Comes to Town
Earn Extra Cash this Summer by taking Advantage of the Kelowna Rental Market
Wildfire Impacts Give Little to Wine About
Kelowna Gospel Mission Embodies Team Work
What Causes Homelessness in the Okanagan?
UBCO and Kelowna’s Diverse Connection
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