International Reporting Program

Megan Devlin

Megan Devlin is a multimedia journalist from Toronto who’s currently based in Vancouver. She got her start at the Western Gazette and rabble.ca while working toward her undergraduate degree in communications and biology. Now in her second year at UBC’s Graduate School of Journalism, she finds she’s naturally drawn to reporting stories about health and social justice. Her work has appeared in Vice, the Tyee, J-Source and CBC.ca. Most recently, she interned at the CBC bureau in London, U.K. where she covered the Brexit vote. In addition to storytelling, she loves hiking and skiing Vancouver’s mountains.

Rohit Joseph

Rohit Joseph is a multimedia journalist born in New Delhi and raised in Vancouver. He fell in love with the craft when he stepped into the on-air studio of UBC’s campus radio station, CiTR 101.9FM, back in 2012. He is genuinely interested in telling an eclectic range of stories, from international politics to Vancouver’s local hip hop scene. Rohit has worked with Global National, CBC’s q and News Now. In his spare time, he likes to make music with his band Class Act.

Emilie Rauschuetz

Emilie Rauschuetz is a multimedia journalist and filmmaker in global reporting. Originally from Austria, Emilie has lived in the US, UK, Switzerland and Canada. She combines her passion for people and storytelling by using language, photography and videography. She holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Sussex, in England, and has a background in politics as well as sports. She has worked at the European Parliament, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and most recently with RINGIER, a Swiss media company. Emilie loves travelling and is particularly passionate about women’s, LGBTQ and children’s rights.

Stefan Labbe

Stefan Labbé is a Vancouver-based journalist whose work has been featured in The Globe and Mail, OpenCanada and the CBC. He has covered a little bit of everything, from indigenous sexuality to international security. As a graduate student at the UBC School of Journalism, he is currently reporting a feature length documentary and is a fellow with the International Reporting Program. When he’s not over-reporting, Stefan enjoys rock climbing in the sun and camping in the rain.

Peggy Lam

Peggy is a multimedia journalist, specializing in culture and race relations. She previously worked and interned at The Source newspaper, CKNW radio, Global National, CBC Vancouver, and the CBC’s The Current. Peggy also produced a video documentary called The Largest Deposit. The film documents her journey to the Alberta oil sands and examines the industry’s impact on the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations. She was the recipient of the Jack Webster Student Journalism Award in 2015, and holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours in human geography.

Sophie Woodrooffe

Sophie Woodrooffe is a freelance multimedia journalist currently reporting on Indigenous politics and culture. Her work has appeared in local and international outlets, including the CBC, The Globe and Mail and The Jakarta Post. She has an M.A. in Philosophy and is a damn fine cook. Follow her @dswdrff.

Jaione Belza-Guede

Jaione Belza Guede is an international multimedia journalist specialized in documentary production. Jaione is passionate about giving a voice to women and minorities by shining light on pressing social issues. Her latest documentary on a transgender teenager has been nominated for the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. Born in Colombia and raised in Spain and France, she moved to England to pursue her undergraduate degree in Linguistics and Literature. She has worked and travelled around the world. In Europe, she has worked for swissinfo.ch, the international service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, as well as Instituto Cervantes, as a researcher and translator. She currently works with Vancouver Whitecaps FC. When she is not playing soccer, you can find her taking pictures, reading or planning her next trip.

John Woodside

John Woodside is a journalist interested in international relations, civil liberties and just about everything else you shouldn’t discuss at parties. Born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario he now finds himself in Vancouver where he is completing a Master of Journalism at the University of British Columbia. This past summer he interned with CBC’s the fifth estate and worked with OpenCanada to cover American politics and cyber issues. Current projects include a historical look at the surveillance of vulnerable communities, and a documentary about the Hell’s Angels.

Cherise Seucharan

Cherise Seucharan is a multimedia journalist from Toronto, now residing in Vancouver.
She holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Toronto, and was involved in international development, but became disillusioned after doing field work in Kenya. After graduating she spent a few years doing academic research and digital communications, before finally pursuing her dream of journalism at UBC. She is most passionate about journalism as a tool of policy change toward a more just society, covering stories about economic inequality, race and disability. She has contributed CBC Investigates, The Tyee, Huffington Post Canada, New Canadian Media, and Toronto Media Co-op.

Alexander Villegas

Alexander Villegas is a freelance journalist and photographer currently focusing on underreported coastal stories across Latin America. Alexander grew up in Costa Rica and got his BA in journalism from the University of Connecticut in 2011. Alexander spent the next few years reporting on poker tournaments throughout Latin America, Asia and Europe before joining the University of British Columbia’s School of Journalism in 2015. Alexander’s work has been featured in several poker publications, The Tyee, CBC and Semanario Universidad. If Alexander isn’t on the coast, he might be on the back of a motorcycle with no real destination in mind.

Akshatha M

Akshatha M is a Bangalore (India) based journalist, currently working as Staff Reporter at Citizen Matters online magazine. She reports on wide range of urban issues including environment, transport, education and health. She likes to track the lives of common people and present their stories on how they fight back amidst adversities. Previously, she has worked at Deccan Herald, a newspaper published from Karnataka state (India). She was posted in Mangalore, a coastal city, where she used to report on semi-urban issues. Her stories have also been published in Indiatogether.org. She is a post graduate in Mass Communication and Journalism. When she is not at work, she is either traveling or searching for another place to travel.

Prabhu Mallikarjunan

Prabhu Mallikarjunan is a Bangalore (India) based freelance journalist who has reported on gender issues, politics, rural affairs and e-commerce business . As a reporter, he’s interested in data-journalism initiatives. His works have been published in India’s leading newspapers like the Financial Express, Mint and the New Indian Express. Some of his data related stories have also been published in online news portals like Indiatogether.org and Indiaspend.com. He holds a post graduate degree in print journalism from Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, Bangalore. He’s also an avid traveler and photographer.

Romita Majumdar

Romita Majumdar is a postgraduate diploma student of print journalism at IIJNM, Bangalore, India. After graduating in software engineering she spent a few years working as an IT consultant in the banking sector. She decided to go back to school and pursue journalism as it had always been her passion. She hopes to challenge the way people understand and react to news. Her topics of interest include child development, education, mental health and anthropology. In her free time she’s usually attending story-telling sessions and exploring museums.

Arunava Bannerjee

Yuan Yuan

Yuan Yuan is a first-year Master of journalism and communication student at Nanjing University. He comes from a small village in Henan Province, which is located in the central part of China. Yuan majored in radio and television journalism when he was an undergraduate. In 2015, he went to Northwestern University to study Integrated Marketing Communications for a month. During Yuan’s undergraduate stage, he also worked in Henan People’s Radio Station and NUS (Suzhou) Research Institute as an intern. Yuan enjoys traveling in different cities. He also has interest in photography and documentary.

Kunyuan Huang

Kunyuan Huang is a first-year master student at Nanjing University of Journalism and Communication. During the past four years, Huang has interned at Guangzhou Daily Paper, Beijing Enlight Media, Tencent News and Shantou TV. She has published 66 reports on Guangzhou Daily including some investigative reports focusing on water pollution and food safety. She is interested in international reporting, and dreams to be a foreign correspondent.

Wenjuan Xu

Wenjuan Xu is a second-year graduate student in Journalism & Communication at Nanjing University, China. In 2015, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in the same major from Soochow University. As an undergraduate, she spent a lot of time operating Jingshen Studio, a student club dedicated to shooting original micro film. Wenjuan has previously been a marketing intern at Vanke Co. and Suzhou Industrial Park Biotech Development Co. She specializes in shooting and editing video.

Liu Huilan

Liu Huilan is a graduate student at Nanjing University’s School of Journalism. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Central South University. Huilan follows international reporting focused on ecological environment protection and human rights issues. She has experience interning at a local newspaper and TV station, which inspired her to learn more about reporting.

Maria Camila Agudelo

Maria Camila Agudelo is a first year journalism masters student at Universidad de los Andes. She’s originally from Medellin, Colombia, where she earned a degree in law. She currently works for the National Business Association of Colombia, a non-profit organization of major Colombian business leaders that lobbies for policy changes, promotes Colombian business interests, and presents a united front for dealings with the international business community, non-governmental organizations in Colombia, and the Colombian government itself. She is interested in reporting, writing, radio and audio and video production.

Efraín Rincón

Efraín Rincón is from Bogotá, Colombia. He holds an undergraduate degree in Biology from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). Right now he is in his first-year Master of Journalism student at the same University. As a biologist, he is passionate about botany and ecology, and has experience in the educational field. As journalist, he wants to specialize in science and environmental outreach. He believes in the educational value of journalism and its power to encourage people to be more conscious of our planet. He loves traveling, music and improvisational theatre.