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So you want to be a journalist?

Use this form to apply to The Ubyssey's Contributing Journalist Program. This intake period, we're admitting people to News and Humour section.

The Contributing Journalist Program is our first level of volunteer participation. You can learn more about how it works here on our website.

If you have any questions about this application, please email Managing Editor Saumya Kamra and Deputy Managing Editor Spencer Izen at [email protected] and [email protected], respectively. We especially welcome and encourage applications from members of marginalized communities.

Your privacy is important to us. The information collected by us using this form will only be used by and disclosed to relevant editors to process your application. If you are selected, when we meet you in person, we'll ask to see your UBC Student Card to verify your identity, but we will not be collecting that information here. Artificial intelligence will not be used in processing your application in any way, and all decisions will be made by our team of real people.

Applications for this cohort of the CJP will close on November 23 at 5 p.m.

Thanks for your interest in joining our team!

— the 107th Editorial Board of The Ubyssey

What is your full name?

What is your preferred name?

What pronouns do you use?

What is your email address?

How long have you attended UBC for?

What are you studying or intending to study?

Which sections or departments are you interested in joining? Please indicate any order of preferences, if applicable.

Tell us about why you are interested in joining The Ubyssey.

Please tell us about any experiences that might be relevant to doing journalism with The Ubyssey. Be sure to tell us why these are relevant, too.

Tell us about yourself as a news/media reader, listener, or watcher. How do you encounter news related to the sections you are interested in specializing in?

You can either share a previous work sample that is relevant to your sections of interest, or create a pitch or create a photograph/illustration that demonstrates your skills. Which would you like to do?