{{Short description|Canadian news organization}} {{Infobox organization | logo = | type = | key_people = [[Peter W. Klein]], Founder and Chair of the Board<br> Andrea Crossan, Executive Director<br> Britney Dennison, Executive Editor | footnotes = | name = Global Reporting Centre | founded = 2016 | location = [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] | origins = | region_served = | focus = [[Investigative journalism]] | method = Non-profit | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = <10 | owner = | website = {{URL|http://www.globalreportingcentre.org}} | dissolved = }}
The '''Global Reporting Centre (GRC)''' is an independent news organization focused on innovating global journalism, based out of the [[University of British Columbia]] in [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada. Its model works by pairing scholars, leading journalists and news organizations to cover neglected stories around the world.<ref name="poynter">{{cite web|access-date=3 March 2017|url=https://www.poynter.org/2016/global-reporting-centre-a-new-nonprofit-wants-to-tell-the-worlds-biggest-untold-stories/419695/|title=Global Reporting Centre, a new nonprofit, wants to tell the world's biggest untold stories}}</ref>
Founded by [[Peter W. Klein]], it grew from the [[International Reporting Program]] (now called the Global Reporting Program) based at the [[University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism|University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Writing, and Media]].<ref>{{cite news|date=5 December 2014|last=Lederman|first=Marsha|access-date=6 July 2015|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/ubc-journalism-director-looks-to-philanthropy-to-fund-reporting-centre/article21980911/|title=UBC journalism director looks to philanthropy to fund reporting centre|newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>
==Projects== In 2018, the Global Reporting Centre received a $2.5 million grant from the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] of Canada for ‘Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains,’ a multi-year project bringing together researchers, journalists, students, and media broadcasters to investigate “corruption, labour abuses and environmental impact hidden within global supply chains.” <ref>{{cite web |title=A project on the dark side of supply chains |url=https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/society-societe/stories-histoires/story-histoire-eng.aspx?story_id=272 |website=Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref> The organization has also partnered with the [[Center for Investigative Reporting]] to report on a digital dumping ground in China.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=3 March 2017|url=https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/americas-digital-dumping-ground/|title=America's digital dumping ground}}</ref> In 2016, the Global Reporting Centre received funding from the [[Aga Khan Foundation]] to profile efforts to wipe out [[Rh Disease]] and explore it as a public health issue.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=3 March 2017|url=http://www.akfc.ca/en/get-involved/reporting-fellowship/meet-the-fellows|title=Aga Khan Foundation Canada}}</ref> The resulting story by Jennifer Yang was published in the Toronto Star.<ref>{{cite web |title=She was 'the woman who loses all the babies.' Then she learned what might have saved them |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/she-was-the-woman-who-loses-all-the-babies-then-she-learned-what-might-have/article_0abab3da-e723-5eef-9385-f9b14961f082.html |website=Toronto Star |publisher=Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
During the early stages of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the Global Reporting Centre partnered with the [[Associated Press]] and the PBS series [[Frontline (American TV program)|FRONTLINE]] to investigate the medical supply crisis as part of its work on global supply chains. That investigation led to a documentary, a series of articles, and an interactive explainer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Azpiri |first1=Jon |last2=Aylesworth |first2=Linda |title=New UBC documentary takes us into the heart of the PPE crisis in the U.S. |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7384177/ubc-documentary-us-ppe/ |website=Global News |publisher=Corus Entertainment |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref> The [[Pulitzer Center]] also created [https://pulitzercenter.org/lesson-plan-grouping/interactive-learning-opportunities-americas-medical-supply-crisis educational resources] based on the documentary.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interactive Learning Opportunities for "America's Medical Supply Crisis" |url=https://pulitzercenter.org/lesson-plan-grouping/interactive-learning-opportunities-americas-medical-supply-crisis |website=Pulitzer Center |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref> From 2021 to 2023, the Global Reporting Centre continued its reporting on supply chains, partnering with NBC News to produce a series about plastic production in Appalachia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rappleye |first1=Hannah |title=The new steel? Hope and fear as a new plastics factory rises in Appalachia |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-steel-hope-fear-new-plastics-factory-rises-appalachia-n1283830 |website=NBC News |publisher=Comcast |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sabados |first1=Katarina |last2=Kenzi |first2=Abou-Sabe |last3=Rappleye |first3=Hannah |title=Months after residents sound the alarm, Pennsylvania 'cracks' down on Shell plant |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pennsylvania-cracks-down-shell-plastics-cracker-plant-rcna82750 |website=NBC News |publisher=Comcast |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The House That Plastic Built |url=https://globalreportingcentre.org/plastics/ |website=Global Reporting Centre |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref> Shell agreed to pay $10 million for exceeding emissions limits during the launch of its [[Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex|Petrochemicals Complex]] in Beaver County, PA, weeks after NBC News and The Global Reporting Centre questioned Shell and the [[Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection]] as part of its investigation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Suttles |first1=Chrissy |title=Shell to pay $10 million for air violations and restart cracker plant production |url=https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/24/shell-to-pay-10-million-for-air-violations-and-restart-cracker-plant-production-beaver-county/70252674007/ |website=Beaver County Times |publisher=Calkins Media |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Frazier |first1=Reid |title=Shell's air pollution violations result in $10 million fine for Beaver County ethane cracker |url=https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2023/05/25/shells-air-pollution-violations-result-in-10-million-fine-for-beaver-county-ethane-cracker/ |website=StateImpact Pennsylvania |date=25 May 2023 |publisher=NPR |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rubinkam |first1=Michael |title=Shell agrees to pay $10 million for air pollution at massive new Pennsylvania petrochemical plant |url=https://apnews.com/article/shell-pennsylvania-ethane-cracker-plant-penalty-294a8b7a0677dfefc00a76e232c30bfa |website=AP News |date=24 May 2023 |publisher=The Associated Press |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bruggers |first1=James |title=Shell Agrees to Pay $10 Million After Permit Violations at its Giant New Plastics Plant in Pennsylvania |url=https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25052023/shell-agrees-to-pay-10-million-after-permit-violations-at-its-giant-new-plastics-plant-in-pennsylvania/#:~:text=Pennsylvania%20Gov.,than%20its%20state%20permits%20allow. |website=Inside Climate News |date=25 May 2023 |publisher=David Sassoon |access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>
The Global Reporting Centre has also supported cross-sector collaboration between academics and journalists by providing grants and other support under the ‘Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains’ project,<ref>{{Cite web |title=How a Canadian Reporting Lab Is Pioneering Academic-Journalist Collaboration |url=https://gijn.org/stories/how-a-canadian-reporting-lab-is-pioneering-academic-journalist-collaboration/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=gijn.org |language=en-US}}</ref> including funding projects like The Carbon Cage, a collaboration between journalist Duy Linh Tu and [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary’s University]] associate professor [[Kate Ervine]], published by [[Scientific American]]. The Carbon Cage won the 2023 Telly Award in Virtual Art Direction.<ref>https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2023/online/craft-virtual-art-direction/the-carbon-cage/288459/</ref> The Global Reporting Centre also funded a partnership between [[Toronto Star]] reporter Robert Cribb and Genevieve LeBaron, former [[University of Sheffield]] professor and current professor and director of the School of Public Policy at [[Simon Fraser University]]. That collaboration led to a 10-month investigation into how COVID-19 was impacting garment workers in South Asian and African countries; it garnered global coverage from the [[BBC]], [[Reuters]], and [[The New York Times]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio clip from BBC Sheffield at 2021-06-27 |url=https://eu.vocuspr.com/ViewNewsOnDemand.aspx?ArticleID=3545773_36334_179551270 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=eu.vocuspr.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Garment workers hit by COVID-19 rights rollback |url=https://news.trust.org/item/20210713224852-w6syu/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=news.trust.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/fashion/garment-workers-severance-pay-theft.html | title=Garment Workers Who Lost Jobs in Pandemic Still Wait for Severance Pay (Published 2021) | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=6 April 2021 }}</ref>
==External links== *[http://niemanreports.org/articles/fostering-a-grassroots-approach-to-international-reporting/ Nieman Reports, Harvard: Fostering a Grassroots Approach to International Reporting] *[https://www.poynter.org/2016/global-reporting-centre-a-new-nonprofit-wants-to-tell-the-worlds-biggest-untold-stories/419695/ Poynter: Global Reporting Centre, a new nonprofit, wants to tell the world’s biggest untold stories] *[http://mediashift.org/2016/07/journalists-academics-collaborating-its-paying-off-investigative-reports-canada/ MediaShift: Journalists and Academics Collaborating? It’s Paying Off for Investigative Reports in Canada] *[https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianrashid/2016/07/19/why-60-minutes-producers-are-leaving-to-start-their-own-non-profits/2/#425dc68b68ba Forbes: Why '60 Minutes' Producers Are Leaving To Start Their Own Non-Profits]
==Further reading== [[Center for Investigative Reporting]] <br> [[Investigative Journalism]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
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