Defeat the midterm slump with Ubyssey Features 🫡

Features is the home of profiles, investigations and longform at The Ubyssey.

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Ubyssey Features & Iman Janmohamed
October 24, 2023

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Midterms got you down? Procrastinate them by writing for features!

Some small announcements before we get to the pitches:

  • The week’s features meeting will happen on Friday from 3–4 p.m. in the Ubyssey office. This week, we’ll discuss this article about gamers and speedrunning.

  • The Ubyssey’s annual magazine is hiring! Looking to get some editing experience? Thinking of running for editorial next year? Mag is a great place to start — many past and present editors (including yours truly) started with editing mag. Learn more here. Questions? Email Lauren and Elena, the magazine editors-in-chief at [email protected].

  • The annual Ubyssey retreat on Pender Island is happening from November 2–5! Pender is a great way to make friends at the paper, whether you contribute every day or once a year. Learn more here.

Make sure to join the Ubyssey Discord for paper-wide updates, and join the features Facebook group for last-minute pitches and meeting updates!

In the meantime, if you have a longform pitch or want to chat, you can reply to this email, message me on Discord or email me at [email protected].

1) If you're a first-time writer, let me know in your email.
2) Rank the pitches you’d like to take.
3) After you take a pitch, I’ll send you an email to ensure you have all the information you need before you get to work!
3) Be mindful of potential conflicts of interest. If you aren't sure, ask!
4) Tell me before the deadline if you can't complete a story in time. A really cool guy (me) once said that communication between writers and editors ensure a smooth pitch-to-publish process for everyone!

Our Campus: Jasper Sloan Yip

Jasper is the station manager at CiTR. Talk to him about his time at CiTR, how he got into radio, what his day-to-day looks like as station manager and why community radio matters.

1000 words by November 10.

Our Campus: Dr. Agnes d’Entremont

Dr. d’Entremont is a UBC engineering professor who is teaching APSC 366, an applied science course for non-engineers. Talk to her about this class, her interest in pedagogy and why it’s important for non-engineers to know what an engineer does.

1000 words by November 10.

Our Campus: Dr. Barbara Arneil

Dr. Arneil is a UBC political science professor who was recently appointed to the Order of Canada. Talk to her about her appointment, her research in feminism and politics and how she got to where she is today.

1000 words by November 20.

Naloxone training on campus

A couple of years ago, we published this article about naloxone training at UBC. Write a follow-up feature to see if training has become more accessible on campus and which campus groups are making this happen.

2000 words by November 20.