Kimiya Sho

Multimedia Journalist

Vancouver, Canada

Portfolio

Kimiya Sho

Multimedia Journalist

Vancouver, Canada

Portfolio

Historic Ackery’s Alley to get vibrant 21st-century update
The team of designers, forward thinkers and innovative business people that brought Vancouver the famed pink and yellow alleyway between Seymour and Granville Street are now returning for more – and looking to prompt the city to do the same. “Want the rules changed? Change the rules,” says Mark Busse, director of TILT Curiosity Labs.
The Westender
Queer Arts Festivalthrough an indigenous lens
“It can be really difficult for people to communicate with words, considering language barriers, but also education and class barriers,” says John, whose work plays a central role at this year’s Queer Arts Festival.
The Westender
Soccer Diplomacy at the FIFA World Cup: Cross-Cultural Relations Redefined on the Pitch
Steven Beitashour had only ever been to Iran twice as a child when he boarded a plane to Tehran as a 26-year-old to play soccer.
USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Afro-Canadian students U.S.-bound for election
Afro-Canadian club with a first look into the U.S. presidential election in early November.
Vancouver Sun
Video Postcards from Rio
Highlights from day 3 at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Olympic Channel
Young BC hockey player looks back at medal finish at Youth Olympics
Article content One week after winning Bronze for Canada at the inaugural winter Youth Olympic Games, Joseph Hicketts looks back on the experience, on being team captain, and on donning the team Canada jersey. Article content For most hockey players, the
theprovince
Young Canadian becomes first woman to ski jump at an Olympic Games
Article content INNSBRUCK – If women ski jumpers had their way, 2010 would have been the year their sport made the Olympics. Article content It didn’t. The sport has, however, since made the program for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Article content
theprovince
Liechtenstein Olympian's best memory made in Canada
INNSBRUCK – There is hardly ever just one special moment in the life of an athlete. Six-time Olympian Marco Buechel will tell you that. Article content Podiums are nice. Medals are fulfilling. But it doesn’t stop there. For the former alpine skier and 201
theprovince
Generations for Peace Crosses New Frontiers
This October, Generations For Peace successfully staged Sochi Camp 2010 – its first ever camp in Europe – in the Russian city of Sochi, host of the next Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2014. 57 delegates from 11 European and Central Asian countries
sportanddev.org
https://www.peacearchnews.com/community/journalism-student-wins-award/
https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-young-reporters-spreading-the-word-for-gender-equality

About

Kimiya Sho

Kimiya is a journalist with a knack for innovative storytelling. She has lived across four continents working in digital, television, print and virtual media. In 2018, she moved to West Africa to help the BBC World Service expand its programming in the region. She was a part of the core team recruited to launched the global Olympic Channel in 2016. She has been across seven editions of the Olympic Games (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018), including the inaugural summer and winter Youth Olympic Games (2010, 2012). Kimiya was the first "IOC Young Reporter" in a pilot program during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. She holds a Specialized Journalism M.A. in Sport and Society from the University of Southern California (earned on a USC Annenberg Fellowship). She is fluent in English and French, and also speaks Farsi (Persian). She can order a latte flawlessly in Spanish. Olé!