CJF announces Black journalism fellows

The following excerpt was sent out from newswire.ca: The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is proud to announce Leïla Ahouman, Serena Lopez, Mzwandile Poncana, Rahma Shafi and Daniel Reale-Chin as recipients of the Black Journalism Fellowship Program, in partnership with CBC/Radio-Canada, CTV News, The Globe and Mail and the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB). The fellowship program […]

Entries open for the 2023 CJF Black Fellowship Program

Applications are now open for the 2023 Canadian Journalism Foundation Black Journalism Fellowship Program. This will be an opportunity for an early-career Black journalist with experience of one to five years. The fellowship will be hosted for six months at a CBC/Radio-Canada (English and French), Globe and Mail or CTV News newsroom or at the […]

CJF-CBC Indigenous Journalism Fellowships 2023 now accepting applications

Applications are now open for the 2023 CJF-CBC Indigenous Journalism Fellowships, offered to two indigenous journalists with experience ranging from one to ten years. The selected candidates will have the chance to explore an issue of interest while being hosted for one month at the CBC News Indigenous Unit in Winnipeg. They will also receive […]

Canada’s Globe and Mail, CJF launch Black Journalism Fellowship

The Canadian Journalism Foundation and The Globe and Mail have partnered to launch a new Black Journalism Foundation, which is the fifth in the series for CJF’s Black Journalism Fellowship Program. This opportunity will be provided to an early-career Black journalist who has one-to -five-years’ experience. The fellowship will be hosted in the Globe and […]

J-Talks Live to explore opinion journalism

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times opinion editor Kathleen Kingsbury will be joining Anna Maria Tremonti, host of the CBC podcast, More, to talk about the changing landscape of opinion journalism at the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s J-Talks Live webcast. The free webcast is scheduled for November 4 at 1 p.m. ET. Previously, Kingsbury […]

J-Talks Live features former Guardian editor Rusbridger on his latest book

Alan Rusbridger, the former long-time editor of The Guardian will talk about his latest book, “News and How to Use It” at the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s J-Talks Live webcast. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 3 at 1 p.m. EST. In the book, he talks about the chaotic media landscape, examines the way journalism […]

Globe and Mail’s Picard and CNN’s Gupta to be honored with CJF Tribute

André Picard, health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent for CNN, are receiving the CJF Tribute for their national and international contributions by the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF). The tribute recognizes the impact that health journalists have had in providing accurate and important data during the […]

J-Talks Live dwells into pandemic’s impact on journalists’ mental health

The Canadian Journalism Foundation’s (CJF) J-Talks Live will be hosting a free virtual event, “Risk and Injury: Journalists, Mental Health and COVID-19,” exploring the psychological toll of reporting on this fast-moving story. The event is scheduled for Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. EST. According to the early results of a recent study, 70 percent of journalists globally […]

CJF J-Talks explores journalism survival in the new normal

The Canadian Journalism Foundation’s (CJF) next J-Talks live virtual event will be looking into what it will take for journalism to survive in these unprecedented challenging times, which have us staring into a new reality. The free webcast is scheduled for Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. EDT. Guests will include S. Mitra Kalita, senior vice-president […]