TORONTO — The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) today announced applications are now being accepted for its new Black Journalism Fellowship program, established in 2020 by the CJF in partnership with CBC/Radio-Canada and CTV News.
The fellowships are designed to help amplify Black voices, improve coverage of Black issues in the news and cultivate future Black media leaders, says the press release announcing applications to the program are now open. The deadline to apply is February 19.
The program includes three fellowships:
- CJF-CBC/Radio-Canada Black Journalism Fellowship (sponsored by lululemon);
- CJF-CBC/Radio-Canada Black Women’s Journalism Fellowship (sponsored by Aritzia); and
- CJF-CTV News Black Journalism Fellowship (sponsored by BMO Financial Group).
Each fellowship provides an opportunity for an early-career Black journalist (with one to five years of experience) to be hosted for six months at a CBC/Radio-Canada (English or French) or CTV News newsroom across the country. The three fellows will receive mentoring and training for a variety of skills, including video and audio editing, writing, research and investigative reporting.
“This is how the work to truly evolve Canadian media continues — by mentoring and funding Black journalists to tell contemporary stories of this country through their lens, and to become the future leaders our industry needs,” says Andree Lau, jury member and CBC News managing editor of digital news, in the press release.
Each fellow will receive a full-time stipend and write or produce an article or piece during their fellowship opportunity that will be considered for publication or broadcast by CBC/Radio-Canada and CTV News. The new fellowships are modelled on the CJF-CBC Indigenous Journalism Fellowships program that has helped foster the careers of 11 Indigenous journalists since 2014, says the release.
Fellows will be recognized at the CJF Awards virtual ceremony scheduled to take place on June 9.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
