CBC NEWS ANNOUNCED today it is expanding its local news services through the addition of 14 new journalism positions across the country.
“At Canada’s public broadcaster, local is the lens into all that we do,” said Susan Marjetti, general manager of news, current affairs and local at CBC, in a press release.
“Prioritizing local connections will help us tell more of the stories that matter most to people. These newly announced positions across the country are aimed at broadening and deepening our journalism while building relationships with regional and cultural communities.”
The hiring process for the positions will begin this spring.
In Alberta, CBC News is looking for two new journalists – one in Lethbridge and one in Grand Prairie.
In British Columbia, the public broadcaster is hiring two new video journalists – one in Cranbrook and one in Nanaimo.
In Ontario, Brampton and Kingston will each gain a new permanent reporter, and in London a new community producer will be hired “with the aim of building connections and strengthening CBC’s coverage across Southwestern Ontario,” the press release says.
CBC is hiring a new community producer in Atlantic Canada as well.
Another new community producer will be hired in Quebec. Additionally, an Indigenous journalist position in the province will be made permanent.
In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, CBC News is expanding CBC Indigenous by adding two new journalists, one in each province.
CBC North is further “creating two new positions in Iqaluit to support Indigenous language programming,” the press release explains.
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