CJF-CBC Indigenous journalism fellowships announced

TORONTO — The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) announced today the two recipients of this year’s CJF-CBC Indigenous Journalism Fellowships. Riley Yesno and Shayla Sayer-Brabant (pictured above, left to right) are two early-career Indigenous journalists who will be hosted for one month (remotely) at the CBC News Indigenous Unit in Winnipeg, as they explore Indigenous issues of interest. Yesno is an Anishinaabe woman from Eabametoong First Nation who grew up in Thunder Bay, Ont., and she is graduating this year from the University of Toronto with a double major in Indigenous studies and political science. She plans to explore the challenges...