Last year Canadaland launched a new initiative called the Canadalabs Audio Journalism Fellowship programme, where we hired two young reporters to come and produce a story with us and learn from our team.

This week, we caught up with past Canadaland fellows to see how they’ve fared. Was their time at Canadaland worth it?

And we are talking about that because we have a fresh batch of fellows that will be joining the team very soon!

Plus, an update about the future of this show.

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)

Guests: Jesse Brown, Noor Azrieh, Mia Johnson, Leora Schertzer

Photo: Tony Wang

Additional music by Audio Network

Further Listening:

• #1084 Waste Management: Sh*t’s Complicated — CANADALAND
• #1022 The Painful Truth About IUDs — CANADALAND

Plus, check out our Mia and Leora’s work since leaving Canadaland!

Leora:

• Hypnosis over anesthesia? Why patients in Quebec are choosing alternative pain management — Montreal Gazette
• Pizza revolution: The rise of Montreal’s new slice scene — Montreal Gazette
• West Island mayors say ‘far-right’ extremist influenced Montreal to stop fluoridating water — Montreal Gazette

Mia:

• Ontario law could spell doom for turtles in Toronto’s wetlands — Frequency News
• TDSB cancels Grade 9 enrolment for special needs school — Frequency News
• Nature’s calling but the city of Toronto isn’t picking up the phone — Frequency News

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