OTTAWA, Feb. 1, 2016 /CNW/ – From Liberia to Kenya, and all the way to the tiny island nation of Kiribati, three Canadian journalists are about to spread out across the globe to bring the world’s stories home to Canadians.
Aga Khan Foundation Canada and the Canadian Association of Journalists are pleased to announce that this year’s Fellowships for International Development Reporting will be awarded to freelance journalist and Ottawa Citizen columnist Shannon Gormley, CTV’s Kayla Hounsell, and freelance journalist Marc-André Sabourin.
They will each receive $25,000 to report from the developing world.
- Gormley will travel to Kiribati to report on the intersection of migration and international law for populations affected by climate change. Her reporting will be published by the Ottawa Citizen.
- Hounsell‘s project for CTV’s W5 will look at the long-term impacts of the Ebola outbreak. She will report from Liberia, a country that lost more lives than any other West African nation, with nearly 5,000 deaths.
- Sabourin will explore a model of low-cost private education in Kenya, and its impacts on the quality of schooling for poor communities. His reporting will appear in L’actualité.
“The developing world is evolving at a rapid pace, and journalists play an important role in making sense of the complex dynamics at work,” said Khalil Z. Shariff, AKFC’s chief executive officer. “This program invests in journalists who want to tell stories that illuminate the process of global development for Canadians.”
“These important stories will give Canadians a deeper understanding of pressing issues in places where we don’t often find Canadian correspondents,” said CAJ President Nick Taylor-Vaisey. “The CAJ applauds AKFC’s solid commitment to ambitious, global journalism, and we can’t wait to see what Shannon, Kayla, and Marc-André produce.”
An independent selection committee, chaired by Taylor-Vaisey, chose the fellows. The jury included Anyck Béraud, Radio-Canada; Jean-Thomas Léveillé, La Presse; Stephen Puddicombe, CBC; Rachel Pulfer, Journalists for Human Rights; and Robert Steiner, Munk School of Global Affairs.
Source: Canadian Association of Journalists
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