{"id":75427,"date":"2021-04-12T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=75427"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:25","slug":"carleton-university-announces-2020-travers-journalism-fellowship-recipients-sadiya-ansari-and-alex-boyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2021\/carleton-university-announces-2020-travers-journalism-fellowship-recipients-sadiya-ansari-and-alex-boyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University Announces 2021 Travers Journalism Fellowship Recipients\u00a0Sadiya Ansari and Alex Boyd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton University Announces 2021 Travers Journalism Fellowship Recipients\u00a0Sadiya Ansari and Alex Boyd\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

[LE FRAN\u00c7AIS SUIT L’ANGLAIS<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carleton University’s Susan Harada, co-chair of the Travers Fellowship Steering Committee and professor in the School of Journalism and Communication<\/a>, announced today that Sadiya Ansari and Alex Boyd will split this year’s $25,000 R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship<\/a>. The fellowship is administered by Carleton and supports a significant foreign reporting project by Canadian journalists or journalism students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“During times like these, it’s crucial for Canadians to remain connected with what’s happening around the world,” said Harada.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“It means journalism is more important than ever. That’s why we have chosen two Fellowship winners this year. Each will pursue a reporting project examining international issues related to the pandemic\u2014issues that also have serious implications here at home.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Ansari is a freelance journalist based in Berlin whose work has appeared in publications including, the Guardian<\/em>, Maclean’s<\/em>, VICE<\/em>, Refinery29<\/em>, Policy Options<\/em>, Chatelaine<\/em>, Toronto Star<\/em> and the Globe and Mail<\/em>. Her assignment is to produce a solutions-based feature imagining childcare as a right for The Walrus<\/em>, along with a post-publication roundtable on the childcare crisis in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“International reporting that is heavily research-based is increasingly difficult to fund, and I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to pursue a story with implications for an urgent policy debate in Canada,” said Ansari. “The support I’m receiving through the Travers Fellowship is also particularly meaningful for me as a freelancer, because there are so few opportunities that allow me to take on major projects like this one.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyd is a reporter with the Toronto Star<\/em> based in Calgary, and will produce a series with photographic\/digital elements on how the unequal distribution of vaccines is set to drive a wedge between the global have countries and the global have-nots. She will explore Canada’s place in a world shaken by an inequitable distribution of the most in-demand vaccine in history.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“When the pandemic started it felt like the world got smaller in some ways,” said Boyd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“In the middle of a barrage of information about a new virus it felt hard to really grasp how the pandemic was affecting the rest of the world, and now, why vaccine roll-out has been so uneven.  I’m grateful for opportunities like the Travers Fellowship that allow for reporting that reminds Canadians that this story is global, and our attention should be too.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Ansari<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Most recently, Ansari was a professor of Journalism at Centennial College. Prior to that, she was the managing editor of features at Global News. She was a staff editor at Chatelaine<\/em> and has previously reported for the Toronto Star<\/em>, produced television for CBC News, edited opinion pieces for HuffPost Canada<\/em>, and covered arts for the Canadian Press<\/em>. Ansari is a co-founder of the Canadian Journalists of Colour, a national network of BIPOC journalists. She holds an MPA from Queen’s University and an MJ from the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Boyd<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Boyd has been covering the race for a COVID-19 vaccine since last summer, back when no one knew what an eventual shot was going to look like or when it was going to be ready. She’s a former bureau chief for StarMetro<\/em> Alberta who has previously reported from Norway, Sweden and Rwanda. She is also a graduate of Carleton’s Master of Journalism program (MJ ’13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Jim Travers
\n<\/strong>Travers worked as the Southam News<\/em> correspondent in Africa and the Middle East during the 1980s covering major stories \u2013 from apartheid in South Africa and the Ethiopian famine to the conflict in Lebanon and the Iran-Iraq war. Returning to Canada, he continued an influential career as general manager of Southam News<\/em>, editor of the Ottawa Citizen<\/em>, executive managing editor of the Toronto Star<\/em> and finally as an award-winning national affairs columnist known for his compassion and playful wit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He believed Canadians deserve first-hand, in-depth coverage of important stories outside our borders. He argued passionately that it is crucial for Canadian reporters to “bear witness” \u2013 because in our interconnected world, foreign news is local news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven Reid
\nMedia Relations Officer
\nCarleton University
\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718
\n613-265-6613
\nSteven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L’Universit\u00e9 Carleton annonce les r\u00e9cipiendaires de la Bourse de journalisme Travers 2020, Sadiya Ansari et Alex Boyd<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Susan Harada, copr\u00e9sidente du comit\u00e9 directeur de la Bourse Travers et professeure \u00e0 l’\u00c9cole de journalisme et de communication de l’Universit\u00e9 Carleton, a annonc\u00e9 aujourd’hui que Sadiya Ansari et Alex Boyd se partageront cette ann\u00e9e la bourse de correspondance \u00e0 l’\u00e9tranger R. James Travers, d’une valeur de 25 000 $. La bourse est administr\u00e9e par l’Universit\u00e9 Carleton et soutient un important projet de reportage \u00e0 l’\u00e9tranger r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par des journalistes ou des \u00e9tudiants canadiens en journalisme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab En ces temps difficiles, il est crucial pour les Canadiens de rester en contact avec ce qui se passe dans le monde \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Harada.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00ab Cela signifie que le journalisme est plus important que jamais. C’est pourquoi nous avons choisi deux laur\u00e9ats de la bourse cette ann\u00e9e. Chacun d’entre eux m\u00e8nera un projet de reportage sur les questions internationales li\u00e9es \u00e0 la pand\u00e9mie – des questions qui ont \u00e9galement de s\u00e9rieuses implications ici, chez nous. \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Ansari est une journaliste ind\u00e9pendante bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Berlin dont le travail a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 sur des plateformes m\u00e9diatiques telles que le Guardian, Maclean’s, VICE, Refinery29, Policy Options, Chatelaine, Toronto Star <\/em>et le Globe and Mail<\/em>. Sa mission consiste \u00e0 produire un article pour The Walrus<\/em> ax\u00e9 sur les solutions au droit des enfants aux garderies ainsi qu’une table ronde post-publication sur la crise des services de garde d’enfants au Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Il est de plus en plus difficile de financer des reportages internationaux qui s’appuient sur des recherches approfondies et je suis tr\u00e8s reconnaissante d’avoir l’occasion de r\u00e9aliser un reportage qui aura des r\u00e9percussions sur un d\u00e9bat politique urgent au Canada \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Mme Ansari. \u00ab Le soutien que je re\u00e7ois par le biais de la Bourse Travers est particuli\u00e8rement significatif pour moi en tant que pigiste car il y a peu d’opportunit\u00e9s qui me permettent d’entreprendre de grands projets comme celui-ci. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyd est une journaliste du Toronto Star<\/em> bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Calgary. Elle r\u00e9alisera une s\u00e9rie de reportages photographiques et num\u00e9riques sur l’in\u00e9galit\u00e9 de la distribution des vaccins, qui va creuser un foss\u00e9 entre les pays riches et les pays pauvres. Elle explorera la place du Canada dans un monde secou\u00e9 par une distribution in\u00e9quitable du vaccin le plus demand\u00e9 de l’histoire.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00ab Lorsque la pand\u00e9mie a commenc\u00e9, on avait l’impression que le monde devenait plus petit d’une certaine mani\u00e8re \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Mme Boyd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u00ab Au milieu d’un barrage d’informations sur un nouveau virus, il \u00e9tait difficile de comprendre comment la pand\u00e9mie affectait le reste du monde et, maintenant, pourquoi la distribution des vaccins a \u00e9t\u00e9 si in\u00e9gale.  Je suis reconnaissante des opportunit\u00e9s comme la Bourse Travers qui me permet de r\u00e9aliser des reportages qui rappellent aux Canadiens que cette histoire est mondiale, et que notre attention devrait l’\u00eatre aussi. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 propos d’Ansari<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tout r\u00e9cemment, Mme Ansari \u00e9tait professeur de journalisme au Centennial College. Avant cela, elle \u00e9tait r\u00e9dactrice en chef des reportages au Global News<\/em>. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9dactrice en chef \u00e0 Chatelaine<\/em> et a d\u00e9j\u00e0 travaill\u00e9 pour le Toronto Star<\/em>, produit des \u00e9missions de t\u00e9l\u00e9vision pour CBC News<\/em>, r\u00e9dig\u00e9 des articles d’opinion pour HuffPost Canada<\/em> et couvert les arts pour la Presse canadienne. Ansari est cofondatrice des Journalistes Canadiens de Couleur, un r\u00e9seau national de journalistes BIPOC. Elle est titulaire d’une maitrise en administration publique de l’Universit\u00e9 Queen et d’une maitrise en jurisprudence de l’Universit\u00e9 de la Colombie-Britannique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 propos de Boyd<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Boyd couvre la course au vaccin COVID-19 depuis l’\u00e9t\u00e9 dernier, \u00e0 l’\u00e9poque o\u00f9 personne ne savait \u00e0 quoi ressemblerait l’\u00e9ventuel vaccin ni quand il serait pr\u00eat. Ancienne chef de bureau de StarMetro Alberta<\/em>, elle a d\u00e9j\u00e0 effectu\u00e9 des reportages en Norv\u00e8ge, en Su\u00e8de et au Rwanda. Elle est \u00e9galement dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e du programme de ma\u00eetrise en journalisme de Carleton (MJ 13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 propos de Jim Travers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jim Travers a travaill\u00e9 comme correspondant de Southam News<\/em> en Afrique et au Moyen-Orient au cours des ann\u00e9es 1980, couvrant des sujets majeurs – de l’apartheid en Afrique du Sud \u00e0 la famine en \u00c9thiopie au conflit au Liban et \u00e0 la guerre Iran-Irak. De retour au Canada, il a poursuivi une carri\u00e8re influente en tant que directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Southam News<\/em>, r\u00e9dacteur en chef \u00e0 l’Ottawa Citizen<\/em>, r\u00e9dacteur en chef ex\u00e9cutif du Toronto Star<\/em> et enfin chroniqueur prim\u00e9 en affaires nationales, connu pour sa compassion et son esprit enjou\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Il croyait que les Canadiens m\u00e9ritaient une couverture de premi\u00e8re main et en profondeur des \u00e9v\u00e9nements importants survenant \u00e0 l’ext\u00e9rieur de nos fronti\u00e8res. Il soutenait avec passion qu’il est crucial pour les journalistes canadiens de \u00ab t\u00e9moigner \u00bb, car dans notre monde interconnect\u00e9, les nouvelles \u00e9trang\u00e8res sont des nouvelles locales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact m\u00e9dia:<\/strong>
\nSteven Reid
\nAgent des relations avec les m\u00e9dias
\nUniversit\u00e9 Carleton
\n613-520-2600, poste 8718
\n613-265-6613
\nSteven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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