{"id":17727,"date":"2022-03-02T13:51:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T18:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/?p=17727"},"modified":"2022-03-02T13:53:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T18:53:29","slug":"four-carleton-journalism-students-named-joan-donaldson-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/2022\/four-carleton-journalism-students-named-joan-donaldson-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Carleton Journalism students named Joan Donaldson Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four Carleton journalism students are joining the CBC this summer as Joan Donaldson Scholars: Eesha Affan (BJ4), Ben Andrews (MJ2), Safiyah Marhnouj (BJ4) and Cassandra Yanez-Leyton (MJ2).<\/p>\n

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Safiyah Marnouj<\/p><\/div>\n

The competitive summer program offers 12 students from journalism programs across Canada the opportunity to gain experience working with the public broadcaster. Carleton\u2019s students make up a third of this year\u2019s class of scholars, more than any other journalism school in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to put into words how much this scholarship means to me. I\u2019m extremely honoured and humbled and I can hardly contain my excitement,\u201d said Marhnouj, who added she grew up reading, watching and listening to CBC News. \u201cHaving the chance to join the newsroom and learn from some of the greatest journalists in the country is a dream come true.<\/p>\n

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Eesha Affan<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve looked up to so many incredible journalists at the CBC, and in recent years, reporters like Ginella Massa have inspired me to continue to find my place in journalism despite the challenges. I can\u2019t wait to see where this scholarship takes me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marhnouj was selected earlier this year for a mentorship<\/a> with the Globe and Mail\u2019s Ottawa bureau. Her work has also been published in the Charlatan,\u00a0Capital Current,\u00a0Ottawa Citizen, Canadian Geographic.<\/p>\n

Affan is currently working on a project within the School of Journalism to help tell the story of Journalist-in-Residence Farida Nekzad<\/a>, who joined the school in December after fleeing Afghanistan with her daughter and brother-in-law.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m super grateful that CBC has given me this opportunity,\u201d Affan said. \u201cI feel like I will learn so much and make some real progress in building my career at this internship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked what the scholarship means to her, Affan said, \u201cHonestly, a little beyond words. This is beyond everything I could have hoped for when I entered journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ben Andrews<\/p><\/div>\n

Last month Andrews was covering<\/a> the truck convoy occupation downtown for CBC News in Ottawa. He has also worked for Cabin Radio in Yellowknife while completing his Master of Journalism.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>To me, the Donaldson means an opportunity to explore different approaches to journalism, from network radio to web writing, and from breaking news to investigation,\u201d Andrews said. \u201cIt means a chance to find and tell stories from different places across Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yanez-Leyton is currently working on a project<\/a> with Prof. Matthew Pearson and CBC journalist Dave Seglins, investigating journalists\u2019 mental health and experiences of trauma. As she digs into her own final research project for the Master of Journalism \u2013 an audio documentary about the lobster fishing dispute in Nova Scotia \u2013 the trilingual reporter said she joined the program because she liked writing and listening to people\u2019s stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cReceiving this scholarship has been incredibly validating,\u201d Yanez-Leyton said. \u201cI feel like I’ve been put to the test over and over again since starting the program at Carleton and it feels good to know that work is all worth something to Canada’s public broadcaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cassandra Yanez-Leyton<\/p><\/div>\n

Joan Donaldson Scholars<\/a> are finishing their final years in undergraduate or graduate Canadian journalism programs, and they are first recommended by their universities. At Carleton, applications were reviewed by a committee of faculty members who shared their recommendations with the CBC in the fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could not be more excited for this team of reporters,\u201d said Prof. Trish Audette-Longo, who chairs the faculty\u2019s awards committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents in our program find ways to tell great stories across platforms and to do work that matters. Eesha, Ben, Safiyah and Cassandra worked so hard to prepare for this opportunity, and this is an excellent kickstart for their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scholarship is named for Joan Donaldson<\/a>, the founding head of CBC Newsworld.<\/p>\n

If you are entering your final year in the undergraduate or graduate journalism programs and want to know more about how to prepare to apply for the CBC-Joan Donaldson scholarship next year, send Prof. Audette-Longo an email at patricia.audettelongo@carleton.ca.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The official 2022 Donaldson announcement can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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