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Nicole Edwards

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Race, Women's Health, Youth, Tech
Status: Podcast Producer, Writer

Ontario, TorontoCABJMarch 20, 2023Race, Women's Health, Youth, Tech, Health

Katia Maxwell

Location: London

Area of Expertise: News, Entertainment, Shooting, Editing
Status: Professor & Freelance Journalist, Producer

Ontario, Toronto, Stratford, LondonCABJMarch 20, 2023News, Entertainment, Shooting, Editing

Afua Mfodwo

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Arts, Culture, Explainer Journalism
Status: Freelance, Student

Ontario, TorontoCABJMarch 24, 2022Culture, Arts, Black Arts, Toronto Arts, Explainer Journalism

Daysha Loppie

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Arts, Culture, Black Culture,
Status: Freelance

Ontario, TorontoCABJNovember 17, 2021Culture, Arts, Black Arts, Toronto Arts

Celeste Ceres

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Entertainment, Culture, Music, Business, Culinary Arts, Community
Status: Freelance, Part-Time

Toronto, Ontario, Eastern CanadaCABJOctober 14, 2021Culture, Entertainment, Business, Culinary Arts, Food, Nonprofits, Public Health, Finance, Community

Victor Kwawukume

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Culture, Politics, Environment, Health, Technology, Children, Women
Status: Freelance

Toronto, OntarioCABJOctober 10, 2021Culture, Environmental Reporting, Health, Technology, Children, Women, Politics

Allya Davidson

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Social issues, Crime, Health, Women’s Issues
Status: Senior Producer

Toronto, OntarioCABJApril 23, 2021News, Senior Producer, investigative

datejie green

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: racial, gender and social justice; environment, food security; public affairs, media analysis, international affairs
Status: Freelance Writer

Ontario, TorontoCABJMarch 25, 2021Freelance, racial, media analysis, international affairs, food security, public affairs, gender and social justice, Environmental Reporting

Abby Ayoola

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Pop culture, Food show host, Live events, red carpet, TV Host
Status: Media Entrepreneur

Ontario, TorontoCABJFebruary 26, 2021Pop culture, food, Foodie

Patricia Jaggernauth

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Television Hosting, LIVE TV, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Web Hosting, Weather Forecasting & Presentation
Status: Freelance

Ontario, TorontoCABJFebruary 4, 2021arts & culture, Arts, Television Hosting, LIVE TV, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Web Hosting, Weather Forecasting & Presentation

Alexandra Yeboah

Location: Brampton

Area of Expertise: Mental Health, Culture Identity, Poverty
Status: Freelance Content Writer

Ontario, Toronto, Brampton, Peel RegionCABJDecember 21, 2020Mental Health, Culture Identity, Poverty

Stephen Weir

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Carnival, Arts & Culture
Status: Freelance

Ontario, TorontoCABJDecember 5, 2020arts & culture, Arts, Carnival

Renee Allen

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Cultural Commentary, Food, Jamaican Diaspora, Personal Essays, Long-Form Journalism
Status: Freelance

Ontario, TorontoCABJOctober 27, 2020Cultural commentary, food, Jamaican dispora, personal essays, long-form journalism

Noel Ransome

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: TV, Film, Culture, Interviews, Pop Culture Criticism
Status: Freelance, Editor-for-hire

Ontario, TorontoCABJSeptember 22, 2020Freelance, Culture, Editor, TV, Film, Interviews, Pop Culture Criticism

Furqan Mohamed

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Feminism, Internet and Popular Culture, Politics, Social Justice, Black Diasporic Experience
Status: Writer, Student

Ontario, TorontoCABJAugust 18, 2020Feminism, internet and popular culture, politics, social justice, Black diasporic experience, Freelance, Writer

Chelsea James

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Video editing, broadcast television, video production
Status: Freelance Video Editor

Ontario, TorontoCABJJuly 22, 2020Video Editing, Broadcast Television, Video Production

Nana aba Duncan

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: General interviewing, podcasting, mentorship
Status: Host and Producer

Ontario, TorontoCABJJuly 20, 2020General Interviewing, Podcasting, Mentorship

Bakari Savage

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: General Assignment
Status: Anchor/reporter

Ontario, TorontoCABJJuly 12, 2020General Assignment

Joelle Weir

Location: Toronto

Area of Expertise: Profile Pieces, Broadcast Journalism, Environmental Reporting, Social Justice, Cultural News, Food Journalism
Status: Editor/ Journalist

Ontario, TorontoCABJJune 27, 2020Joelle Weir, Profiles, Broadcast Journalism, Environmental Reporting, Social Justice, Culture, Foodie

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