August 14, 2025
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BONUS: Why Canadaland Doesn’t Have Interns
Becoming a journalist feels like trying to get into a party you weren’t invited to. How do you get an internship? How do you survive on a low salary? Is it even worth it?
Sam Konnert
Producer/Host
Tristan Capacchione
Audio Editor & Technical Producer
Tony Wang
max collins
Director of Audio
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher

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:

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

Leora:

Mia:

 

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