Toronto, February 27, 2025: The Walrus is happy to announce Kayla Thompson as the brand new CIBC Virtual Fellow for Rising Black Newshounds. Because of enhance from the CIBC, The Walrus has been in a position to proceed this aggressive fellowship for a 3rd consecutive yr.
CIBC and The Walrus are dedicated to selling social and financial alternatives for all, and this program is an integral a part of that dedication.
This fellowship is a full-time, paid, twelve-month place that provides rising reporters who’re Black a singular mentorship alternative to paintings in virtual journalism and manufacturing at certainly one of Canada’s maximum depended on media organizations.
“I’m actually honoured to take this main step in my journalism profession with the mentorship and enhance of The Walrus and CIBC. This chance provides me a useful platform to realize hands-on revel in whilst contributing contemporary recommendations and views to Canada’s media panorama.” —Kayla Thompson, CIBC Virtual Fellow for Rising Black Newshounds, The Walrus
This instructional fellowship supplies gear and coaching to increase, produce, and proportion tales throughout various virtual codecs and channels, in addition to to connect to quite a lot of departments at The Walrus to enhance a a hit profession in media and the virtual sector.
“On behalf of CIBC, congratulations to Kayla Thompson, the 2025 CIBC Virtual Fellow for Rising Black Newshounds at The Walrus,” stated Akil Bishop, Senior Vice-President, Area Head, Ontario West. “CIBC continues our dedication to putting off obstacles that stand in the best way of the ambitions and good fortune for participants of the Black neighborhood. We’re happy with this distinctive fellowship program and our partnership with The Walrus and look ahead to gazing Kayla increase her profession and sign up for the following era of leaders and changemakers.”
Kayla is a Toronto-based journalist and multimedia storyteller with a journalism stage from Toronto Metropolitan College. She not too long ago co-produced and was once the on-air journalist for a Caribbean Vibrations TV documentary highlighting Black Canadian Trailblazers that aired on OMNI TV. She has additionally labored as an leisure group member for the Toronto Blue Jays, improving sport reports thru reside efficiency and fan engagement, and as a communications coordinator for the Journalistic Function Efficiency Mission, translating instructional analysis into compelling virtual content material. Keen about storytelling thru multimedia, Kayla aspires to be an on-air journalist and multimedia manufacturer.
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About The Walrus
The Walrus provokes new considering and sparks dialog on issues important to Canada. As a registered charity, we submit impartial, fact-based journalism throughout platforms; produce nationwide, ideas-focused occasions, together with our flagship collection The Walrus Talks; and educate rising storytellers thru our fellowship program. The Walrus is invested in the concept that a wholesome society is determined by knowledgeable electorate.
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