The IJB is proud to welcome two journalism students from the University of King’s College, continuing a partnership with one of Canada’s top journalism programs.
King’s master of journalism students Lindsay Catre and Jacqueline Newsome are working with the IJB through July, strengthening their reporting skills outside of the classroom in collaboration with journalists from the award-winning newsroom.
The opportunity to gain hands-on experience in investigative techniques drew Newsome to the IJB.
“I’m thrilled to work alongside and learn from first-in-class Canadian investigative journalists,” she says. “To research and contribute to IJB stories, which so frequently lead to policy changes that benefit Canada’s most vulnerable, is an honour.”
Catre and Newsome are the second set of master of journalism students from King’s to join the IJB this summer. Students Emily Enns and Molly MacNaughton previously completed three-week stints.
This partnership is facilitated by King’s journalism professor Lisa Taylor, who called King’s students a “natural fit” for the IJB because of the school’s focus on teaching data and investigative methods.
“This collaboration is an absolute dream, in part because the IJB’s work is transformative — it’s focused on the concerns that matter most to Canadians,” Taylor says. “Working as part of the IJB team gives King’s students the chance to be part of a national investigative team pursuing stories in the public interest. It’s a remarkable opportunity.”
The collaboration is a marriage of the IJB’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of reporters with founder and director Robert Cribb’s personal connection to the school.
“As a King’s College alumnus, I’m so proud to see my alma mater partner with the IJB to train some of the country’s most promising young journalists as they play a hands-on role in unfolding investigations,” Cribb says. “It is the merging of my own journalistic past and present with limitless potential to build a Kings/IJB legacy well into the future.”
Catre became interested in working with the IJB after Cribb spoke to her class about investigative reporting.
“The IJB is the perfect place for me to grow as a reporter,” Catre says. “Every day in the newsroom, I learn something new that reminds me why I want to keep doing this — telling investigative, data-driven stories that make a real difference on the ground.”
All King’s journalism students learn from Cribb in one way or another; his book Digging Deeper: A Canadian Reporter’s Research Guide is required reading in the program.
