Four independent journalists working in dangerous places for Canadian media organizations have won bursaries of $2,500 each from the Forum Freelance Fund to help them take hostile environment safety training courses. Meet the 2017 winners:  Adrienne Surprenant is a photojournalist from Montreal now based in Cameroon and Somalia, working for and Canadian media. She is preparing to report from conflict zones in south-central Somalia.  journalist
based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Some of his work for Canadian and international
media takes him to the dangerous Pakistan/Afghanistan border region.  Annie Sakkab is a Canadian-Palestinian photojournalist, based in Toronto, who is often assigned to work in the Middle East. She has an upcoming assignment for The Globe and Mail in Gaza, after which she intends to live and work temporarily in the West Bank and Israel.She also expects to undertake assignments eventually in Syria.  Bruce Harrison is an American who has been reporting from Seoul, South Korea, for five years, the last 22 months as a freelance. His work is often heard on CBC Radio. Recently he covered street violence resulting from the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye and reported from Kuala Lumpur on the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, brother of the North Korean leader. With tensions rising in the Korean peninsula, he is preparing for any contingency. The 2017 awards bring the number of freelancers who have been helped by the Forum Freelance Fund to 27, while two more have received training supported by the Portenier Human Rights Bursary. Applications for this year’s Portenier closed June 15. The FFF winners were chosen by an independent jury, giving priority to applicants with the most urgent need. Read our full media release on CNW. |
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