Isabel worked as a reporter and a broadcaster for radio and television in Mexico for over a decade.
She moved to Canada in 1998, with all that experience, and worked as a foreign correspondent for a Mexican newspaper.
In Canada, she covered important summits such as G7, G20 and The North American Leaders Summit. She was honoured as one of the ten most influential Hispanic Canadians for the impact her outstanding journalism has had across communities.
When Isabel’s position as a foreign correspondent got cut, her twenty years of journalistic experience in Canada, and all her awards did not translate into a secure, permanent job.
Scores of resumes, cover letters, rejected pitches, and short-term positions later, all that Isabel is sure of is uncertainty.
Canada, with all its promise, has failed to make space for Isabel.
“I don’t understand why mainstream media seems to ignore the extensive experience of immigrant journalists.”
Your donation can ensure that immigrant voices like Isabel’s are no longer missing from Canada’s mainstream news.
Every dollar you donate helps New Canadian Media make Canadian news more Canadian, by making sure immigrant stories are told and immigrant journalists are heard.
WHEN JOURNALISTS ARE MISSING, SO IS THE NEWS.
A 2021 landmark study by The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) shows most Canadian newsrooms are overwhelmingly white, in sharp contrast to Canada’s changing demographics.
When immigrant journalists are rarely seen in Canadian newsrooms, immigrant stories are rarely told in mainstream Canadian news.
New Canadian Media strives to correct this deficit by hiring immigrant/ethnic journalists and showcasing New Canadian perspectives to better serve the one-fifth of Canadians who are immigrants.
Bring back the news that’s missing.
Every dollar you donate helps New Canadian Media make Canadian news more Canadian, by making sure immigrant stories are told and immigrant journalists are heard.
OTHER MISSING JOURNALISTS
Every dollar you donate helps New Canadian Media make Canadian news more Canadian, by making sure immigrant stories are told and immigrant journalists are heard.