September 2025

Newsletter: Content

• Job Alert: Metro Morning AP - Toronto Local (application deadline soon) 

• Audio Doc Fellowship announcement 

• Performance Development and Dialogue - opportunity for Temps 

• Recording for “How to get and receive feedback” now available on website 

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Job Alert: Metro Morning Morning AP 

We're looking for an ambitious self-starter and collaborative team player who is passionate about local news and current events. This is a full-time, permanent AP position. 

The successful candidate will work the early shift on weekdays, coordinating with the newsroom to chase guests on breaking news and developing stories before pivoting to chasing agenda-setting stories for the next morning.

The AP will organize and contribute to the preparation, production and post-production work for Toronto's #1 morning radio show. We're looking for candidates who have strong storytelling skills and an ear for finding good guests. Understanding the diverse and changing population in the GTA and the importance of reflecting all our communities in our content is key.

The posting for the Associate Producer role with Radio, Metro Morning (JR00005422) is now online (externally and internally) and will expire this Friday, September 12, 2025, at 11:59pm. 

Internal employees will need to log in to the Jobs Hub in Workday to apply. Please feel free to share the following link with anyone you think might be interested:

https://wd3.myworkday.com/cbcrc/d/inst/15$392530/9925$8300.htmld

Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.

Manusha Janakiram and Laura Green

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AUDIO DOC Fellowship:

NOTE: Temps are eligible to apply for this fellowship and it is recommended that you inform your manager that you are applying.

The Audio Doc Unit Fellowship is an opportunity for experienced journalists at CBC. We know you’re telling great stories, but getting the time to invest in longform storytelling is rare. This is that chance.

This fellowship will give you the opportunity to work with our team to produce one or more current affairs documentaries over a two-month secondment. 

Our team already supports producers from across the country to bring their incredible journalism to life as audio docs. Our documentaries are topical, have compelling characters, and high stakes. Our work is presented on one of four national radio programs, The Current, The Sunday Magazine, What On Earth and The House. Please check out our general Audio Docs pitch page, to see the kinds of stories the shows are interested in. 

Here are a few examples of docs we produced last season: 

• Ibogaine: The Last Trip?;

• War and Peace; 

• A Case of Beer ...and Borders;

• Hard to Swallow; The Wave; 

• Co2 Leak in Mississippi; 

• The Brokers

We hope this dedicated time to work as an audio doc producer will not only give you the space to research and produce high impact stories – but to possibly re-engage with documentary making or to try long form audio for the first time. 

Our fellows will be given support with every aspect of doc production along the way from story development and structure, to scripting and mixing. The goal will be to produce the documentary which you will pitch in your application, and a second which you will pitch during your fellowship. 

Please note, some audio editing experience is necessary.

Last season, our first ever fellowship was awarded to CBC national reporter Karen Pauls. Working with the audio documentary unit, Karen investigated the use of a psychedelic drug to treat addictions. Ibogaine: The Last Trip?  aired on The Current. 

HOW TO APPLY:

Fill out the form below and email it to us at audiodocs@cbc.ca – please be sure to write FELLOWSHIP in the subject line. 

**It is important that you include a clear focus for your pitch. Here are two examples from docs we have produced:

• THE LUCKY 7 Focus: Seven fishermen from Newfoundland tell their story of survival because they beat the odds by enduring 52 hours at sea in a life raft.  

• Ibogaine: The Last Trip? Focus: A psychedelic drug called Ibogaine is being touted as a possible ‘cure’ for opioid addiction because some research indicates it can be effective but critics argue it can also be deadly.

PLEASE NOTE:

1. You must have approval from your manager before applying. Please alert them that we intend to run the fellowship from October 20 to December 19, 2025. 

2. Deadline for applications is September 23, 2025 (Decisions by early Oct.)

APPLICATION:

1. WHO ARE YOU?

In a few lines please let us know what your day job is and what experience you have making audio documentaries?

2. WHAT IS THE OVERALL FOCUS OF YOUR STORY? 

In a line or two how would you describe your story? 

3. WHAT, SPECIFICALLY, IS THE STORY YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL?

In a paragraph or two describe specifically what you see as the narrative?  

4. WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTERVIEW FOR THIS STORY?

Who are your main characters? And please indicate if you have already spoken with any of them.

5. WHY NOW?

6. WHAT AUDIO SCENES WOULD YOU HOPE TO GATHER?

7. WHAT IS THE TENSION IN THIS STORY?

8. WHAT SHOW IS THIS FOR? 

(The Current, The Sunday Magazine, What on Earth or The House) 

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My Priorities and Development for Temps

(formerly known as Performance Development Dialogue or PDD)

September 1st kicks off a new cycle of a discussion about My Priorities and Development.  This is a formal process of getting feedback on performance while continuing a conversation with your supervisor or manager about your career development. While this is a requirement for permanent employees, Temps can choose to opt-in to the process. To do so, you will need to follow the instructions on the IO page linked above.

There are many reasons for Temps to opt-in to having a regular conversation with your supervisor/manager to discuss your career goals. It provides you a clear indication of how you are doing and what future opportunities may be available to you. Even if your manager is not in a position to hire you regularly, they may be able to help guide you on the steps you need to take to develop or set you on a path to achieve your career goals. To get more info…check out the video below where Alex Brockman shares tips and tricks on how to get and receive feedback effectively.

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Video Recording: Alex Brockman - How to Get and Receive Feedback Effectively

Alex Brockman is now an Executive Producer of Video Streaming which includes the FAST teams. He started out as a Temp Web Writer in Windsor and has worked in Yellowknife doing every job in the building and then moved into a leadership role when he became the Executive Producer in Thunder Bay. In August, Alex joined Sujata Berry at the Temp Drop-in to share how requesting feedback has helped him over his career. As a manager he now shares the tips on how to have an effective development conversation with your supervisor/manager to help you achieve your career goals. You can watch Alex and other recordings on the Temp Website “Learn from the Experts” tab.