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Janiece Campbell is a first-generation graduate of the University of Guelph-Humber, earning an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies with an emphasis in Journalism, as well as a diploma in Media Communication. Her educational background gives her a range of knowledge on key media related subjects including ethical issues, media law, digital design and radio/television broadcasting.
As a Toronto native of Jamaican descent, Janiece is a meticulous writer with an innate passion for uplifting voices of the unheard and underserved within the diaspora. Her publishing career began as a lead reporter for the Toronto Caribbean Newspaper in 2020, covering important topics affecting the African, Caribbean and Black community such as mental health, ending HIV stigma, domestic violence and financial literacy.
In 2022, she joined the Toronto Star as a general assignment reporter, covering several beats affecting the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area such as crime, housing, education. Additionally, she later became a part of the social media audience growth team, which consisted of creating online content, posting on social accounts, and paying close attention to trending analytics.
Since the conclusion of her time at the Star, she’s taken an interest in culture writing and entertainment news. Currently working as a freelance journalist for Now Toronto, she’s fully immersed in all city things, covering the latest events and top stories in Toronto daily.
In everything she does, Janiece aims for an adventurous career with the intention of providing an inclusive safe space dedicated to helping women, visible minorities, LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities tell their stories.
Below is a small sample of Janiece's favourite projects over the years.
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JUNO Award-winning artist TOBi is embracing a more liberated, laid-back side of his artistry with the upcoming release of ELEMENTS Vol. 2.
Toronto songstress Melanie Fiona is making a powerful re-entrance into the music scene with two new songs, after more than a decade since her last album.
OVO-signed, Canadian artist Roy Woods is at a phase in his career of complete creative liberation, sonically proven in his latest bite-sized EP, Rolling Stone.
Toronto singer Aqyila is taking 2024 by storm and isn't showing signs of stopping anytime soon.
Afro Nation, the world’s largest Afrobeats festival, brought out fans of the genre from all across the globe to Detroit over the weekend, celebrating Black culture and unity through non-stop dancing, delicious food and a stellar line-up of artists from the African diaspora.
Q&A with award-winning hip-hop star Haviah Mighty on her new album “Crying Crystals.” In this interview, we chat about toxic relationships, being the main character and her current pop culture obsessions.
For the last decade, on a residential street plagued by years of noisy construction, a lush garden flourished, providing solace to residents of a midtown Toronto community housing building. But today, this far-from-average green space is now barren, a dull field of dirt having been dismantled by the Toronto Community Housing Corp. over what it says were hazardous materials.
Less than two weeks after the Star's initial report, Toronto city council votes to use one-time $50,000 grant to replant midtown oasis that resident Brian Gorrell nurtured and TCHC turned into a pile of dirt.
Boarding a crowded Eglinton bus in the morning is a nuisance. After squeezing through the narrow, stroller-occupied entrance, you're sandwiched between seniors on their way to an aquafit session at the rec centre and teenagers playing music that's way too loud for 8:30 a.m. - not an available seat in sight.
It was 3 a.m. The view was pitch black and the ground was muddy from the heavy rainfall. The process felt never-ending, but that didn't deter their team and accompanying volunteers from completing their mission. On March 13th, 144 passengers at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay boarded a special charter flight bound for Canada. The travellers, who happened to be canines commonly known as mongrel dogs by the Jamaican public, were off to begin a new life abroad.
