Awards & Press
The following is a selective list of awards and press publications for the We Met U When… podcast, ordered from most to least recent:
Awards
2026 Winner, 2nd Place, Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts, Student Audio Competition – Narrative Audio Competition for Producers Cindy Zogu, Kymane Fermely & Praise Ditep for S4EP1: Schooled by Sekou
2026 Winner, Silver Prize, Canadian Online Publishing Awards, Best Podcast – Academic for Season 3
2025 Honourable Mention, Canadian Student Journalism Awards by J-Schools Canada, Student Group Project of the Year, Producers Nyakuan Martha Gai, Yanika Saluja and Adam Floujeh for S3EP1: The Power of Chantelle
2025 Winner, Award of Excellence, Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts, Student Audio Competition – Narrative Audio for Producers Leonor Carvalhal Dias, Noel Tesfa, Chloe Kim and Alexa DiFrancesco for S3EP5: The Call
2025 Finalist, National Newsmedia Council-CAJ Student Journalism Award of Excellence for Producers Leonor Carvalhal Dias, Noel Tesfa, Chloe Kim and Alexa DiFrancesco for S3EP5: The Call
2025 Winner, Jeff Junke Memorial Award for Excellence in Radio Journalism at TMU for Producers Hania Noor, Alyssa Reid and Akosua Yeboah for S3EP3: Sex in the Archives
2024 Winner, Jeff Junke Memorial Award for Excellence in Radio Journalism at TMU for Producers Anna Maria Moubayed, Mia Johnson and Mana Hosseini for S2EP1: Coco’s Key Change
2023 Winner, Jeff Junke Memorial Award for Excellence in Radio Journalism at TMU for Producers Kendra Seguin, Carolina Pucciarelli and Sael Forster for S1EP1: Giftedness A Sticky Label
Press
“From the classroom to the podcast studio: This TMU prof is reimagining journalism studies” by Blaize Exeter, NOW Toronto, October 8, 2025. Link Here
“Here are the inaugural winners of the Canadian Student Journalism Awards” by J-Source October 30, 2025. Link Here
“Students, alumni, and instructors receive 17 CAJ nominations” by Julia Lawrence, School of Journalism Newsletter, April 23, 2025. Link Here
“Fall 2024 class launches Season 3 of ‘We Met U When…’ podcast” by Daniyah Yaqoob ,School of Journalism Newsletter, January 27, 2025. Link Here
“Final-year Journalism students produce Season 2 of ‘We Met U When…’ podcast” by Asmaa Toor, The Creative School Newsletter, January 30, 2024. Link Here
“Class podcast We Met U When reveals important lessons about power, informed consent and the right to be forgotten” by Shari Okeke, J-Source, July 13, 2023. Link Here
“Fall 2022 podcasting class releases ‘We Met U When…’ by Dania Ali, School of Journalism Newsletter, January 15, 2023. Link Here
