Audio producer.
Early-morning agenda setter.
International and Canadian storyteller.
Lightning-fast radio mixer.
Instrumentally difficult.
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Recent Work
Wool’d Report
Join hosts Marcia Young and Jason D’Souza for a look at the ancient art of knitting and how it is being modernized today. From Indigenous elders in Cowichan Bay to pandemic hobbyists looking to protect their mental health, knitting has found a place in the homes of Canadians from coast to coast. And with each ball of yarn cast on, comes a multitude of family histories, cherished stories, and heated controversies.
Read the online article here.
Sometimes World Report is Girl Report.
Live radio
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were getting daily updates from politicians and public health officials, sometimes multiple times throughout the morning. For a while, we were pre-empting the network daily to bring our listeners the latest. Sometimes I ran the entire special. Sometimes I produced it. I’m proud of how we managed to bring our listeners news packages, live interviews, and live reports while waiting for the officials to speak. (Almost never on time.)
World Report in Barbados
Helen Surgenor, Field Producer
When Barbados left the monarchy, it didn’t call it a republican movement. It called it an act of anti-colonialism.
At a time when Canadians were reckoning with their own colonial roots, Marcia Young and I travelled to Bridgetown to take a closer look. We helped Canadians listen in on the conversations happening in Barbados, and showed how a nation shows pride in Blackness.
This show won the 2021 RTDNA Canada award for Best National Radio Newscast.
World Report in Alberta
Environment, natural resources, Indigenous rights, immigration, and racism in Canada. These issues all intersect in Alberta. CBC’s World Report took listeners there in 2019 — ahead of provincial and federal elections — to examine the complex arguments about to play out on the campaign trial. Our goal was to bring listeners real, human stories about how high-level political decisions affect Canadians on a personal level.
CBC World Report June 2, 2020
RTDNA: Byron MacGregor Award for Best Radio Newscast
Helen Surgenor, Producer
RTDNA Byron MacGregor Award winner 2019: Best Radio Newscast.
Helen Surgenor, Senior Producer
Helen Surgenor, Reporter
Indigenizing Campus (CBC The World This Weekend, 2016)
