Isabella Calissi
Producer Pieces

Producer Pieces

I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to produce and co-producer many pieces for CBC — this includes CBC Vancouver, CBC Radio’s The Current, and CBC Yukon — the latter two thanks to the 2025 CBC Summer Scholarship I received. Producer duties depended on the piece, but the majority included pitching or being assigned a piece, doing background research, reaching out to potential guests and pre-interviewing them, scheduling for live or pre-taped segments, acquiring tape through streeters, and other interviews, and writing up background and a script for the hosts that are submitted to my executive-producer for feedback.

I pitched, chased, and produced this piece for CBC Radio’s The Current — during my CBC Summer Scholarship placement as an Associate Producer during the summer of 2025. It follows what a divorce registry is — and how it can be found in a familiar setting with friends — and also in an official way online through Amazon.

I was assigned this piece for CBC Radio’s The Current — during my CBC Summer Scholarship placement as an Associate Producer during the summer of 2025. I chased the guests along with one of my colleagues. I also gathered the streeters for this piece outside of some hospitals in downtown Toronto.

I was assigned this piece for CBC Radio’s The Current — during my CBC Summer Scholarship placement as an Associate Producer during the summer of 2025. I chased and pre-interviewed possible guests from bookstores across Canada until I found the right pair.

I was assigned this piece for CBC Radio’s The Current — during my CBC Summer Scholarship placement as an Associate Producer during the summer of 2025. I chased Robyn — a mother affected by UCD, and who wishes this gene editing breakthrough was around when she tragically lost two of her infant sons due to the disease.

I was assigned this piece for CBC Radio’s The Current — during my CBC Summer Scholarship placement as an Associate Producer during the summer of 2025. I chased the author of the book while my colleague did the Spain connection.

I was assigned this piece for CBC Radio’s The Current — during my CBC Summer Scholarship placement as an Associate Producer during the summer of 2025. I found a way to contact the students family through social media before booking her before the show.

I was assigned this piece for CBC Radio’s The Current — during my CBC Summer Scholarship placement as an Associate Producer during the summer of 2025. I chased for a reporter from Associate Press, Jack Queen, to speak about what was known about the case at the time.

I pitched and chased this piece while interning at CBC Vancouver during January 2025 after seeing a spike in youth unemployment in B.C. I found Cassandra using social media.

I chased and pitched this piece on the organization Empowered Black Girls during an internship at CBC Vancouver during January 2025. Along with the producer work — I collaborated with the two organizers of the group and VJ reporter Janella Hamilton to make this piece.