
When Willow Fiddler was young, she knew she wanted to tell the stories nobody was telling about Indigenous people. “When I was living in Sandy Lake as a young adult I saw how we were underrepresented in mainstream media particularly, and just seeing all the good stories that weren't being told about First Nations people and communities,” she recounted. While there are many difficult stories that need to be told, she tries to focus on positive stories. Now a year and a half into working with The Globe & Mail, she started as a video journalist with APTN. Her journey to journalism was a winding road from Thunder Bay and Sandy Lake First Nation.