Lauryn Mackenzie
News Reporter (Nanaimo) — Lauryn is a LJI funded news reporter located in Nanaimo, reporting on civic and community news. She attended Vancouver Island University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media Studies, focusing on journalism and audio production during her studies. Lauryn has worked at CHLY 101.7FM in its nonprofit newsroom since 2023.
Prior to her employment in the newsroom, Lauryn worked at the station as a Canada Summer Jobs employee in 2020 and 2023.
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Recent Stories
When Kerri Isham watched the Netflix show Maid in 2021, she felt something had to be done to support women fleeing intimate partner violence in her own community.
Hul'q'umi'num' art, history and legacies are on display in new city-wide virtual art tour in Nanaimo.
With general voting day around the corner in Nanaimo and across the province, Vancouver Island University Students’ Union (VIUSU) is taking on a campaign to help students understand how local governments affect their everyday lives.
A local society is celebrating five years working to decrease clothing waste and to make the cost of Halloween a little less spooky.
Semiu Oyolola can see the positive impacts soccer has in Nanaimo.
Voters will get to hear from candidates running for mayor and council in the City of Nanaimo at an upcoming Civic Engagement Forum.
Wednesday night a Harewood backyard had been brimming with close to 1,000 election signs. Thursday morning, it was up to John Little to get those signs where people could see them.
Shirley Lo only has a faint memory of the fire that destroyed Nanaimo’s final Chinatown.