Karan Saxena
Audience Engagement Editor
Karan Saxena is an immigrant settler living on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ territories. Karan is The Narwhal’s audience engagement editor, with a focus on the intersections of journalism and community-building. A recent graduate from UBC’s Master of Journalism program, Karan worked at 5X Press as an associate editor expanding the reach of the publication’s newsletter — something he is a nerd about — and was the audience engagement intern at Xtra Magazine in 2021. Karan finds it hard to shut up about French pop music, the fashion industry, the politics of climate change, environmental racism and Lorde.
Stories by Karan Saxena
Meet Andrew Munroe, The Narwhal’s web developer
Sitting at the crossroads of journalism and code, we’ve found our perfect match: someone who...
Hope for a huge, ancient and imperilled fish
First Nations are leading efforts to make sure lake sturgeon can find a home in...
Down a video rabbit hole (but the good kind)
The Narwhal is expanding its reach on video platforms like YouTube and TikTok. First up?...
Meet Manuel Baechlin, The Narwhal’s video producer
We’ve long been told our award-winning visual journalism should include videos that make the conversation...
What makes a mine critical in Canada?
British Columbia has vowed to fast-track several mining projects in an effort to blunt the...
The Narwhal snags National Newspaper Award nomination for feature on lonely caribou
Ontario reporter Emma McIntosh nominated for the William Southam Award for long feature writing for...
Investigation into Alberta renewables pause wins prestigious Hillman Prize
Prairies reporter Drew Anderson’s dogged coverage of Alberta’s pause on renewable energy projects was recognized...
A pulp mill shutters, a creek comes back to life
Blackbird Creek quickly transformed from a smelly, frothy mess to a home for fish and...
‘Stinky’ and ‘a hazard’: on 40,000 oil and gas site inspection records
Our collaborative investigation revealed more than 1,000 potential environmental infractions left unchecked by B.C. officials....