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
When support for a B.C. pipeline starts to fray
Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs are shifting their tone on a pipeline project. In our latest newsletter,...
The Narwhal snags 3 National Newspaper Awards nominations
The National Newspaper Awards celebrate some of the best journalism in Canada. This year, our...
12 years in the making: the cross-border investigation that’s a ‘pretty big deal’
Here’s why a decision to finally pursue a joint Canada-U.S. inquiry into water pollution from...
Environmental resistance from the Rockies to the Prairies
This week, we bring you stories from Alberta and Manitoba about a pair of projects...
Curly, silly and in decline
In this week's newsletter, reporter Steph Wood tells us about a bighorn sheep herd in...
Winging it with old-growth trees
In this week’s newsletter, reporter Sarah Cox takes us to B.C.’s inland template rainforest, where...
Reindeer need love, too
Many reindeer in Canada — also known as caribou — face local extinction. This holiday...
Rooted in reciprocity, love, joy and care
In this week’s newsletter, journalist kelsie kilawna talks about the syilx teachings that guide the...
Shrinking wildlife habitats — and a note on press freedom
In our latest newsletter, we bring you two on-the-ground stories on disappearing old-growth trees and...