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
‘Oh, just another polar bear’
In this week’s newsletter, we chat with senior editor Elaine Anselmi about her travels to...
Owls, oil, Ottawa and more
In this week’s newsletter, we tell you about what our reporters across bureaus have been...
An update on our RCMP lawsuit — and what’s happening with Coastal GasLink
In our latest newsletter, we share news of the RCMP’s response to our suit over...
Holding space for both grief and resilience
On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we reflect on the effects of colonialism...
Working to feed the future
Amid the hottest summer ever, our B.C. team set out to get a first-hand look...
The Narwhal picks up three 2023 Webster Awards nominations
From invasive species to tensions between communities and extractive industries, our B.C. bureau’s dogged reporting...
Development outcry, at-risk wildlife, political donations, a housing crisis — and we’re not just talking Greenbelt
This week, we bring you a big investigation from the small town of Fernie, B.C....
A glance up North, engulfed in flames
Huge swaths of the Northwest Territories are burning in what’s the worst season for wildfires...
A visit to a B.C. farm amid the summer drought
What does B.C.’s worsening drought mean for farmers? Nothing good — but there’s plenty of...