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 policy gaps make your jaw drop
In this week’s newsletter, we talk to reporter Emma McIntosh about her investigation into Ontario’s...
Eggs on the beach, gunfire in the canyon
In our latest newsletter, we talk to reporters Fatima Syed, who shares how a scandalous...
How to stay connected with climate news in Canada
We can no longer see our own Instagram feed. At a time when climate reporting...
Are bears just misunderstood?
In this week’s newsletter, reporter Joy SpearChief-Morris takes us to her summer camp days in...
All you need is 10 acres — and a few spare years
In this week’s newsletter, Ontario reporter Fatima Syed takes us on a short road trip...
I’ll take MPs who own energy stocks for $10,000
In this week’s newsletter, we take you through an investigation few MPs wanted to talk...
The aunties, the politicians and the national urban park
In this week’s newsletter, we share some good news from the pod, and reporter Fatima...
The Narwhal celebrates Canadian Journalism Foundation award for digital news innovation
Judges praised The Narwhal’s ‘innovative approach’ to building a sustainable journalism organization, which has included...
A visit to Fort Chipewyan as First Nations seek answers on Imperial Oil spills
Amid the fallout from Imperial Oil’s tailings pond spill in northern Alberta, we headed up...