Sharon J. Riley
Managing editor
Sharon is an award-winning journalist based in Edmonton. Her writing has also been published by The Walrus, Harper’s, The Tyee and Maisonneuve, among others. Her work for The Narwhal has been nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists award and a Digital Publishing Award. She was also named a finalist in the 2017 National Magazine Awards' Best New Magazine Writer category, was a 2017 recipient of the Access Copyright Foundation's Marian Hebb Research Grant for literary arts and won the Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism in 2020. Sharon was born and raised in rural Alberta, and if she's not at her computer she's probably in the Rockies with her family.
Stories by Sharon J. Riley
After oil and gas: Meet Alberta workers making the switch to solar
13 min. readAlberta’s oil and gas workers can be underrepresented — or even maligned — in conversations...
Rural Alberta coping with $81-million shortfall in oil and gas taxes. How did we get here?
An analysis by The Narwhal found rural municipalities are deeply reliant on oil and gas...
‘Only reason we exist’: why an energy transition is hard to fathom in parts of Alberta
The Municipal District of Greenview received $77 million in taxes and fees from oil and...
‘Boys don’t cry’: Q&A with Alberta oilpatch worker on industry’s mental health crisis
The Narwhal speaks with Chris Johnson, a subject of the new documentary, Digging in the...
10 things you need to know about the massive new oilsands mine that just got a green light
A review panel found the Frontier Mine would have ‘irreversible’ impacts on the environment and...
Meet a Blackfoot elder who worked for 20 years to showcase Writing-on-Stone to the world
Áísínai’pi, home to the highest concentration of rock carvings and paintings on the Great Plains...
Alberta government only invites industry to consultation on new emissions regulations
First the province scrapped its carbon tax. Now clean energy advocates say they’re being shut...
CAPP seeks to limit public involvement in Alberta energy projects: lobbying records
Extensive lobbying records obtained by The Narwhal reveal numerous recommendations from the Canadian Association of...
Industry responsible for 80 per cent of Senate lobbying linked to Bill C-69
Lobbyists from industry and related groups — primarily from the oil and gas industry —...
