Our team

Emma Gilchrist is a reporter, editor, public speaker and spreadsheet-keeper. She started her journalism career more than 15 years ago…

Carol Linnitt is a journalist, editor and illustrator and co-founder of The Narwhal. Carol has been reporting on energy and…

Denise Balkissoon is based in her hometown of Toronto. She has been executive editor at Chatelaine, where she edited a…

Mike De Souza has covered politics for more than a decade, focusing in recent years on energy and environment policies…

Francesca Fionda is The Narwhal’s director of newsroom development, a role she took on after working as our mining reporter…

Michelle Cyca is a journalist and editor from Vancouver, and a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Treaty…

Carl Meyer is The Narwhal's climate investigations reporter, based in Ottawa. In 2024 he won a Canadian Association of Journalists…

Shawn Parkinson is a creative director, designer and filmmaker. He helps lead and evolve The Narwhal’s award-winning brand and visual…

Jacqueline Ronson is a journalist and editor based in Youbou, B.C., on the unceded homelands of Coast Salish and Nuu-chah-nulth…

Lindsay Sample is a journalist, mother and fifth generation Scottish settler, living on Sinixt, Ktunaxa and syilx homelands, colonially known…

Sarah Cox is an award-winning journalist and author based in Victoria, B.C. She has been covering energy and environmental politics…

Ainslie Cruickshank is a Vancouver-based journalist covering biodiversity issues for The Narwhal. She has previously written for The Walrus, The…

Matt Simmons is a writer and editor based in Smithers, B.C., unceded Gidimt’en clan territory, home of the Wet'suwet'en/Witsuwit’en Nation.…

Shannon Waters is a political reporter and editor with experience covering municipal, provincial and federal governments. She began her reporting…

Steph Kwetásel'wet Wood is a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh journalist living and writing in North Vancouver. She writes stories about Indigenous rights, the…

Sharon is an award-winning journalist based in Edmonton. Her writing has also been published by The Walrus, Harper’s, The Tyee…

Drew Anderson is the Prairies reporter for The Narwhal, based in Calgary. He previously worked for CBC and was the…

Julia-Simone Rutgers is The Narwhal’s first Manitoba-based reporter through a brand new partnership with the Winnipeg Free Press. She joins…

Elaine Anselmi is a writer, editor and unawarded champion bread-baker. She is The Narwhal’s Ontario bureau chief, based in Peterborough,…

Emma McIntosh is a reporter based in Toronto who really likes being outside. She started her career in newspapers, working…

Fatima Syed is a Mississauga-based journalist and host of The Backbench podcast. She has worked for The Walrus, the Toronto…

Arik Ligeti is The Narwhal’s director of audience, with a focus on growing a dedicated community of members and readers.…

Kathryn has long been an advocate for resilient communities. She has spent the last decade organizing neighbourhood arts and culture…

Karan Saxena is an immigrant settler living on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ territories. Karan is The Narwhal’s audience engagement editor,…

Atenas is a settler from Mexico City who’s been living on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ…

Kyla Fitzgerald is The Narwhal’s membership and operations coordinator, serving as the first point of contact for our members and…