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We’re hiring!

We’re looking for a talented and motivated reporter to join our team on up to a one-year contract as an investigative journalist in Alberta

By Emma Gilchrist

July 3, 2018 1 min. read

This article is more than 6 years old

Alberta is an investigative environmental journalist’s playground. From the oilsands and their far-reaching consequences, to fires and flooding in the country’s two most important oil towns, to battles over what to do with three of Canada’s largest national parks, Alberta has a lot of big untold environmental stories.

We’re looking for a self-directed reporter who is hungry to map the influence of the fossil fuel industry on Alberta; who speaks FOI, energy jargon and science; who is sensitive to the challenges and opportunities of reporting in Indigenous communities; who has contacts in government, academia and the real world too. Skills in multimedia reporting, including audio and video, are an asset.

Check out our job posting for more information, and get in touch if you have questions.

Another year of keeping a close watch

Here at The Narwhal, we don’t use profit, awards or pageviews to measure success. The thing that matters most is real-world impact — evidence that our reporting influenced citizens to hold power to account and pushed policymakers to do better.

And in 2024, our stories were raised in legislatures across the country and cited by citizens in their petitions and letters to politicians.

In Alberta, our reporting revealed Premier Danielle Smith made false statements about the controversial renewables pause. In Manitoba, we proved that officials failed to formally inspect a leaky pipeline for years. And our investigations on a leaked recording of TC Energy executives were called “the most important Canadian political story of the year.”

We’d like to thank you for paying attention. And if you’re able to donate anything at all to help us keep doing this work in 2025 — which will bring a whole lot we can’t predict — thank you so very much.

Will you help us hold the powerful accountable in the year to come by giving what you can today?

Yes, I’ll support independent journalism

Another year of keeping a close watch

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Emma Gilchrist

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

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