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Linda Solomon Wood

Founder, Editor-In-Chief

Linda Solomon Wood is CEO of Observer Media Group and Editor-in-Chief of National Observer. She works to strengthen and support public service journalism that investigates corruption, celebrates innovation, and illuminates and helps to make sense of the complex political and social challenges people face today. She previously founded Vancouver Observer and has led both publications to win Canada's top awards for public service, investigative journalism and excellence in reporting. She started her career as an investigative reporter at The Tennessean in Nashville, where she won the United Press International awards for Best Public Service Reporting and Best Investigative Reporting. She later freelanced for publications including The Los Angeles Times, Orion, and the International Herald Tribune.

Adrienne Tanner

Managing Editor

Adrienne has been working as a journalist for more than 25 years, first in Alberta where she covered courts and the environment at small newspapers and civic and provincial politics at the Edmonton Journal. She moved to B.C. in the late 1990s to join The Province as an investigative reporter covering the immigration beat. In 2001, she joined the Vancouver Sun as assignment editor. She then became city editor where she helped transform the newspaper to a digital publication. She served as deputy editor from 2012 until 2017, overseeing the investigative team and political reporters. Most recently, Adrienne has worked as a freelancer, filing frequently for The Globe and Mail, Maclean's Magazine and Pivot Magazine.

David McKie

Deputy Managing Editor

David McKie is an Ottawa-based, journalist, adjunct journalism professor, data-journalism trainer and author who spent 26 years honing his skills at the CBC where his award-winning work (the CAJ, IRE and Michener) influenced policies in areas such as the adverse reactions of prescription drugs and medical devices, as well as the RCMP’s use of Tasers. David teaches at the schools of journalism at Carleton University, the University of King’s College and Ryerson University. He has co-authored three journalism textbooks and two user guides on Canada's access-to-information and privacy laws, respectively.

Dana Filek-Gibson

Afternoon Managing Editor

Dana Filek-Gibson is a writer and editor with ties to Canada, the United States and Vietnam. Prior to joining Canada's National Observer, she spent seven years in Ho Chi Minh City, where she covered arts and culture, travel, history and urban development. Most recently, she worked as supervising copy editor at Global News in Toronto, editing a range of stories, from breaking local and national news to lifestyle features, investigative reporting and enterprise projects. A dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, Dana grew up in Michigan and holds a BFA in Writing, Literature and Publishing from Emerson College in Boston, Mass.