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About Linda Solomon Wood

Linda Solomon Wood founded Canada's National Observer in 2015 with the mission of putting climate change front and centre in Canada. CNO's team of climate experts and journalists have done just that, highlighting the economic, human rights and public health impacts of global warming. With an audience of more than 7 million people over the last year, CNO covers issues and challenges associated with climate such as public health, disinformation, corporate overreach and environmental justice. Our podcast, Race Against Climate Change, was a finalist for the Canadian Journalism Foundation's 'Best Climate Solution Reporting' award. In earlier years, our reporting has received more than 50 honours and awards, primarily for investigative work. Our subscribers include The Government of Canada, universities, libraries and civil society organizations as well as thousands of individuals and foundations who make our journalism possible. In 2020, Linda kicked off CNO's podcasts with "Conversations", interviews with superstars leading Canada in tackling global warming. (Returns March 2023.) Linda served for seven years as editor-in-chief of Canada's National Observer, before stepping into the role of publisher in the fall of 2022.

In 2009, Linda founded Vancouver Observer and developed it into a popular hyper-local publication. As the publication evolved to fill a gap in Canada with environmental reporting, critical coverage of the oil industry, and political reporting with a progressive voice, it outgrew the local brand. As a result, Linda launched National Observer in 2015 with a new team based in Ottawa and Toronto. That year she received a Vancouver Board of Trade award for entrepreneurial innovation.

Linda loves literature and has published a number of short stories in literary journals as well as magazine-length literary nonfiction in a diverse group of publications including The International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Orion Magazine and an anthology by Parallax Press. As a young reporter at The Tennessean newspaper, Linda received numerous awards for investigative reporting including The United Press award for Best Investigative Journalism, the John Finney Award for Best Economic Reporting, and the United Press award for Best Public Service Reporting. Later, she wrote about women who were changing the world against great odds, travelling to interview women in Africa and India, notably Wangari Maathai in Kenya, Medha Patkar in India, Noreen Kaleeba in Uganda, and Tibetan nuns in Dharmsala. Born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she has lived and worked in Nashville, Paris, and New York City. Linda's married to a guy who works in cybersecurity. She is the lucky mother and stepmother of four wonderful human beings.

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I am proud to share that we raised $128,975 from 673 donors in our year-end campaign — surpassing our goal of $100,000.
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Millions of women have abortion stories. Here’s mine

"Thanks to Roe v. Wade, I had choices when having kids at the centre of my life wasn’t a great idea."
Opinion | June 24th 2022

Canada’s National Observer nominated for prestigious National Newspaper Awards

I'm proud to make this announcement.
Analysis | March 18th 2022

Report from COP26

COP26: Uniting the World to Tackle Climate Change
Analysis | November 10th 2021

Our future investigations

At Canada's National Observer,  we have a deep commitment to human rights, to democracy, to social justice, and to leaving behind a better planet for future generations. 
News | January 21st 2021
Ed Greenspon, Public Policy Forum

Who stepped up for journalism in 2020, and who should do more in 2021?

The Canadian government launched a new program in 2020 to address the hundreds of journalism jobs being lost, the dozens of news organizations being shuttered and the obliteration of the old revenue model for journalism, Canada's National Observer editor-in-chief Linda Solomon Wood writes.
State of Journalism
Opinion | January 4th 2021

How 9/11 shaped my life and led me to start a new publication in Canada

CEO and editor-in-chief Linda Solomon Wood shares why she started Canada's National Observer, how independent media is vital to preserving democracy and what to expect from us in 2021.
State of Journalism
Opinion | December 31st 2020

Trudeau Liberals shouldn't shelve $100 billion climate plan

As of Sunday, around 4 million acres have been scorched by wildfires in California, Washington and Oregon. These fires are a reminder that for all our struggles with COVID-19, climate change remains the number one threat against human civilization. Yet even now, we can't even acknowledge this reality. 
Race to a Safer World
Opinion | September 15th 2020
Victor Juhasz commentary on Trump and Canada

MAGA's spewing propaganda and we can't look away

Truly, in this season filled with economic distress and border closures, masks and militias, snake oil salesmen and demagoguery, the news from America can seem like an assault.
Opinion, Politics, Culture | September 9th 2020
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