Linda Solomon Wood is the founder and publisher of Canada's National Observer and CEO of Observer Media Group. Linda champions independent journalism as essential infrastructure for democracy, combining investigative reporting with a solutions-focused approach that helps readers understand not just what's broken, but how it might be fixed.

She began her career as an investigative reporter with The Tennessean in Nashville and has worked as a writer and reporter based in Paris, then New York City, and, since 2001, British Columbia.

Since establishing Observer Media Group in 2009, she has served as publisher, editor-in-chief, journalist, podcast host and executive producer for documentaries. She has guided reporting on business, the economy, energy, politics, policy, human rights, the environment and international affairs. After launching Canada's National Observer in 2015, she pivoted the company's focus to climate change at the intersection of business, technology and culture. Under her ten years of leadership, CNO has generated substantial revenue to support vital climate journalism.

Recognized for innovation and entrepreneurship by the Vancouver Board of Trade, Linda has led Observer Media Group to garner more than 60 honours from Canada's most prestigious journalism organizations, while building a rare high-impact and profitable independent news media business. The publication has reached nearly 4 million readers over the past year alone, with more than 400,000 people accessing content through paid individual or group subscriptions, including The Government of Canada, the University of Toronto, and various other governments, academic institutions and civil society groups.