Linda Solomon Wood
Publisher | Vancouver
About Linda Solomon Wood
Linda Solomon Wood founded Canada's National Observer as part of Observer Media Group 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, while celebrating innovation and solutions. Under her guidance, Observer Media Group has won more than 60 awards and honors for investigations, analysis and documentary storytelling. Over the last ten years, since it was founded, CNO has had an extraordinary impact on furthering awareness about the opportunities for building well-being and a healthier future in Canada and the race against climate change.
We've got a deal! Keep it fair
Now, as we work out what’s next and who gets how much from the $100-million pie, Canada must ensure the deals favour all news in the public interest.
Be strong and stand up to Big Tech, Canada
Big Tech is trying to crush Canada’s efforts to sustain its news industry by making scary threats and attacking Canadians’ right to freely access local news. But Canada must not back down.
Say these names as you huddle indoors coughing — Exxon, Shell, BP, Total, Chevron ... Canada
Finally, perhaps more people will start talking about climate change, worrying about it, fearing it (as we should) and thinking about what to do about it, writes Linda Solomon Wood.
A summer up in smoke
What to do about the wildfire smoke, my mother in New York City asks. A fan? An air filter? She knows I’ve been through it already. She knows I know. Publisher Linda Solomon Wood writes about the wildfire smoke blanketing the east.
CNO journalists earn nominations for enterprise, scoop, Indigenous reporting
Canada’s National Observer produces news for a changing climate and narratives that empower people to act.
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."
Canada’s National Observer nominated for prestigious National Newspaper Awards
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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.
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.