Emma Gilchrist
{{Short description|Canadian journalist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Emma Gilchrist
| birth_place = Northern Alberta
| nationality = Canadian
| known_for = Editor-in-Chief, The Narwhal
}}
Emma Gilchrist is the Canadian co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Narwhal.
Gilchrist was the executive director of DeSmog environmental blog and the past president of Press Forward association of Canadian independent media outlets.
Early life and education
Gilchrist is from rural Northern Alberta{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Emma Gilchrist Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director |url=http://thenarwhal.ca/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=The Narwhal |language=en}} and has a journalism degree from Mount Royal University{{Cite web |title=Journalism alumna forges her own path {{!}} MRU |url=https://www.mtroyal.ca/AboutMountRoyal/MediaRoom/Stories/2021/05/journalism-alumna-forges-her-own-path.htm |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=www.mtroyal.ca |language=en}} who awarded her a Horizon Award in 2015.{{Cite web |title=Alumni Achievement Awards 2015 {{!}} Summit {{!}} MRU |url=https://www.mtroyal.ca/Summit/aaa2015.htm |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=www.mtroyal.ca |language=en}}
Career
Gilchrist has worked as a reporter in the United Kingdom and Canada, and has worked at the Calgary Herald and the Calgary Sun. She created a weekly column at the Calgary Herald called The Green Guide which won a Canadian Newspaper Association Great Ideas Award.{{Cite web |title=The Brand is Female |url=https://www.thebrandisfemale.com/podcast/season4episode57 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=The Brand is Female |language=en-US}}
Gilchrist was the executive director of DeSmog environmental blog{{Cite web |date=2017-09-18 |title=Emma Gilchrist |url=https://clean50.com/honourees/gilchrist_emma/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Clean50 |language=en-CA}} and was credited for providing content for Donald Gutstein's 2018 book The Big Stall.Gutstein, D. (2018). The Big Stall: How Big Oil and Think Tanks are Blocking Action on Climate Change in Canada. United States: James Lorimer Limited, Publishers. p265 In 2018, she co-founded The Narwhal with Carol Linnitt.{{Cite web |title=New media ventures continue to pop up in Canada — and they're helping fill gaps |url=https://www.orilliamatters.com/national-business/new-media-ventures-continue-to-pop-up-in-canada-and-theyre-helping-fill-gaps-5157358 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=OrilliaMatters.com |date=14 March 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mckenzie |first=Kevin Hinton & Ryan |title=BCBusiness |url=https://www.bcbusiness.ca/The-2021-Women-of-the-Year-Awards-Change-Maker--Runner-up |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=BCBusiness |date=13 May 2021 |language=en}} In 2018 she accepted four Canadian Online Publishing Awards on behalf of The Narwhal{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2018-11-15 |title=RDS, The Narwhal among big winners at Canadian Online Publishing Awards |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/rds-the-narwhal-among-big-winners-at-canadian-online-publishing-awards/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}} and in 2021 was part of a team that won a 2021 Digital Publishing Award for Best Digital Editorial Package for their report Carbon Cache.{{Cite web |title=News |url=https://digitalpublishingawards.ca/category/news/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Digital Publishing Awards |date=10 June 2021 |language=en-CA}}
Gilchrist is the past chair of Press Forward association of independent Canadian news organizations.{{Cite news |last=Gilchrist |first=Emma |date=2021-03-02 |title=Opinion: Canada should be supporting journalism's future, not its past |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-should-be-supporting-journalisms-future-not-its-past/ |access-date=2022-03-30}}
= Selected photography =
File:Peace River Valley downstream, 2014.jpg|Peace Valley from a lookout on Highway 29 between Fort St. John and Hudson's Hope, 2014
File:Keep the Peace protest sign.jpg|Signs protesting the Site C dam along Highway 29 between Fort St. John and Hudson's Hope, 2014
File:Site C dam flood reserve level.jpg|Protest sign near Site C dam site, 2014
File:Peace River Valley upstream, 2014.jpg|The Peace River, 2014
Personal life
References
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External links
- [https://pressforward.ca/ Press Forward, official website]
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Category:Canadian newspaper editors
Category:Journalists from Alberta
Category:Mount Royal University alumni
Category:Canadian women company founders