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
and has a journalism degree from
Mount Royal University
Mount Royal University (MRU) is a public university in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally “Mount Royal College,” Mount Royal University was granted university status in 2009 by the provincial government. The university has an average class s ...
who awarded her a ''Horizon Award'' in 2015.
Career
Gilchrist has worked as a reporter in the United Kingdom and Canada, and has worked at the
Calgary Herald
The ''Calgary Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Publication began in 1883 as ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate, and General Advertiser''. It is owned by the Postmedia Network.
History
''The C ...
and the
Calgary Sun
The ''Calgary Sun'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is currently owned by Postmedia Network. First published in 1980, the tabloid-format daily newspaper replaced the long-running tabloid-size ''The Albertan'' soon ...
.
She created a weekly column at the Calgary Herald called ''The Green Guide'' which won a
Canadian Newspaper Association Great Ideas Award.
Gilchrist was the executive director of ''
DeSmog'' environmental blog
and was credited for providing content for Donald Gutstein's 2018 book ''The Big Stall.'' In 2018, she co-founded ''
The Narwhal'' with
Carol Linnitt. In 2018 she accepted four Canadian Online Publishing Awards on behalf of ''The Narwhal'' 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''.
Gilchrist is the past chair of ''Press Forward'' association of independent Canadian news organizations.
She won a ''Clean50'' sustainability award in 2022.
Selected photography
Site C Dam
The Site C Dam is a hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Peace River, 14 kilometers southwest of Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located approximately 80 kilometers downstream from the W. A. C. Be ...
site by Emma Gilchrist">
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
along Highway 29 between Fort St. John and Hudson's Hope, 2014
File:Site C dam flood reserve level.jpg, Protest sign near
.