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Linda Solomon Wood

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As seen in: National Observer, Observer Media Group, Nieman Lab, CANADALAND, Sci-Tech World Canada
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Linda Solomon Wood is Editor-in-Chief of the National Observer and CEO of Observer Media Group.

National observer, journalist, journalist, politics, politics news, Canada, canada politics, climate change, energy news.

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Visualizing Canada's 2030 climate target: Show me the money!

Visualizing Canada's 2030 climate target: Show me the money!

"It's put-up or shut-up time. Canada must finally meet its targets, while growing the economy at the same tim…

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NEB emails reveal pattern of off-record meetings with pipeline industry

NEB emails reveal pattern of off-record meetings with pipeline industry

Part one in a series. See here for part two. See here for part three . It was the Friday before Christmas and…

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Our Oily Media

Our Oily Media

The energy sector has flooded Canada's media with money, be it in ad dollars, speaking fees, charitable donat…

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European refugee crisis coming to an ugly head

European refugee crisis coming to an ugly head

Andrew Lodge is a physician with the University of British Columbia. He is currently in Greece working as a m…

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The Great Bear Rainforest: Canada's gift to the world

The Great Bear Rainforest: Canada's gift to the world

A deal to finalize the protection of the largest coastal temperate rainforest left on Earth is now complete. …

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A letter to our readers on digital subscriptions

A letter to our readers on digital subscriptions

Dear readers and supporters, This is a momentous week for the National Observer: we are celebrating our first…

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No model can train on a story that was never written

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By Linda Solomon Wood
| National Observer Verified
Who will “monetize” the truth? That's the question I’m struggling a lot with as I enter our spring fundraising season, because here's what's happening to journalism right now. AI Overviews on Google answer your questions before you ever click through to the source. News sites have lost 600 million monthly visits in a single year. Perplexity crawls 700 news site pages for every one reader it sends back. The platforms made $21 billion last year on news-related searches.
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Pope Leo XIV on the ancient art of lying, a call to action to anyone who values the news they consume

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By Linda Solomon Wood
| National Observer Verified
"With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing." Pope Leo XIV delivered these words to international news agencies this week in a remarkable defence of journalism's role in the world today. His intervention comes at a moment when democratic institutions worldwide face unprecedented assault by coordinated disinformation campaigns.
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What a Zen master, a grieving elder, and a carbon bomb taught me about climate journalism

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By Linda Solomon Wood
| National Observer Verified
The air smelled acrid. The back of my throat hurt. Between the cannon explosions, I heard a deep cry. I looked over and saw the elder raise her hands to the sky, sobbing. Her white hair caught the light as she wept. There was no comfort here. For me, something that had only been theoretical became visceral - her voice, the injured wildlife, the nearby Suncor plant belching fumes. I stood there stricken, listening and watching, and feeling my own heart break.
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