Emma Gilchrist

Last updated
Emma Gilchrist
Born
Northern Alberta
NationalityCanadian
Known forEditor-in-Chief, The Narwhal

Emma Gilchrist is the Canadian co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Narwhal .

Contents

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 [1] and has a journalism degree from Mount Royal University [2] who awarded her a Horizon Award in 2015. [3]

Career

Gilchrist has worked as a reporter in the United Kingdom and Canada, and has worked at the Calgary Herald and the Calgary Sun. [1] She created a weekly column at the Calgary Herald called The Green Guide which won a Canadian Newspaper Association Great Ideas Award. [1] [4]

Gilchrist was the executive director of DeSmog environmental blog [5] and was credited for providing content for Donald Gutstein's 2018 book The Big Stall. [6] In 2018, she co-founded The Narwhal with Carol Linnitt. [7] [8] In 2018 she accepted four Canadian Online Publishing Awards on behalf of The Narwhal [9] 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. [10]

Gilchrist is the past chair of Press Forward association of independent Canadian news organizations. [11]

She won a Clean50 sustainability award in 2022. [5]

Selected photography

Personal life

Gilchrist lives in Victoria. [12]

Related Research Articles

<i>Forbes</i> American business magazine

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B.C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairperson and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes, and its CEO is Mike Federle. It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Competitors in the national business magazine category include Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Royal University</span> Public university in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Mount Royal University (MRU) is a public university in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

<i>Calgary Herald</i> Daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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.

<i>The Hill</i> (newspaper) American political newspaper and website

The Hill is an American newspaper and digital media company based in Washington, D.C., that was founded in 1994.

<i>The Escapist</i> (magazine) American video game magazine

The Escapist is an American video game website and online magazine. First published as a weekly online magazine by Themis Media on July 12, 2005, The Escapist eventually pivoted to a traditional web journalism format. In 2018, Escapist Magazine launched Volume Two, a rehauled website in conjunction with its purchase by Enthusiast Gaming. The site name reverted to The Escapist in April 2020. Gamurs Group acquired the site in September 2022. The company's entire video production team resigned in November 2023 after editor-in-chief Nick Calandra was fired.

<i>The Tyee</i> Canadian news website

The Tyee is an independent daily news website based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in November 2003 as an alternative to corporate media. Articles in The Tyee focus on politics, culture, and life.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earth Rangers</span>

Earth Rangers is a Canadian registered charity focused on environmental education and conservation for children and families. The goal of the organization is to educate children and their families about environmental issues, and mobilize them to take actions that protect animals and the environment. Earth Rangers is membership-based, with over 300,000 members and alumni across Canada. Earth Rangers also provides in-school programming to elementary schools, with school assemblies that feature live animal ambassadors. Earth Rangers headquarters is located in Woodbridge, Ontario.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Digital Trends</span> Tech news, lifestyle, and information website

Digital Trends is a Portland, Oregon-based tech news, lifestyle, and information website that publishes news, reviews, guides, how-to articles, descriptive videos and podcasts about technology and consumer electronics products. With offices in Portland, Oregon, New York City, Chicago and other locations, Digital Trends is operated by Digital Trends Media Group, a media company that also publishes Digital Trends Español, focusing on Spanish speakers worldwide, and a men's lifestyle site The Manual.

<i>Columbia Missourian</i> Newspaper in Columbia, Missouri

The Columbia Missourian is a digital-first newspaper based in Columbia, Missouri, published online seven days a week and in print five days a week. The newspaper is affiliated with the Missouri School of Journalism, and is owned as a 501c3 non-profit under the Missourian Publishing Association. Students enrolled in staff classes produce the newspaper, which is managed by working professionals who also serve as professors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Site C dam</span> Dam in British Columbia, Canada

The Site C Dam is a hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Peace River, 14 kilometres southwest of Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located approximately 80 kilometres downstream from the W. A. C. Bennett Dam. When completed in 2025, the Site C Dam will become the 4th largest producer of hydroelectricity in British Columbia with an expected capacity of 1,100 MW and an expected annual output of 4,600 GWh of electricity.

The National Media Awards Foundation (NMAF) is a Canadian charity whose mission is to recognize excellence in the content and creation of Canadian magazines and Canadian digital publishing through two annual awards programs: the National Magazine Awards (NMAs) and the Digital Publishing Awards (DPAs).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sue Gardner</span> Canadian journalist and former executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation

Sue Gardner is a Canadian journalist, not-for-profit executive and business executive. She was the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation from December 2007 until May 2014, and before that was the director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website and online news outlets.

The Conversation is a network of nonprofit media outlets publishing news stories and research reports online, with accompanying expert opinion and analysis. Articles are written by academics and researchers under a Creative Commons license, allowing reuse without modification. Copyright terms for images are generally listed in the image caption and attribution. Its model has been described as explanatory journalism. Except in "exceptional circumstances", it only publishes articles by "academics employed by, or otherwise formally connected to, accredited institutions, including universities and accredited research bodies".

TheJournal.ie is an online newspaper in Ireland. It was a mixture of original and aggregated content, before moving to entirely original content. The website was founded in early 2010.

MNG Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Digital First Media and MediaNews Group, is a Denver, Colorado, United States-based newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital. As of May 2021, it owns over 100 newspapers and 200 assorted other publications.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emma Barnett</span> British broadcaster and journalist

Emma Barnett is a British broadcaster and journalist who has presented Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 from 2021 until 2024.

The Local is a Toronto-based general interest online magazine covering urban health and social issues. It was founded in 2019 as a not-for-profit organization, with Tai Huynh, Nicholas Hune-Brown, Jen Recknagel and Craig Madho as its founding editorial team. The Local publishes mostly long-form features, investigations and essays on a quarterly basis. From 2017 to 2019, The Local was a hyper-local storytelling project incubated at UHN OpenLab, a design and innovation studio at the University Health Network.

<i>The Narwhal</i> Canadian environmental magazine

The Narwhal is a Canadian investigative online magazine that focuses on environmental issues.

The Calgary Peace Prize is an annual Canadian award that is given by an independent committee in Calgary, Alberta.

The Sprawl is an independent online news outlet based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was launched in 2017 by journalist Jeremy Klaszus as a temporary pop-up outlet covering the 2017 Calgary municipal election, but has since expanded to regularly cover Calgary news and politics.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Emma Gilchrist Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director". The Narwhal. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  2. "Journalism alumna forges her own path | MRU". www.mtroyal.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  3. "Alumni Achievement Awards 2015 | Summit | MRU". www.mtroyal.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  4. "The Brand is Female". The Brand is Female. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  5. 1 2 "Emma Gilchrist". Clean50. 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  6. 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
  7. "New media ventures continue to pop up in Canada — and they're helping fill gaps". OrilliaMatters.com. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  8. Mckenzie, Kevin Hinton & Ryan. "BCBusiness". BCBusiness. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  9. Thiessen, Connie (2018-11-15). "RDS, The Narwhal among big winners at Canadian Online Publishing Awards". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  10. "News". Digital Publishing Awards. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  11. Gilchrist, Emma (2021-03-02). "Opinion: Canada should be supporting journalism's future, not its past". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  12. "Meet Emma Gilchrist, Editor-in-Chief of The Narwhal". Feverish News. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2022-03-30.