Lindsay Sample

I genuinely hope that every journalist I know reads this — I hope anyone who judges an award does too. So often in media we (me included) think of “good” journalism as exposing wrongdoing. The truth is there are so many other stories to tell that matter just as much if not more

I will not speak to foreign media about the killing of Palestinian journalists. I will not sit on your global channels to be part of a segment you’ll forget by tomorrow. To you, we are just a headline — a tragedy to consume, not colleagues to defend. We are being hunted and killed in Gaza while you watch in silence. For two years, your fellow journalists here have been slaughtered. What did you do? Nothing. Or maybe it’s because we are Palestinian journalists — we don’t count as “real” colleagues in your eyes.

Clear cutting in northeastern Ontario is depleting the forest, leaving just over 20 per cent of century-old trees standing and 12 per cent of caribou habitat intact thenarwhal.ca/ontario-forest…

Nov 3 2023: Salman Al-Bashir throws his press gear after a colleague was killed. "Neither press vests nor helmets protect us" Jan 15 2025: Anas Al-Sharif reports a ceasefire in Gaza & removes his gear. "I can now take off this vest that exhausted me" Journalism Matters

@CaraMcK Yessss 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

so excited to finally share this news! I'm now the editorial director of tâpwêwin media, which has taken over ownership of IndigiNews. Check out our amazing leadership team 👇

The B.C. government faces big environmental decisions in 2025, from protecting the old-growth Fairy Creek watershed to the PRGT pipeline and a proposed new LNG export facility. @sobittersosweet digs in #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-big-environ…

This was my favourite story of 2024 — one I pursued for 2 years. I traveled 1,468 kms to write it and see the power of a community getting power, literally & figuratively. It's rare good news at a time when everything seems bad. Solutions can take a long time but they're worth it

Where have forestry companies in British Columbia sprayed herbicides to weed out plants and trees that might compete with conifers destined for timber? Explore this map to find out: thenarwhal.ca/bc-glyphosate-…

“I think all of us have that inner compass. Do you listen to it, or do you not?” Author @TanyaTalaga reflects on intuition, storytelling, and the pursuit of uncovering her family history, in this candid Q&A with @SadiyaAnsari about her book The Knowing. thewalrus.ca/i-needed-to-be…

Application date extended until Dec 18 👇🏽

“In New York, a mother with no history of drug use lost custody of her toddler & newborn for 5 months after she tested positive for fentanyl that the hospital had given her in her epidural.” This state-sanctioned violence inflicts a very specific form of trauma that people don’t often recover from. themarshallproject.org/2024/12/11/pre…

This is the first of five cartoons im doing in collaboration with @thenarwhalca’s end-of-year fundraising! This month, all donations to the Narwhal are automatically doubled! What a great time to support independent investigative journalism

In November, Canada had its first case of a person contracting the H5N1 avian flu virus, which has killed thousands of birds. Last week, that B.C. teen was still in hospital. Here's a primer: human cases are rare, but experts say there is a pandemic risk. thenarwhal.ca/bird-flu-expla…

Thank you @elamin88 for the space to share why I think defunding CBC is wrong. @TorrensJonathan and @maxfawcett, thanks to you for your excellent points. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Up to here with "women care about abortion, men care about 'the economy.'" Reproductive justice, balancing family and work, choice in life stage is "the economy," esp in a country w near-zero mat leave. Most women who have abortions are mothers. They know "the economy" deeply.

My fearless, eloquent friend @Pacinthe keeps saying the quiet part out loud for all of us: it's far beyond time Canadian media talks about Palestine. Not doing so is contradictory to everything we do to amplify truth, accuracy and all the powerful tenants of journalism.

Something that Tanya Talaga said a couple of weeks ago that hasn’t left me: when you think of Murray, think of the weight of hearing thousands of accounts of untold horror, and the toll it would take on your body. Think of taking that on. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

gorgeous feature by @jsrutgers if you’re looking for an uplifting weekend read ❤️

so proud to be a part of this team & to work each day with another First Nations journalist like the brilliant @Sevawood is such a gift. ❤️🙏

In the 1990s, a group of First Nations chiefs in northern Ontario began dreaming of a transmission line to finally connect their diesel-dependent communities to the electricity grid. @fatimabsyed tells you how they made it happen.