The Narwhal is an award-winning, non-profit environmental news station based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was co-founded in 2018 by podcast guest Emma Gilchrist, who talks on the show about the range of environmental issues they cover and how they present Indigenous views and issues from a “story telling vs. story taking” perspective.
Your news organization recently took one of the most potentially significant steps for press freedom in Canada when it decided to sue the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the arrest and detention of its journalist Amber Bracken, who was commissioned to cover protests against the construction of a gas pipeline through the land of the Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation in 2021.
In the latest episode of the Mongabay Newscast, Gilchrist talks with co-host Rachel Donald about the success of The Narwhal’s reader-supported nonprofit model and her hopes for the future.
“We saw this huge gap and stepped into it with The Narwhal. We really wanted to create a brand that was beautiful and that connected people with our shared love of nature. That’s something that people in Canada are proud of almost everywhere. [and] That’s why we really wanted to leverage this shared value,” says Gilchrist.
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Banner image: Narwhals near the water surface. Image from Proceedings of Narval via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Rachel Donald is a climate corruption reporter and creator of Planet: Criticalthe podcast and newsletter for a world in crisis. You can find her latest thoughts at 𝕏 above @Crisis reports and at Bluesky about @racheldonald.bsky.social.
Mike DiGirolamo is a presenter and associate producer for Mongabay based in Sydney. He is co-presenter and editor of the Mongabay Newscast. Find him on LinkedIn, Blue sky And Instagram.
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