Linda Solomon Wood is Publisher and Founder of Canada's National Observer, Canada's leading climate-focused digital news organization. A pioneer in digital journalism, her career spans over five decades, beginning at age sixteen with the Greenfield Recorder in Massachusetts. She went on to work as an investigative reporter for Nashville's morning paper under the late John Siegenthaler's mentorship, where she earned awards for public service and investigative reporting.

Her international work has taken her from remote villages in Africa and India to post-war Cambodia, and includes six years in Paris writing for magazines and The International Herald Tribune. After moving to Canada in 2001, she founded the Vancouver Observer, building it into an award-winning digital publication before expanding her vision to launch Canada's National Observer in 2015.

Under her leadership, National Observer has achieved both journalistic excellence and business success. The publication made history as the first digital-only outlet to win a National Newspaper Award, and won the Michener Foundation citation for meritorious public service journalism for its "excellent exposé of the procedural shortcomings in the National Energy Board's review of energy projects." The judges particularly noted how the investigation led to significant reforms in Canada's energy regulatory process. The publication's impact extends internationally, winning Covering Climate Now's top award for Justice reporting in 2024 and a Webby Award for "The Salmon People" podcast in 2023. National Observer has received numerous other prestigious journalism awards while building a sustainable business model in digital media.

Wood has guided the publication to profitability while building an impressive institutional subscriber base. Today, more than 471,000 readers access National Observer through organizational subscriptions, including the Government of Canada, Bank of Canada, Province of British Columbia, major universities, leading think tanks, environmental organizations, and civil society groups. The publication reached 3.5 million readers in 2023, demonstrating both market penetration and growth potential. Strategic partnerships with over twenty Canadian foundations and a five-year collaboration with the European Union Delegation to Canada have further established National Observer's position as an essential source for climate and policy coverage.

 In an era when disinformation threatens democracy and traditional media struggles to survive, CNO's community of engaged citizens, institutions, and decision-makers is unique. As traditional media faces disruption, this powerful community stands as a bulwark against disinformation, ensuring that essential journalism  thrives.