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Christina Frangou

@cfrangou.bsky.social
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Journalist, writer, teacher. Likes bikes and books. www.christinafrangou.com

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Katy M @writebikerepeat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
HAPPY WORLDS WEEK EVERYONE 🤩🌈 Let's go Montréal 💥🫎 (no flags here so best I could do for a Canadian symbol) 😂
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Calgary, calling history and government 🤓! This Sept. 17 event is for you.
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Once again, @nytimes.com's cycling coverage is so good lately: Tadej Pogacar’s ability to avoid serious injury was almost unprecedented – then came his crash at the Vuelta www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
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Tadej Pogacar’s ability to avoid serious injury was almost unprecedented – then came his crash at the Vuelta (Gift Article)
The five-time Tour de France winner suffered several fractures and injuries after falling on stage eight of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tommy Tomlinson on Dolly Parton is a must-read for today. tommytomlinson.substack.com/p/the-greate...
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The greatest living American
#303: The easy brilliance of Dolly Parton
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Is it perhaps a sign of the times that Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, has become a thrilling orator?" How Mark Carney’s speeches have become political earthquakes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How Mark Carney’s speeches have become political earthquakes | Ted Widmer
The quiet-spoken Canadian prime minister has spoken unutterable truths
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/08/2026
Canadians do not seek a trade war – but neither will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
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Canadians do not seek a trade war – but neither will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
A fundamental rupture in the values that have united North America is not a problem that can be wished away, says Canadian commentator Jen Gerson
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Read this and remember that misogyny is a leading characteristic of the people who hold the most political power in the US of A right now.
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Jose Been @josebeentv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The age of Pogacar summarised
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
‘It’s an open bar’: How a one-star hotel sheltered the Vuelta a Espana peloton from extreme hailstorm www.nytimes.com/athletic/753...
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‘It’s an open bar’: How a one-star hotel sheltered the Vuelta a Espana peloton from extreme hailstorm
There were heartwarming scenes in the Pyrenees on Monday afternoon as shivering WorldTour cyclists were saved from the elements by a hotel
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Jean Cuthand Goodwill was a descendant of Chief Poundmaker and throughout her life, she dedicated herself to providing health care to the First Nations of Canada. This is her story. 📸 Saskatchewan Archives 🧵1/8
The photo is a black-and-white image of Jean Cuthand Goodwill standing in a medical examination room. She is wearing a traditional nurse's uniform, including a white dress with short sleeves, a cinched waist, and a nurse's cap. A small pin is affixed to her dress near her left shoulder. Jean is smiling softly and standing with one hand on her hip, next to an examination table covered with a white sheet and a pillow. To her left, there is a small table with medical supplies, including jars, a canister, and other equipment. The room has wooden cabinets on the wall and a small picture or item pinned above the cabinets.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 24/08/2026
Alberta’s flag once represented provincial pride. Ahead of October’s referendum vote, separatists have increasingly claimed it as their own. Writer Christina Frangou examines how a shared symbol became shorthand for a movement and a source of division: thewalrus.ca/alberta-flag
On the left: an image of the fronts of two houses. The leftmost is a yellow house flying the Alberta provincial flag, while the right is brown and flying the Canadian flag. On the right: text that reads “I hate watching the Alberta flag become a symbol of Separatism. The blue emblem is no longer neutral here. That’s true for the Maple Leaf too.”
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Stephen Marche @stephenmarche.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My piece in @nytimes.com about how Canada said no. Proud of this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/o...
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Opinion | Canada Said No to America. It Will Reverberate Far Beyond Its Borders.
Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do.
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 20/08/2026
my opinion is that journalism outlets need to start being clearer about public bodies withholding interviews or information, rather than going with an anodyne "declined/unavailable for an interview" that suggests each incident is a scheduling issue, and not a consistent obfuscation strategy.
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Cycling’s stakeholders must reflect on failings that led to Fin Tarling’s death. The sport has to learn www.nytimes.com/athletic/751...
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Cycling’s stakeholders must reflect on failings that led to Fin Tarling’s death. The sport has to learn (Gift Article)
By not being afforded the basics of protection in a racing situation, the teenager became the latest cyclist to pay with his life
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
When politicians tell us health-care spending is unsustainable, they never seem to mention this: Private spending is growing faster than public spending, by @danyaalraza.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
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When politicians tell us health-care spending is unsustainable, they never seem to mention this
The “unsustainable spending” narrative obscures where the growth pressure really sits — and who has to bear it.
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse thewalrus.ca/google-searc... via @thewalrus.ca
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Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse | The Walrus
As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing
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Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Vimy Pharmaceuticals is getting ready to produce the first made-in-Canada generic version of Ozempic. Today, the company also announced plans to go public. More on its plans and backstory from @cfrangou.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
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A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
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The Economist @economist.com · 05/08/2026
“Within a decade coffee could become a luxury product.” The price for half a kilogram of ground-roast coffee in America has more than doubled since 2020. Climate change is to blame
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The maverick scientist trying to save coffee from extinction
Climate change threatens your morning brew. Its future may depend on a long-lost plant
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
From Danielle Paradis: Jason Kenney is trying to stop the separatists. But he deserves some blame for their rise in the first place. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Jason Kenney is trying to stop the separatists. But he deserves some blame for their rise in the first place
As premier, he gave vent to some of the grievances that now animate the movement
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Silicon Valley Health Trend Making Doctors Nervous www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
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Opinion | The Silicon Valley Health Trend Making Doctors Nervous
Is more data about your body actually good for you?
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Nearly all ovarian cancers — and nearly all fatal ovarian cancers — are actually cancers of the fallopian tubes. Specialists and medical orgs are calling on doctors to offer tube removal to patients at the time of other abdominal surgeries. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
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There’s a Way to Prevent Ovarian Cancer. Few Know About It.
The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"The face is no longer supposed to be something that holds intimate, idiosyncratic human information; it has been reconfigured as a consumer guide and a disciplinary manual." Jia Tolentino on the growing popularity of the plastic surgery face: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Our Plastic-Surgery Nightmare
As cosmetic procedures become both more invisible and more extreme, our connection to reality is fraying.
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Be Giant @be-giant.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“My objective is world dominance in clinical enterprises.” 🇨🇦 @uhn.ca President and CEO Kevin Smith is pitching a national plan to build a $100B health science power base in Canada. Read @cfrangou.bsky.social's profile of the “Wayne Gretzky of health care”: www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
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UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Twenty years ago, 🇨🇦’s Alex Stieda became the first North American rider to wear the yellow jersey. Here’s a great podcast about that story: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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KM0: Alex Stieda: Morning Glory, Afternoon Survival
Podcast Episode · The Cycling Podcast · July 11 · 44m
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I'm really into @theathletic.com's cycling coverage lately.
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Alberta education policy blocks child abuse prevention programs in schools: theijf.org/article/albe...
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Alberta education policy blocks child abuse prevention programs in schools
‘Due to the recent changes to the AB Education Act, our free presentations are temporarily unavailable’
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/07/2026
Annual cancer cases are projected to rise considerably worldwide by 2050, according to a new WHO report. It warns that global health care inequities are driving further cases and deaths.
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Cancer cases worldwide are expected to soar in the coming decades, a report finds. Here’s why.
The World Health Organization tempered optimism about improvements in cancer treatment and said global health care inequities are driving more cases and deaths.
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"The definition of the TTT I’ve given before is if you’re fighting a bear: you don’t stop when you’re tired, you stop when the bear is tired.” How to win the 2026 Tour de France team time trial: The science behind cycling’s most complicated test www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...
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How to win the 2026 Tour de France team time trial: The science behind cycling’s most complicated test (Gift Article)
Celebrating the mechanical beauty of the TTT as the Tour prepares to begin with one for the first time since 1971
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"It was a night that bordered on the lunatic, flirted with the impossible — a rolling, shape-shifting diorama of human joy and suffering. It was football as a shaken-up fizzy drink, impossible to tamp down once it had been cracked open." www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
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Farewell to Mexico, the maddest and most beautiful part of this World Cup
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In front of fans and kids taking photos, a Dallas police officer starts shoving staff members of the Egyptian national team here for the World Cup. At one point, he even reaches for his handcuffs. The video is already being shared internationally by news outlets.
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Honestly inspired to learn that former Explore mag editor James Little is riding Mont Ventoux as he nears 70. If he can do it, maybe I can do it someday too!! The men's Tour de France starts tomorrow. James' dispatch is a nice, wry appetizer:
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Back to the Beast: cycling the “Giant of Provence”
He never planned to return to Mont Ventoux, one of the Tour de France’s most notorious climbs. But merde happens.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
90s scientists: “We cloned a sheep! We landed a robot on mars!” Scientists today: “Please stop drinking bleach and urine smoothies.”
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Jeromy Farkas @jeromyyyc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A Provincial Flood Watch is now in effect for the Elbow River upstream of Calgary, and High Streamflow Advisories are in effect for both the Bow and Elbow Rivers within the city. The good news is that we are not expecting overbank river flooding in Calgary. Stay up to date at www.calgary.ca/flood
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Five days after my husband died from cancer in June 2013, I started watching the Tour de France. It’s how I survived those first three weeks. In my latest for the @thewalrus.ca, a love letter to the TDF: thewalrus.ca/after-my-hus...
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After My Husband Died, I Couldn’t Stop Watching the Tour de France | The Walrus
It carried me through those first three weeks without him
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Being on Bluesky is in itself a form of age verification.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It will never cease to amaze me that you can beat yourself up for weeks trying to write something, grinding out crap, and then suddenly, one day, it's just... there. Like you're typing as fast as you can just to keep up with the words flowing. (I will also likely never trust that this will happen.)
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Millions of Women Are Left Out of Menopause’s Moment www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/w...
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Millions of Women Are Left Out of Menopause’s Moment
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Utah's measles outbreak reflects America’s new reality, in which large outbreaks — the kind not seen for a generation—have forced health officials into a new paradigm: They have stopped racing to “contain” infections and shifted into “mitigation.” kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
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Anguished Parents. Doctors in Tears. Utah’s Long Measles Outbreak Takes a Toll. - KFF Health News
Measles has been spreading in Utah for nearly a year, straining hospitals, schools, and parents. The state’s outbreak provides a glimpse into a new era in America’s health, in which vaccine-preventabl...
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Nancy Wexler lost her mother, three uncles and grandfather to Huntington's disease. She dedicated her life to researching this condition and her work helped lead to a genetic test. That meant she had to decide whether she'd get tested. Excellent profile in the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/s...
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The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I'm late to this story by Chris Jones, but wow, wow, wow. www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
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The Night My Marriage Fell Apart
In the span of about 20 minutes, I lost my wife, my best friend, and my grip on life. Finding it again took a lot longer.
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Alberta health system 'rudderless,' doctor says, as latest AHS leader departs www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta health system 'rudderless,' doctor says, as latest AHS leader departs | CBC News
Another key health leader in Alberta is out, more than two years after the provincial government launched its health system overhaul, sparking fresh frustrations and worries among frontline staff.
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
More strong reporting from @medpagetoday.com: Leaders Resign From ADA After Experts Booted From Meeting www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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Leaders Resign From ADA After Experts Booted From Meeting
Resignations included the organization's president-elect and scientific sessions chair
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
An observation about this World Cup compared to the previous two. Russia and Qatar made massive efforts for obvious reasons to change public perceptions and really went extra mile with hosting. The United States seems to not care about external reputational harm in same way. And we are seeing that.
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Medical transcription tool approved by Ontario linked to AI-generated news website: theijf.org/article/adgs...
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Medical transcription tool approved by Ontario linked to AI-generated news website
Website touts testimonials from doctors who may not exist, investigation finds
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Christina Frangou @cfrangou.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Five diabetes researchers, including the editor of a leading journal, were removed from the field’s premier conference, after handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s “dismantling” of the biomedical research enterprise. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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Diabetes researchers ejected from conference after criticizing White House
The scientists, including the editor of a leading journal, were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of biomedical research.
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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🎨 The 11th Annual Digital Publishing Awards — Best One-of-a-Kind Storytelling: 🥈: A Palestinian Photographer's Perseverance, @theglobeandmail.com 🥇: Et si Montréal avait sauvé son tramway ?, @info.radio-canada.ca #DPA26
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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
✒️ The 11th Annual Digital Publishing Awards — Best Personal Essay: Silver: A Palestinian Photographer's Perseverance, @theglobeandmail.com Gold: In the Mist, @hazlitt.bsky.social #DPA26
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