Michelle Lang
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Born | (1975-01-31)31 January 1975 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Died | 30 December 2009(2009-12-30) (aged 34) Kandahar, Afghanistan |
Education | Simon Fraser University |
Occupation | Reporter |
Notable credit | Calgary Herald |
Michelle Justine Lang (31 January 1975 – 30 December 2009) was a Canadian journalist. Lang was a Calgary Herald reporter and the first Canadian journalist to die in the War in Afghanistan.[1]
Biography
Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Lang was an alumnus of Magee Secondary School and Simon Fraser University. Her first job as a reporter was at the Prince George Free Press. She later moved on to Moose Jaw Times Herald and the Regina Leader-Post, then moved to Calgary to become a print journalist for the Calgary Herald. She won a National Newspaper Award in 2008 for best beat reporting,[2] for her reporting on national and provincial health-care issues.[3]
Lang was on a six-week assignment to Afghanistan for the Herald and Canwest News Service[4] when the armoured military vehicle she was riding in struck a roadside bomb.[5] She died of her wounds and four Canadian soldiers were killed in the blast.[6]
See also
- List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
- Embedded journalism
References
- ^ Miller, Jason (4 January 2010). "Hundreds honour heroes - Four soldiers, journalist repatriated in emotional ceremony at CFB Trenton". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "List of winners since 1949". National Newspaper Awards. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "NNA winner at '09 gala in Montreal dies in Afghanistan blast". National Newspaper Awards. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "Condolence messages pouring in for reporter killed in Afghanistan". Canadian Press. 30 December 2009. Archived from the original on 1 January 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ^ "5 Canadians killed in Afghanistan". CBC News. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ^ "Calgary man mourns fiance lost to Taliban bomb". National Post. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
External links
- Calgary Herald Afghanistan Dispatches
- Facebook memorial group for Michelle Lang
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- Afghan: Aziz Ullah Haidari
- Ahmed Omaid Khpalwak
- Sultan Munadi
- Abdul Samad Rohani
- American: James P. Hunter
- Australian: Harry Burton
- British: Rupert Hamer
- Canadian: Michelle Lang
- French: Johanne Sutton
- Pierre Billaud
- German: Karen Fischer
- Volker Handloik
- Christian Struwe
- Italian: Maria Grazia Cutuli
- Norwegian: Carsten Thomassen
- Spanish: Julio Fuentes
- Swedish: Ulf Strömberg
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