BIOGRAPHY

Amber McLinden is an instructor in journalism and communications. Off-campus, Amber works as a freelance writer and journalist with words in Avenue Calgary, Spur Magazine, LiveWire Calgary, Pursuit Collection, Mariott Bonvoy Traveler, SnowSeekers and more.

Her interest in studying how journalism is conducted led her to complete her Master of Journalism at Carleton University, where she wrote her thesis The Role of Legacy Media: An Examination of Coverage During the Coastal GasLink Conflict. The thesis examines how national news outlets portrayed Indigenous communities during TC Energy’s project development and the subsequent railway blockades.

During her time at Carleton, Amber worked in newsrooms alongside longform investigative teams like the Institute of Investigative Journalism and CBC’s The Fifth Estate, where she contributed to projects on online data surveillance, non-profit corruption and government mismanagement during environmental disasters.

Research and Scholarly Work

McLinden, A. (2022). The role of legacy media: An examination of coverage during the Coastal GasLink conflict [Master’s thesis, Carleton University]. https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2022-14910

McLinden, A. (2024). Theories of technology. In A. Williams, A. McLinden, C. Riabko, K. Napier, K. Robertson & MRU Instructional Team, Insights into communication studies: Understanding foundational theories for media literacy. https://pressbooks.openeducationalberta.ca/insightsintocommstudies/