Michelle Lang

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]

Michelle Lang
Born(1975-01-31)31 January 1975
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died30 December 2009(2009-12-30) (aged 34)
Kandahar, Afghanistan
EducationSimon Fraser University
OccupationReporter
Notable creditCalgary Herald

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.

She was survived by her fiancé, Michael Louie.[6]

See also

References
  1. Miller, Jason (4 January 2010). "Hundreds honour heroes - Four soldiers, journalist repatriated in emotional ceremony at CFB Trenton". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  2. "List of winners since 1949". National Newspaper Awards. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  3. "NNA winner at '09 gala in Montreal dies in Afghanistan blast". National Newspaper Awards. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  4. "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. "5 Canadians killed in Afghanistan". CBC News. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  6. "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.


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