The Independent is an online newspaper covering news, opinions and local events, trends, and issues in Newfoundland and Labrador. The original weekly (paper) version of The Independent was founded in 2001. The online version was launched in February 2011.
In 2012, author and academic Maura Hanrahan published a paper in Native Studies Review that stated “The Independent is considered the most progressive newspaper in the province [of Newfoundland and Labrador]”
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Reporter and editor Justin Brake was arrested while covering the Muskrat Falls protests in 2016, prompting condemnation from the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the Canadian Association of Journalists in 2017. Brake’s reporting won a press freedom award in 2018. All charges were dismissed in 2019.
Ah come on Canada, things like this is why we’re ranked satisfactory instead of good in the World Press Freedom Index. We need to protect and value our journalists more.