Michelle Lang | |
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Born |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 31 January 1975
Died | 30 December 2009 | (aged 34)
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]
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]