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Top Outdoors Journalists in Canada (2025)

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Dana Meise

Outdoors journalist at The Great Trail Magazine, Canada
Canada
Outdoors
Travel
Environment

Dana Meise is a Canada-based journalist for The Great Trail Magazine, specializing in outdoor conservation, endurance travel, and community-led ecology. With a 15-year career bridging forestry and journalism, his work emphasizes sustainable engagement with natural spaces.

Pitching Insights

  • Do Pitch: Stories integrating Indigenous land stewardship, climate-resilient trail design, or cross-generational outdoor education.
  • Avoid: Commercial gear reviews, extreme sports, or urban park initiatives.

Career Highlights

“The trail isn’t a path—it’s a conversation with the land.”
  • First person to hike the Trans Canada Trail (24,000 km over 10 years)
  • Contributor to award-winning tourism guides promoting regional economies

For media inquiries, reference his author profile and recent work on generational shifts in outdoor culture.

Deanna Wilmshurst

Outdoors journalist at Trail Running Canada, Canada
Canada
Outdoors
Sports
Environment

Deanna Wilmshurst serves as senior correspondent for Trail Running Canada, specializing in environmental impacts on recreational infrastructure and outdoor gear innovation. With 85% of her work focusing on backcountry ecosystems, she's become the leading journalist covering climate adaptation strategies for trail networks.

Key Coverage Areas

  • Trail Conservation: Detailed analyses of erosion control methods and habitat protection policies
  • Gear Technology: Laboratory-tested reviews of altitude-specific equipment
  • Cultural Preservation: Documentation of Indigenous land management practices

Pitching Preferences

  • Prefers data-driven stories with 3+ verified sources
  • Prioritizes solutions-oriented environmental reporting
  • Seeks exclusive access to prototype outdoor technologies
"Effective trail journalism requires equal parts mud on your boots and rigor in your research."

Jennifer Hubbert

Outdoors journalist at Explore Magazine, Canada
Canada
Outdoors
Travel
Lifestyle

Senior contributor at Explore Magazine specializing in experiential outdoor narratives. Her work bridges academic ethnographic methods with actionable travel insights.

Pitching Priorities

  • Gear Innovation: Prefers products with verifiable sustainability claims
  • Adventure Ethics: Seeks stories balancing access with preservation

Kaydi Pyette

Outdoors journalist at Paddling Magazine, Canada
Canada
Outdoors
Travel
Environment

As editor-in-chief of Paddling Magazine, Pyette has redefined outdoor journalism through:

  • Expedition Ethics: Advocates for risk-informed rather than risk-averse adventures, as seen in her analysis of solo Alaskan kayak journeys
  • Environmental Stewardship: Her watershed contamination investigations have influenced $2.8M in conservation funding
  • Inclusive Storytelling: Increased indigenous contributor participation by 412% since 2020

Pitching Priorities

  • Do Pitch: Field-based applications of ecological research, community-led outdoor education programs, historical analyses of paddling traditions
  • Avoid: Gear-centric reviews without cultural context, competitive sport coverage, luxury eco-tourism promotions

Recent recognition includes the 2024 Canadian Outdoor Media Award for editorial leadership, cementing her status as the voice of purpose-driven adventure journalism.

Mitchell Scott

Outdoors journalist at Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine, Canada
Canada
Outdoors
Environment
Culture

This veteran storyteller shapes global understanding of mountain communities through Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine and interdisciplinary projects. His work sits at the crossroads of:

  • Outdoor Culture: Documents evolving adventure sports ethics and backcountry economics
  • Environmental Storytelling: Pioneers climate narratives blending data and personal journeys
  • Regional Identity: Maps cultural shifts in mountain towns facing tourism pressures

Pitching Insights

  • Successful Angles:
    • Community-led conservation initiatives with 3+ year track records
    • Cross-generational outdoor skill transmission studies
    • Art-science collaborations addressing climate impacts
  • Avoid:
    • Product-focused gear reviews without cultural context
    • Generic climate change overviews without local specificity

Career Highlights

  • 2023 Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize
  • 2018 BC Media Award for Environmental Reporting
  • Founded Canada’s first regional outdoor culture magazine

Ron Betts

Outdoors journalist at Ski Canada Magazine, Canada
Canada
Outdoors
Travel
Sports

Ron Betts documents the intersection of adventure sports and cultural preservation for Ski Canada Magazine. His 15-year archive offers the most comprehensive English-language coverage of:

  • Regional Ski Histories: From Newfoundland's Marble Mountain revitalization to Swiss Alpine tourism trends
  • Backcountry Infrastructure: Detailed analyses of heli-ski operations and cat-skiing logistics
  • Guiding Industry Developments: Workforce challenges and technological impacts on mountain safety

Pitching Priorities

  • Seek: Untold stories linking ski culture to local heritage, innovative safety tech case studies, climate adaptation strategies
  • Avoid: Urban ski parks, Olympic athlete profiles, luxury resort amenities
"The best stories live where rubber meets the road - or rather, where edges meet the corduroy" - Betts' editorial philosophy

Sue Sitki

Outdoors journalist at Get Out There Magazine, Canada
Canada
Outdoors
Sports
Photography

Sue Sitki is a Canadian journalist and photographer specializing in outdoor sports, conservation, and adventure storytelling. Currently contributing to Get Out There Magazine, her work blends immersive photography with narratives on human endurance and ecological stewardship. She is the official photographer for premier trail races like Sulphur Springs and Pick Your Poison, where her visuals amplify the intersection of athleticism and environmentalism.

Pitching Insights

  • Covers: Trail running innovations, community-led conservation, outdoor gear sustainability.
  • Avoids: Urban fitness trends, competitive team sports, luxury travel.

Career Highlights

  • Documented 50+ ultramarathons, including the 2024 Tally in the Valley 24-hour race.
  • Collaborated with NGOs to promote insect conservation through athletic events.
  • Recognized by Happy Trails Racing for elevating trail ethics in photojournalism.

Tim Banfield

Outdoors journalist at Gripped Magazine, Canada
Canada
Outdoors
Sports
Travel

As Gripped Magazine’s foremost ice climbing specialist, Banfield merges technical expertise with cultural storytelling. His 20-year archive serves as both guidebook and historical record for North America’s frozen vertical landscapes.

Pitching Priorities

  • Gear Innovation: Prefers prototypes tested in extreme conditions over spec sheets
  • Destination Evolution: Seeks stories documenting how routes change with climate/access
  • Safety Advancements: Interested in new training techniques reducing alpine accidents
“The best pitches help me answer a climber’s unspoken question: ‘Why does this route matter?’”
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