VO Team
About the Vancouver Observer
The Vancouver Observer is a local news site with global reach. From city politics to climate change, from celebrities to immigrant and human rights issues, from culture to culture clashes, the Vancouver Observer provides independent local coverage that fills the gap left by corporate-owned media.
Linda Solomon, Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief

Linda Solomon is the founder and publisher of The Vancouver Observer and a Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist. She has won awards for public service reporting and investigative reporting from United Press International and economic reporting from the John Finney awards. She has worked as a freelance reporter for publications such as the L.A. Times and the International Herald Tribune. She’s the author of “Why I Love Vancouver" and proud mother of two boys, ages 10 and 15.
Jenny Uechi, Managing Editor

Jenny Uechi is a writer and editor with an interest in mixed cultures, art and social issues. She studied English and French at the University of Victoria and Sciences Po in Paris before working in translation and writing. She has worked for newspapers and magazines in Canada and Japan, and her work can be found in publications such as Ricepaper, Megaphone and The Japan Times. She teaches creative writing at Onsite.
Alexis Stoymenoff, Staff Reporter
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Alexis is VO's resident sustainability reporter. Originally from Markham, Ontario, she moved to the West Coast and graduated with a Master's in Journalism at the University of British Columbia. Over the past few years she's worked in various media including print, online, radio and documentary. She has travelled to India and Thailand for documentary film projects, but now dedicates most of her time to sustainability issues and local, provincial and national news.
David P. Ball, Staff Reporter


Anja Konjicanin, Director of Social Media

Anja Konjicanin is Vancouver Observer's Director of Social Media. In addition to being the gatekeeper of Vancouver Observer's active Facebook and Twitter feeds, she writes about current events, celebrity gossip and everything pop-culture related. She helps drive Vancouver Observer's high traffic with articles about Twilight, Justin Bieber, and news with a humorous edge.
Zi-Ann Lum, Director of Community Development

Zi-Ann is Vancouver Observer's Director of Community Development. Her work is devoted to building a network of partners and public support for talented journalists and their commitment to producing high-quality, in-depth local reportage. She is interested in language, culture, food and urban space. Zi-Ann earned a B.A. in Linguistics at the University of British Columbia where she was also Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives Magazine.
Catarina Bellon, Business Manager

Catarina Bellon loves numbers. And is good with them. A recent graduate of Simon Fraser University with a degree in business, Catarina provides back-up support for VO's growing digital marketing strategies and advertising clients.
Summer 2010-Spring 2011 VO team pictured below in a photo by Kris Krug: left to right back row: Mary Caros, Meghan O'Neill, Emily Barca, Linda Solomon, Ajay Puri, Edward Ngai, John Tanner. Left to right front row: Yukiko Onley, Paul Voykin, Danielle Lim, Alfred DePew, Nireesha Prakash


The Vancouver New Media Foundation was established in 2009 to support innovative, creative and educational projects in journalism and multi-media. Grants are given to journalists, creative writers, filmmakers, web designers, artists and others, with an emphasis on students and educators. Contact linda@thevancouverobserver.com to hear more. VNMF is not a charity and cannot issue tax receipts.
