A former BBC sports reporter in the Northwest Territories has become central to the world's understanding of the wildfires threatening the territory and its capital, Yellowknife.
Ollie Williams is the editor and co-founder of Cabin Radio, a news outlet in Yellowknife that has become a cherished source of immediate local information about the fires threatening the city and forcing mass evacuations.
He's also been doing interviews with national and international media to explain just how these wildfires are affecting the vast, sparsely populated territory and its residents. Patricia Elliott, a journalism professor at the First Nations University of Canada, says the examples show community news outlets should be considered critical infrastructure, like highways and phone lines -- especially because more climate change-driven emergencies are expected.
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