Reflection: Mary Simon tour a rewarding reporting experience
Reflection: Mary Simon tour a rewarding reporting experience

 By Jeff Pelletier  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter This article is one in a series in which Nunatsiaq News journalists reflect on a  story from 2022 that they loved to tell. It started with a text message from my managing editor, Corey Larocque, on a Friday night just after 9 p.m. I was still settling in back home in Ottawa, after two and a half weeks working at the Nunatsiaq News office in Iqaluit. “Hey, Jeff. Sorry to bother you on a Friday night. Check your email. Killer assignment for you if you want it,” the text said. I opened my email on my phone and read the embargoed news release from Rideau Hall: Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was travelling to her home region of Nunavik for an official visit. “Just

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