Before joining the School of Journalism faculty in 2007, Prof. Lindgren worked for more than 25 years as a political correspondent and editorial writer in Ottawa and Toronto. Her print and on-line stories appeared in publications including the National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald. Prof. Lindgren was the 2005-2006 St. Clair Balfour Journalism fellow at the University of Toronto. She is a graduate of Carleton University and has a diplôme from the Graduate School of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. Her novel, Headline: Murder was published in 2008.