Michelle Lang
Born	(1975-01-31)31 January 1975 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died	30 December 2009(2009-12-30) (aged 34) Kandahar, Afghanistan
Education	Simon Fraser University
Occupation	Reporter
Notable credit	Calgary Herald

Michelle Justine Lang (31 January 1975 – 30 December 2009) was a Canadian journalist. Lang was a Calgary Herald reporter and the first Canadian journalist to die in the war in Afghanistan.^[1]

Biography

Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Lang was an alumnus of Magee Secondary School and Simon Fraser University. Her first job as a reporter was at the Prince George Free Press. She later moved on to Moose Jaw Times Herald and the Regina Leader-Post, then moved to Calgary to become a print journalist for the Calgary Herald. She won a National Newspaper Award in 2008 for best beat reporting,^[2] for her reporting on national and provincial health-care issues.^[3]

Lang was on a six-week assignment to Afghanistan for the Herald and Canwest News Service^[4] when the armoured military vehicle she was riding in struck a roadside bomb.^[5] Four Canadian soldiers were also killed in the blast.^[6]

See also

• List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
• Embedded journalism

References

External links

• Calgary Herald Afghanistan Dispatches
• Facebook memorial group for Michelle Lang

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