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Justin Brake

Justin Brake (settler, he/him) is a reporter and editor at The Independent, a role in which he previously served from 2012 to 2017. In recent years, he has worked as a contributing editor at The Breach and as a reporter and executive producer with APTN News. In 2017, Justin was criminally charged for reporting from the Indigenous-led occupation of Muskrat Falls. Those charges were dropped following a landmark 2019 ruling from Newfoundland and Labrador’s Court of Appeal that affirmed journalists’ special role in covering Indigenous protest and established a legal precedent prohibiting the arbitrary use of court injunctions against journalists. Justin was born in Gander and raised in Saskatchewan and Ontario. He returned home in 2007 to study at Memorial University and now lives with his partner and children in Benoit’s Cove, Bay of Islands.

Justin's Latest Articles

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St. John’s band to attempt world record

By Justin Brake ● Arts & Culture ● June 14, 2012

Whilst on tour in Europe, The Burning Hell are endeavouring to play 10 shows in 10 countries in 24 hours…kids you not!

‘Pop’ goes the art show

By Justin Brake ● Arts & Culture ● June 9, 2012

Bill Rose defects from the gallery system, embraces ‘Artocracy’, and celebrates his 60th by giving the integrity of local art a shot in the arm.

Time, memory and the things that matter most

By Justin Brake ● Arts & Culture ● June 5, 2012

Newfoundland filmmaker Jordan Canning’s latest short film ‘Seconds’ makes the top five in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Emerging Filmmaker’s Competition.

St. John’s Farmers’ Market enters fifth season

By Justin Brake ● News ● June 3, 2012

Organizers, farmers optimistic about growth and sustainability as the co-operative looks to develop its ‘five-year plan’.

“We’re Rebuilding a Nation”

By Justin Brake ● News ● October 5, 2011

Island’s First Nations movement strengthens with establishment of populated but landless Mi’kmaq band.