Paula Simons is the Edmonton Journal City Columnist. A graduate of the University of Alberta and Stanford University, Simons has won many national and international awards for her investigative reporting, feature writing, and political commentary – and for her ground-breaking use of social media. She was just honoured at the 2017 National Newspaper Awards for her investigation into Alberta’s child death review system. Simons has also served as the Journal’s provincial affairs columnist, its culture columnist and as a member of the paper’s editorial board. This summer, she makes her Fringe Festival debut, as co-creator of a new family musical, Onions and Garlic.