Journalism

Some recent stories

• What are business schools for? – Proximate
• Guerrilla Foundation’s coming of age – Proximate
• How kids are learning empathy at school – Reasons to be Cheerful
• Women plumbers are breaking taboos in Jordan – Reasons to be Cheerful
• How do we break out of pity? Reframing children as philanthropic citizens – Nonprofit Quarterly
• A practical guide for pitching solutions journalism stories – IJNet
• 6 tips for journalists who want to effect positive change – IJNet
• With ‘giving circles’, anyone can be a philanthropist – Reasons to be Cheerful
• Mining for more: An innovative investment in maternal mental health – Devex
• Giving away money is good for you – Reasons to be Cheerful
• Borderless giving: Could fiscal hosts get more money moving to the Global South? – Proximate
• A sporting way to build community – Reasons to be Cheerful
• Needs-based salaries are upending workplace norms – Reasons to be Cheerful
• The perks of virtual coworking with strangers – Reasons to be Cheerful
• Muhammad Yunus: ‘Education gives us a passenger mentality – but we are the pilots of this planet’ – Pioneers Post
• How this English community built its own wind turbine – Progress Playbook
• ‘Watershed moment’ in mission to get glasses to the 1bn people in need – Progress Playbook
• Tree-huggers, board advisers, contract shapers: The lawyers leading the way for nature – Pioneers Post

Journalism experience

In 2018 I joined Pioneers Post as editor, reporting on social enterprise and impact investing worldwide. In 2024 I went part-time, and now freelance for other outlets with a focus on solutions journalism. I was on the advisory committee at Proximate during its first year, and I cover community stories for my local quarterly print mag, Margate Mercury.

Previously I was a UK correspondent covering international development for Devex (full list of my stories here), and have had a few stories published by the Guardian. In 2016, One World Media gave me a grant to travel to Uganda, where I reported on refugee entrepreneurship. My feature and photos were published by Vice.

‘Unladylike’ – documentary film

I teamed up with two filmmakers to make a documentary about women’s boxing (38min, co-producer/-director/-editor and camera credits). Our 2015 film was screened at festivals in Glasgow, London, and Sydney. Trailer below or watch the full film here.

“A fantastic film which perfectly captures the fight for women’s boxing. Your efforts to tell our story is exactly what we need to change perceptions… thank you for inspiring me to re-join the fight.” – Lucy O’Connor, former international boxer & Team GB captain

Photo: Busembatia, Uganda, 2015 (©Anna Patton)