For a long time I focused on topics like international finance and big business, because I wanted to be an investigative journalist and I thought these were the issues I should cover. I mistakenly saw many women’s and LGBTIQ rights topics as separate to my path, and more suited to feature-writing and commentary instead.
This changed after 2017 when I made a bet with myself – and with openDemocracy – that I could dramatically expand our then-small gender and sexuality section by moving it boldly into investigative journalism and training a new generation of women and LGBTIQ reporters to produce hard-hitting stories that have impact.
Since then, I have seen first hand the phenomenal potential that feminist investigative journalism has to change our industry, and the world around it. I have also learned that supporting increased diversity and inclusion in the media isn’t just the right thing to do – it can produce real impact, preventing pain and suffering.
