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Why I told this story: reporting on gender for impact and to effect change


How should stories be approached when the desired outcome is to have impact and hold people or organizations to account? As journalists we know how to spot a story and how to tell them effectively, but what should we be thinking of when the goal is also to improve the lives of the people a story is about? Panelists will share examples and experiences of reporting when the first question is why they are telling a story -- and how they do this with gender inequality in mind.