IMPACT JOURNALISM | A weekly column

 

The news cycle has always been dominated by negative news. Part of it is inherent - you will never see a journalist addressing the camera and reporting live from a country where a war has not broken out, a city that has not been bombed, or a school that has not been shot up. Positive news is often incremental, and almost unfolds at a different timeline and attention span. But recent studies have shown that negative news content has mushroomed in the digital age, where sensationalism and clickbait are often disproportionately rewarded. As global challenges such as mass migration, the climate crisis, and inequality persist, and as technology is exponentially growing, a solutions-oriented dialogue is needed more than ever.

In November 2018, I launched a weekly, full-page column for Kathimerini that focused on impact journalism. It is in an attempt to showcase inititiatives of varying scale, nature and success that tackle persisting challenges, and to shift the conversation towards solutions.

 
 

climate crisis

The blue economy and the Norwegian “ferry-tale”
Oct 11th 2019, Alesund, Norway
Natural solutions to the climate crisis
Sep 28th 2019, Athens, Greece
The dirty challenge of building a green transportation model
Aug 23rd 2019, Athens, Greece
The Great Green Wall of Africa
Apr 5th 2019, Athens, Greece
Floating wind parks power the future
Mar 23rd 2019, Oslo, Norway
Climate consciousness goes viral
Mar 15th 2019, New York, USA
From trash to treasure: innovation through recycling
Dec 14th 2018, Athens, Greece & London, UK
Greece provides fertile ground for the booming of agtech
Nov 30th 2018, Athens, Greece

 

DEMOCRACY, SOCIETY, INEQUALITY

The future of connectivity lies in community broadband networks
Dec 12th 2019, Sarantaporo, Greece
The Future of Work is Distant
Oct 4th 2019, Athens, Greece
Three solutions against the meteoric rise of fake news
Sep 20th 2019, Athens, Greece
Healthy and diverse dialogue flourishes in social media alternatives
May 17th 2019, Berlin, Germany
How the Social Enteprise model tackles the world’s most pressing issues
Feb 1st 2019, Athens, Greece
Three stories unveil Davos beyond the WEF
Jan 25th 2019, Davos, Switzerland