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Danielle Batist is an experienced freelance journalist, founder of Journopreneur and co-founder of the Constructive Journalism Project. She lived and worked all around the globe and covered global and local stories of poverty, exclusion and injustice. Increasingly, she moved beyond ‘problem-reporting’ to include stories about the solutions she found. She witnessed the birth of the new nation of South Sudan and interviewed the Dalai Lama. She reported for Al Jazeera, BBC and the Guardian and regularly advises independent media organisations on innovation and sustainability. She loves bringing stories to the world and finding the appropriate platforms to do so. The transformation of traditional media fascinates rather than scares her. While both the medium and the message are changing, she believes the need for good storytelling remains.
Life As A Lobbyist: “The Hypocrisy From Both Sides Is Staggering.”
Vox launched a series called ‘First Person’, which it describes as ‘Vox’s home for compelling, provocative narrative essays’. As soon as I started browsing it, I found myself distracted for hours. With that warning, I recommend you check it out on a day when you don’t have lots of work deadlines awaiting.
The essays feature the lives of many interesting characters, including this story by a former lobbyist. The first paragraphs suck you straight in, and I had to remind myself that I wasn’t reading a novel, but a true story instead.
“I was a lobbyist between 2003 and 2010 in Washington, DC. I quit in disgust. Years of legalized bribery had exposed me to the worst elements of our country’s political workings. Not even my half-million-a-year salary could outweigh my conscience.”
Other story titles in the series include “I'm a woman who fought wildfires for 7 years. Climate change is absolutely making them worse.” And: “I’m a novelist. In Trump’s America, why bother with fiction when reality is beyond belief?” Take your pick.
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