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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.
The Quiet Army Behind The Scottish Government Fracking Ban
When the Scottish government announced earlier this week that it would ban fracking indefinitely, I was reminded of an in-depth piece of reporting by a Scottish journalist and friend of mine, Billy Briggs. He runs the independent Scottish investigative journalism platform The Ferret, where this piece featured in December 2015. In light of the latest developments, I thought the story was worth highlighting here.
Titled ‘Resistance’, this longform article is a portrait of the largely invisible army of citizens who have been fighting fracking in their communities for years.
As one activist puts it: “A year ago we were having a series of informal get togethers and somebody suggested formalising and setting up an alliance of community groups – so we can focus our efforts on agreed issues and speak with one voice. We’ve got no money, absolutely no money. And we’ve got jobs to do and businesses to run and no money.
It’s about saying we’re going to do a lot of things, coming together so we can say with one voice to the SNP, that there are thousands of people in these communities who – if you don’t make the right decision – are going to wonder why they are supporting you.”
Accompanied by photo and video portraits, the story highlights the power of grassroots resistance that could – and should – inspire communities worldwide
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