When does impact become activism? Does an explicit focus on impact skew our objectivity and endanger the integrity of our profession? When donors and grantees have different definitions of impact, how...
Miriam Wells
Miriam Wells is impact editor and deputy development director at The Examination, a global investigative public health newsroom. Previously a reporter, producer, foreign correspondent and editor across print, TV, radio and digital, she pioneered the role of impact editor at her former workplace, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in the UK. She has developed a strategy to maximise the real world change sparked by journalism by embedding impact thinking throughout the editorial process and newsroom culture, whilst staying firmly on the side of journalism, not activism. She consults with newsrooms and organisations around the world who want to amplify the power of their reporting.
Events IJF 2025
Miriam Wells is impact editor at The Examination, a global investigative public health newsroom, where she leads a strategy to maximise the real world change sparked by the journalism. She pioneered...
Want to make your journalism more memberful? Practical tips on how to involve supporters in your work
In late 2019, the Membership Puzzle Project reported on newsrooms around the world that are working in dramatically different ways from their peers. They have memberful routines that incorporate commu...
Making impact: what it means, why it matters & lessons we can learn from the documentary film industry
This session will showcase some inspiring examples of journalism driving change and discuss what "making a difference" with journalism really means (clue - it's bottom up as well as top down). We'll d...
