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...
Ruona Meyer
Ruona Meyer is an investigative journalist, consultant, and researcher with two decades of experience across Africa and Europe, with bylines in the BBC, Financial Times, Reuters, and El País. As Africa Initiative Manager at the Solutions Journalism Network USA, she developed and delivered climate- and gender-focused courses that served 2,000 people over three years.
With expertise in equitable cross-border collaborations, Ruona’s academic research covers power dynamics within transcontinental investigative journalism networks, with sections published in special issues of African Journalism Studies (March 2020) and Journalism (December 2024).
Ruona’s recent roles as consultant and trainer include services to Germany’s state-owned DW Akademie, the European Journalism Center, King’s College London, Media in Cooperation and Transition, and the European Network of Equality Bodies. In November 2024, she received the University of Bayreuth’s 2024 Prize for Outstanding Reporting on Africa in German-language Media and is the first Nigerian journalist nominated for an Emmy (2019).
Events IJF 2025
Climate reporting literacy: what journalists need to learn and communities want to know
Increased focus on climate change effects has seen the rise of explainer journalism formats, reporting that aims to center the most vulnerable, and the increase in associated themes such as “climate...
