Anna Patton
@annapatton.bsky.social
Writer/editor focusing on social impact, philanthropy, business. Solutions journalism trainer & doer. Philanthropic Studies student. Associate editor at Pioneers Post, Fellow at On Purpose.
Margate, UK
Margate, UK
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Anna Patton
@annapatton.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Here's a list of media outlets focused on (loosely defined) positive impact and solutions:
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(If anyone knows how to remove myself from the list, please do tell!)
#solutionsjournalism #impactmedia #impactinvesting #socialenterprise #philanthropy #charity #climatereporting
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(If anyone knows how to remove myself from the list, please do tell!)
#solutionsjournalism #impactmedia #impactinvesting #socialenterprise #philanthropy #charity #climatereporting
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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🔴 The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🔴 The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
New feature from us at @pioneerspost.bsky.social - this time on how #openmapping - plus drones, AI and community engagement - can help people better prepare for and respond to climate disasters.
immersives.pioneerspost.com/openstreetma... #opensource @hotosm.org
immersives.pioneerspost.com/openstreetma... #opensource @hotosm.org
Mapping a fairer future: The open-source movement that's mobilising for climate resilience
Huge swathes of the planet barely appear on commercial maps, leaving open-source maps – built and updated by volunteers around the world – to fill in the gaps. Now, the nonprofit Humanitarian OpenStre...
immersives.pioneerspost.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New feature from us at @pioneerspost.bsky.social - this time on how #openmapping - plus drones, AI and community engagement - can help people better prepare for and respond to climate disasters.
immersives.pioneerspost.com/openstreetma... #opensource @hotosm.org
immersives.pioneerspost.com/openstreetma... #opensource @hotosm.org
New story by me for @proximate.bsky.social
www.proximate.press/latest-stori...
@escp.bsky.social @nyuwagner.bsky.social @timabansal.bsky.social
www.proximate.press/latest-stori...
@escp.bsky.social @nyuwagner.bsky.social @timabansal.bsky.social
What Are Business Schools For?
With crises converging, the call for radical change in business education has never been stronger. Can MBA programs equip students to serve society?
www.proximate.press
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Researchers across the US and the world who raced to protect climate data, public reports and other information from the Trump administration’s budget cuts, firings, and scrubbing of federal websites are launching their own climate information portals.
From our friends at @insideclimatenews.org:
From our friends at @insideclimatenews.org:
Climate scientists raise a middle finger to Trump's censorship efforts
Hundreds are collaborating to make sure accurate data is available to the public.
www.motherjones.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Researchers across the US and the world who raced to protect climate data, public reports and other information from the Trump administration’s budget cuts, firings, and scrubbing of federal websites are launching their own climate information portals.
From our friends at @insideclimatenews.org:
From our friends at @insideclimatenews.org:
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📣 Less than two weeks to submit! #TheMagazine is still seeking pitches from #Indigenous storytellers for our next edition about Indigenous changemakers in 2025.
📆 Deadline: Sept 30
Read the thread for the details.
🔗 Find the guide for submissions here: crushingcolonialism.org/call-for-sub...
📆 Deadline: Sept 30
Read the thread for the details.
🔗 Find the guide for submissions here: crushingcolonialism.org/call-for-sub...
September 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📣 Less than two weeks to submit! #TheMagazine is still seeking pitches from #Indigenous storytellers for our next edition about Indigenous changemakers in 2025.
📆 Deadline: Sept 30
Read the thread for the details.
🔗 Find the guide for submissions here: crushingcolonialism.org/call-for-sub...
📆 Deadline: Sept 30
Read the thread for the details.
🔗 Find the guide for submissions here: crushingcolonialism.org/call-for-sub...
"Kent County Council has scrapped its declaration of a climate emergency, making Kent one of the few places in the country to row back from acknowledging the crisis."
thank you to @kentcurrent.news for covering this:
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-counc... #climateemergency
thank you to @kentcurrent.news for covering this:
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-counc... #climateemergency
Kent councillors decide there is no climate emergency
Plus Medway school u-turns on Reform essay contest, more from KCC this week, news in brief, and more
www.kentcurrent.news
September 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Kent County Council has scrapped its declaration of a climate emergency, making Kent one of the few places in the country to row back from acknowledging the crisis."
thank you to @kentcurrent.news for covering this:
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-counc... #climateemergency
thank you to @kentcurrent.news for covering this:
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-counc... #climateemergency
"This gets me kicked out of all the family office conferences: taxes! We’re big proponents of any kind of #wealthtax... This irritates everyone, even the impact investors."
I spoke to the Hyatt heiress & impact investor, who's not afraid to get *very* political:
(Free to read, for now!)
I spoke to the Hyatt heiress & impact investor, who's not afraid to get *very* political:
(Free to read, for now!)
NEW: Trailblazing family office co-founder – and former child actor – Liesel Pritzker Simmons on why more impact investors should wade into the “muddy” world of politics – and why there’s one topic no one wants to talk about.
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
#familyoffice #wealthtax
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2...
#familyoffice #wealthtax
September 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"This gets me kicked out of all the family office conferences: taxes! We’re big proponents of any kind of #wealthtax... This irritates everyone, even the impact investors."
I spoke to the Hyatt heiress & impact investor, who's not afraid to get *very* political:
(Free to read, for now!)
I spoke to the Hyatt heiress & impact investor, who's not afraid to get *very* political:
(Free to read, for now!)
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To even allow the appearance of this — Starmer’s No 10 adopting Trumpian media management policies — seems extraordinary to me. Very depressing.
September 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
To even allow the appearance of this — Starmer’s No 10 adopting Trumpian media management policies — seems extraordinary to me. Very depressing.
A body of research shows that risky play can set children up for life - and even insurance companies agree.
Interesting read by @reasonstobecheerful.world:
Interesting read by @reasonstobecheerful.world:
A new crop of unsupervised and risky recreation spaces aims to banish helicopter parenting and set up children for life in the real world.
reasonstobecheerful.world/anarchic-pla...
reasonstobecheerful.world/anarchic-pla...
September 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A body of research shows that risky play can set children up for life - and even insurance companies agree.
Interesting read by @reasonstobecheerful.world:
Interesting read by @reasonstobecheerful.world:
"Diabetes is not a scary word for people. It should be"
Untreated diabetes is associated with serious complications - vision loss, TB, kidney disease - but its seriousness is often underestimated, making it hard to attract funding.
I wrote about a new initiative that hopes to change this:
Untreated diabetes is associated with serious complications - vision loss, TB, kidney disease - but its seriousness is often underestimated, making it hard to attract funding.
I wrote about a new initiative that hopes to change this:
With diabetes set to affect 850 million people in the coming decades, more funding is desperately needed. Leading grantmaker, the World Diabetes Foundation, hopes its Diabetes Investment Accelerator will help plug the gap.
Diabetes funder turns to impact investing to fill care gap
Diabetes funder turns to impact investing to fill care gap
www.devex.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Diabetes is not a scary word for people. It should be"
Untreated diabetes is associated with serious complications - vision loss, TB, kidney disease - but its seriousness is often underestimated, making it hard to attract funding.
I wrote about a new initiative that hopes to change this:
Untreated diabetes is associated with serious complications - vision loss, TB, kidney disease - but its seriousness is often underestimated, making it hard to attract funding.
I wrote about a new initiative that hopes to change this:
This is a delightful read, including:
"When a piece [...] described the singer Art Garfunkel waving his arms around, the checker asked Garfunkel to confirm that he had two arms."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @newyorker.com
"When a piece [...] described the singer Art Garfunkel waving his arms around, the checker asked Garfunkel to confirm that he had two arms."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @newyorker.com
The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department
Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.
www.newyorker.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is a delightful read, including:
"When a piece [...] described the singer Art Garfunkel waving his arms around, the checker asked Garfunkel to confirm that he had two arms."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @newyorker.com
"When a piece [...] described the singer Art Garfunkel waving his arms around, the checker asked Garfunkel to confirm that he had two arms."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @newyorker.com
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Lush shuts UK shops 'in solidarity' with Gaza
Lush shuts UK shops 'in solidarity' with Gaza
Beauty chain Lush has shut its UK shops, website and factories in protest at the Israeli government "preventing urgent humanitarian assistance from entering Gaza".
news.sky.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Lush shuts UK shops 'in solidarity' with Gaza
Our story from Medellin:
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2... @juliepybus.bsky.social @pioneerspost.bsky.social
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2... @juliepybus.bsky.social @pioneerspost.bsky.social
Rethinking impact finance in Medellín: five hot ideas from Latimpacto’s annual conference
Nurturing the Amazon’s bio-entrepreneurs and switching the power balance with investees are just two of the potentially transformative ideas for impact finance discussed during this week’s Latimpacto ...
www.pioneerspost.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Our story from Medellin:
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2... @juliepybus.bsky.social @pioneerspost.bsky.social
www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/2... @juliepybus.bsky.social @pioneerspost.bsky.social
'Shikoh Gitau, founder/CEO at Qhala, a Nairobi-based digital transformation firm, believes altruistic AI health models are built to collect data and reap profits later. “They are commercial organizations and they’re here to win the commercial race"'
restofworld.org/2025/africa-... @restofworld.org
restofworld.org/2025/africa-... @restofworld.org
Big Tech’s “AI for good” spending increases in Africa. So does skepticism
While Google, Microsoft, and Meta provide AI for social good, some advocates say projects exploit the continent for data, erode local control.
restofworld.org
August 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'Shikoh Gitau, founder/CEO at Qhala, a Nairobi-based digital transformation firm, believes altruistic AI health models are built to collect data and reap profits later. “They are commercial organizations and they’re here to win the commercial race"'
restofworld.org/2025/africa-... @restofworld.org
restofworld.org/2025/africa-... @restofworld.org
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🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza.
Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
July 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza.
Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
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We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Grim.
Includes 4.5 million deaths among children under five years old.
Includes 4.5 million deaths among children under five years old.
The Trump/Musk body count
USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says www.reuters.com/business/hea...
USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says www.reuters.com/business/hea...
USAID cuts may cause over 14 million additional deaths by 2030, study says
Deep funding cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development and its potential dismantling could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal on Monday.
www.reuters.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Grim.
Includes 4.5 million deaths among children under five years old.
Includes 4.5 million deaths among children under five years old.
"If there’s 100 journalists, the job of 99 of them is to point to the problem. But 1% of us have to go, ‘Well, what are we going to do about it?’"
Tips from @oliverbalch.bsky.social @lolagarciaajofrin.bsky.social @soljourno.bsky.social
By me for @icfjorg.bsky.social:
ijnet.org/en/story/gui...
Tips from @oliverbalch.bsky.social @lolagarciaajofrin.bsky.social @soljourno.bsky.social
By me for @icfjorg.bsky.social:
ijnet.org/en/story/gui...
A guide for pitching solutions journalism stories
Geopolitical tension and war are dominating front pages globally. That ongoing coverage is vital — but other angles deserve attention too, said Lola García-Ajofrín, a Spanish multimedia journalist.
ijnet.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"If there’s 100 journalists, the job of 99 of them is to point to the problem. But 1% of us have to go, ‘Well, what are we going to do about it?’"
Tips from @oliverbalch.bsky.social @lolagarciaajofrin.bsky.social @soljourno.bsky.social
By me for @icfjorg.bsky.social:
ijnet.org/en/story/gui...
Tips from @oliverbalch.bsky.social @lolagarciaajofrin.bsky.social @soljourno.bsky.social
By me for @icfjorg.bsky.social:
ijnet.org/en/story/gui...
Lovely to see my latest story for @reasonstobecheerful.world picked up by @squirrelnews.bsky.social, "a curated, constructive news app".
If you need a break from doom-scrolling, get Squirrel on your phone (available in English and German): squirrel-news.net
#solutionsjournalism
If you need a break from doom-scrolling, get Squirrel on your phone (available in English and German): squirrel-news.net
#solutionsjournalism
June 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Lovely to see my latest story for @reasonstobecheerful.world picked up by @squirrelnews.bsky.social, "a curated, constructive news app".
If you need a break from doom-scrolling, get Squirrel on your phone (available in English and German): squirrel-news.net
#solutionsjournalism
If you need a break from doom-scrolling, get Squirrel on your phone (available in English and German): squirrel-news.net
#solutionsjournalism
New story from us at @pioneerspost.bsky.social - the latest in our Earth Fixers series:
NEW: Materials account for 91% of the #fashion industry’s total GHG emissions.
New, nature-derived materials promise a lighter footprint – but can they convince price-conscious shoppers, investors and retailers to take a leap into the unknown?
immersives.pioneerspost.com/biomaterials...
New, nature-derived materials promise a lighter footprint – but can they convince price-conscious shoppers, investors and retailers to take a leap into the unknown?
immersives.pioneerspost.com/biomaterials...
When fashion faces the future: The biomaterials startups going back to nature
Our demand for more and more new clothes is seemingly unstoppable. That’s bad news for the planet: the fashion industry already causes up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and that's set to i...
immersives.pioneerspost.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New story from us at @pioneerspost.bsky.social - the latest in our Earth Fixers series:
Only 10% of our capacity for #empathy is genetic - the rest comes from things like upbringing and education.
For @reasonstobecheerful.world, I looked at some projects showing that empathy is a teachable skill:
reasonstobecheerful.world/kids-learnin...
For @reasonstobecheerful.world, I looked at some projects showing that empathy is a teachable skill:
reasonstobecheerful.world/kids-learnin...
How Kids Are Learning Empathy at School
Children are naturally empathetic, but like a muscle, empathy can be strengthened — sometimes with help from books and films.
reasonstobecheerful.world
June 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Only 10% of our capacity for #empathy is genetic - the rest comes from things like upbringing and education.
For @reasonstobecheerful.world, I looked at some projects showing that empathy is a teachable skill:
reasonstobecheerful.world/kids-learnin...
For @reasonstobecheerful.world, I looked at some projects showing that empathy is a teachable skill:
reasonstobecheerful.world/kids-learnin...
"Are they just too certain in their convictions?...Too much like corporate CEOs presenting results to shareholders rather than individuals grappling with power imbalances and the uncomfortable truths of a system that enables such extreme wealth accumulation?"
www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/bil...
www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/bil...
Bill Gates is determined not to die rich. But is Carnegie the right model to follow? - Alliance magazine
The temperature is rising in US philanthropy. And so is the tempo. The dramatic announcement from Bill Gates to close his foundation in 20 years while at the same time swelling the amount of available...
www.alliancemagazine.org
June 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"Are they just too certain in their convictions?...Too much like corporate CEOs presenting results to shareholders rather than individuals grappling with power imbalances and the uncomfortable truths of a system that enables such extreme wealth accumulation?"
www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/bil...
www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/bil...
"For five years America kept [Evan] alive with antiretroviral medicines costing less than 12 cents a day, through PEPFAR, a program started by President George W. Bush that has saved more than 26 million lives... it turned the tide of AIDS around the world and built enormous good will toward the US"
SecState Rubio claims that no on has died because of USAID cuts and suggested that I had lied in my reporting. So here I show him photos of specific children who have died because of the Trump administration's reckless cancelation of aid: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...
May 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"For five years America kept [Evan] alive with antiretroviral medicines costing less than 12 cents a day, through PEPFAR, a program started by President George W. Bush that has saved more than 26 million lives... it turned the tide of AIDS around the world and built enormous good will toward the US"