Catherine Cheney
Catherine Cheney is a Senior Reporter for Devex. She covers the West Coast of the U.S., focusing on the role of technology and innovation in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. And she frequently represents Devex as a speaker and moderator. Prior to joining Devex, Catherine earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale University, worked as a web producer for POLITICO and reporter for World Politics Review, and helped to launch NationSwell. Catherine has reported from all over the world, and freelanced for outlets including the Atlantic and the Washington Post. She is also the West Coast ambassador for the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit that trains and connects journalists to cover responses to problems.
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Storytelling at NGOs is typically focused on attracting funds - but there are many reasons to tell a story, and many ways to do it. Devex spoke to experts to find out how nongovernmental organizations can develop more creative storytelling strategies with impact that extends beyond donations.
As the Malaria Summit gathers in London this week, Devex speaks to two Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation experts — Philip Welkhoff, head of the malaria program, and Trevor Mundel, president of global health — about why data and surveillance will be central to overcoming stagnation in the fight against the disease.
As emerging technologies from AI to blockchain to automation enter the world economy, experts at Skoll heard how development sector organizations can best harness their power for social good.
At the Skoll World Forum, RippleWorks Foundation and the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business released a report called “Blockchain for Social Impact: Moving Beyond the Hype." The report aims to show how blockchain is already having a serious impact on the development sector.
TED and its partners announced the first-ever recipients of The Audacious Project, a new model of philanthropic collaboration that replaces the TED Prize. The winners included SightSavers, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, GirlTrek, and The Bail Project.
One of the big questions that social entrepreneurs bring to the Skoll World Forum each year is how they can scale their impact. Devex sat down with Kathleen Kelly Janus, who spent five years researching just that, to find out more.
Led by the University of California, San Francisco, and funded by the Gates Foundation, the Lancet Commission on Malaria Eradication will bring together 24 world experts to analyze how to end the disease for good.
Responding to a public relations nightmare, Facebook has announced new measures to restrict data access. But what are the implications for partners in areas such as global health and disaster response?
Bay Area entrepreneurs and investors are behind new education models, from private schools to education technology to workforce readiness, in a sector that has been notoriously slow to change.
As part of a series of conversations with the people driving change at aid agencies and NGOs worldwide, Devex sat down with Mercy Corps innovation lead Myriam Khoury. Six months into the job, she said she is still learning which models work best when it comes to supporting scalable solutions to global challenges — but has some early insights to share.