This week we had to go out with a bang, so I asked one of my favourite journalists to talk about how journalism can make its mark on society.

30 years ago, Metro Magazine published Sandra Coney’s story An Unfortunate Experiment. Sandra and her co-author Phillida Bunkle exposed how Professor Herbert Green of National Women’s hospital had been conducting an experiment in secret on women to prove his theory on cervical cancer. He was wrong, and dozens of women died preventable deaths.

The feature led to the Cartwright Inquiry, which was a watershed moment for patient rights, and in particular for women.

The ripple effects of this story go far and wide, which makes Sandra the perfect person to answer my question: how can journalism change the world?