28/08/2026
Just Because We Can Tell a Story, Does It Mean We Should?
At the Just Saying Project, we have spent more than a decade believing in one simple idea:
Every woman has a story worth sharing.
But there is another sentence that matters just as much:
Every story deserves to be shared with care.
As a journalist, I have always believed that telling a story comes with responsibility. It means checking what is true, understanding context, questioning what at we hear, and recognising the impact our words can have on other people.
Lately, I have also been thinking about the increasingly blurred lines between fact and fiction, AI and research, history and what the future holds, and what all that means for the way we tell stories.
How do we make sure the stories we share still matter, still hold truth, and still help make the world a little better?
It is a privilege to be trusted with someone else’s story, to help shape it, write it, photograph it or create space for it to be heard. That is something I never take lightly.
And perhaps one of the greatest parts of storytelling is encouraging others to find the confidence to tell their own stories too.
We live in a time when almost everything can become content. A conversation, a difficult moment, someone’s words or someone’s life can be shared in seconds.
But access to a story does not automatically give us the right to tell it without care.
For JSP, storytelling has never been about gossip, humiliation or using another person’s vulnerability for attention. It is about connection, dignity, context and creating space for women to tell their stories in their own way.
There is a difference between witnessing someone’s experience and broadcasting it as fact.
Kindness and boundaries can coexist.
Perhaps all of us who share stories should ask:
Is this true?
Is there context I am missing?
Is this my story to tell?
Could sharing it cause unnecessary harm?
What am I hoping this contributes?
At JSP, we will always champion women’s voices, the passion, joy, humour including the complicated, uncomfortable and rarely heard ones.
We will also keep encouraging women to tell their own stories, because there is power in being seen, heard and understood.
But storytelling should be brave, truthful and responsible.
Because the best stories do more than get attention.
They create understanding.
And being trusted with someone’s story is a privilege.
That matters.
Big Love
Fallon
