Reporting on 2017: 'The editor had never seen a news cycle like this'

The Guardian’s Iman Amrani reflects on her experience of covering the extraordinary events of 2017 as a young reporterGrowing up, news headlines often seemed disconnected from my lived experience. Important voices were spoken over or edited out and the rise of social media left little room for reflection. I became a journalist out of curiosity, and a desire to shine a spotlight on dark places and amplify different voices.Chance and good timing have allowed me to begin my career in that dir