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Solutions Journalism Is
RIGOROUS REPORTING ON
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WITHOUT THE FLUFF
CONNECTING PROBLEMS
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Solutions journalism, in the words of our network.

Solutions Journalism...

  • Can be character-driven, but focuses in-depth on a response to a problem and how the response works in meaningful detail
  • Focuses on effectiveness, not good intentions, presenting available evidence of results
  • Discusses the limitations of the approach
  • Seeks to provide insight that others can use
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Solutions journalism, in the words of our network.

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How writing about solutions helped us tackle one of our biggest stories to date

By covering a huge problem through a solutions lens, The 19th spurred impact we couldn’t predict

January 25, 2022

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Introducing the Health Equity Initiative

Supporting newsrooms in producing powerful solutions-driven health stories

January 24, 2022

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Introducing the 2022 Train-the-Trainers Participants, South / Southeast Asia

Over five days, trainers will undergo intensive sessions in best practices around teaching solutions journalism

January 24, 2022

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Democracy SOS: A fellowship to help newsrooms advance democracy

Led by the Solutions Journalism Network and Hearken, the fellowship will support U.S.-based newsrooms committed to building understanding and trust, engendering hope and reducing polarization.

January 19, 2022

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How competing New Hampshire news outlets started — and stayed — working together

Connecting in shared purpose helped them better inform communities. Three years in, the Granite State News Collaborative shares what they’ve learned.

January 19, 2022

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Covering the opportunities and challenges for worker-owned cooperatives

Solutions journalism on the labor beat means covering how workers creatively address economic trouble

January 18, 2022

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Covering politics through the lens of solutions journalism

January 12, 2022

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How One Alt-Weekly Shifted Coverage Of Homelessness

In Colorado, a solutions-focused approach speaks truth to power in unique ways

January 5, 2022

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