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Solutions journalism helps us get smarter together and build a better world. Discover stories about COVID-19 and antiracism, including how communities are responding to racial inequity in the U.S. criminal justice system.

We train and connect journalists to cover what’s missing in today’s news: how people are responding to problems.

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  • 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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‘For a lot of people, there has never been trust’

Alicia Bell of the nonprofit Free Press on the hard conversations we need now between Black communities and white journalists

July 30, 2020

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‘I believe in reparations’

Sara Lomax-Reese, president and CEO of Philadelphia’s Black talk-radio station, on why to move forward we must first go back and repair

July 27, 2020

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‘This is the path to creating real change’

Erica Edwards challenges journalists to use solutions journalism to cover communities of color

July 21, 2020

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Stop drowning alone, start sailing together

16 steps for innovative newsrooms to navigate a better future for themselves and their communities

July 20, 2020

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What’s next in New England? Covering the responses to COVID-19

A new fund will support reporting on COVID-19 in New England, with an eye toward what’s working to address the region’s many challenges. Application deadline: Aug. 7

July 17, 2020

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How Amadou Diallo Covers School Success

By embracing “messy work,” Diallo tells rich, rewarding stories about what’s going right in public education.

July 16, 2020

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20 Solutions Stories on Programs Working to Improve Black Lives

1. Sacramento is reducing Black child deaths. Here’s what LA can learn (KPCC and LAist)

July 10, 2020

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Raising money is hard. Spending it is harder.

As difficult as it can be, fundraising might be the easiest part of the grant cycle

July 3, 2020

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