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Solutions Journalism Is
SHARPENING
ACCOUNTABILITY
A CRITICAL PART OF THE
FUTURE OF NEWS
RIGOROUS REPORTING ON
RESPONSES TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS
TAKING AWAY EXCUSES
TO HOLD POWER TO ACCOUNT
CONNECTING PROBLEMS
AND POSSIBILITIES
A WAY TO SPARK
CONSTRUCTIVE DISCOURSE
PART OF A HIGHER-QUALITY
NEWS PRODUCT
A UNIVERSE OF STORIES
WAITING TO BE TOLD
COVERING WHAT WORKS,
WITHOUT THE FLUFF
A WAY TO BUILD TRUST
WITH YOUR AUDIENCE

Explore the Solutions Story Tracker with more than 1,000 stories on how people are containing COVID-19, coping, and caring for each other during the pandemic. Discover effective responses for building a more civil society, talking to each other again, and ways to improve race relations.

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

We’re working to bring solutions journalism to every newsroom worldwide.

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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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To learn solutions journalism, practice — and more practice — makes perfect

One professor builds in time for students to try and fail and then try again, and the editor in chief of the student newspaper says it’s making her a better journalist

November 10, 2020

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October 26, 2020

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How to report on voting without turning voters off

Research from the University of Texas examines the effect solutions reporting can have on citizens’ agency

October 23, 2020

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“Good news as a sacred thing”

At a time of immense division, Reasons to be Cheerful decided to tell stories about how understanding has solved political conflicts

October 22, 2020

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10 examples of how to strengthen elections

In the past three years, the Solutions Journalism Network has helped newsrooms tell hundreds of stories about who’s making progress when it comes to elections and democracy

October 13, 2020

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It Could Happen Here

Past conflicts abroad suggest we should prepare for possible post-election chaos

October 9, 2020

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Introducing the Solutions Journalism Talent Network: Connecting Freelance Journalists to Editors

October 9, 2020

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Conflict Mediation Strategies Offer An Antidote to Same-Old Coverage

The 90-minute webinar will teach strategies that can be used now and long after the 2020 election season.

October 6, 2020

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SJN'S CRITERIA FOR GOOD SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM:
  • Comes from a news outlet; has a date and a byline.
  • Focuses primarily on a response to a problem.
  • Conveys insight, so that its lessons are relevant and teachable to others.
  • Provides evidence of an approach's success or failure.
  • Addresses an approach's shortcomings or limitations.
  • Avoids advocacy, PR, and hero worship—instead focusing on credible, objective reporting.

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