How solutions journalism reaches beyond journalism

Chibuike Alagboso, who is director of media programs for Nigeria Health Watch as well as an accredited solutions journalism trainer and former SJN LEDE Fellow, has spread solutions journalism education and innovation outside of Nigeria through several international platforms and conferences. He has had papers accepted at multiple conferences, including the International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany, where he pitched a SoJo-inspired photo exhibition; the Global Health Security Conference in Australia; and the Future of Family Planning Convening, hosted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Washington, D.C. He also presented a SoJo-AI idea at the Africa Media Festival in Nairobi. Alagbaso says that solutions journalism insights and innovation should go beyond journalism: “[They] should be in conversations about agriculture, climate change, health security. We should be talking about how these issues are covered using the SoJo framework. That way, it can hopefully inform actions, practices and policies around those issues.”