Modesto Bee expands solutions-focused reporting with new lab

Drawing on a model from The Sacramento Bee and other McClatchy newsrooms in California, The Modesto Bee launched an Economic Mobility Lab with support from local and national funders as well as more than 250 individuals. The Lab has three reporters and an editor, and focuses on underserved communities, education and economic development in Stanislaus County, according to editor Brian Clark. Community engagement and solutions-based journalism will be central to the Lab’s success, he said.