Reporting boosts participation in utility assistance program

A spokeswoman for a sewer district in northeast Ohio credited a solutions journalism story (https://www.ideastream.org/news/relief-for-northeast-ohio-renters-sewer-bills-is-here-but-will-they-take-advantage-of-it) with helping double the number of low-income renters who signed up for a program aimed at helping them pay their sewer bills. The story was part of the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative’s “Making Ends Meet” project (https://www.neosojo.com/), and was published by Ideastream Public Media, which represents local television and radio stations.