Dig the Data
Course Content
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I. Introduction (15m)
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II. Storytelling (40m)
- Introduction
- Opoids in prison: How one state's success could work in Maine
- Wickenburg district using 4-day week to woo, keep teachers
- School suicide screening program in Ohio leading to fewer deaths
- Police business checks lead to drop in crime
- Land Bank discussing its impact on Cleveland over the last 10 years
- More restaurants seeking to appeal to your eardrums as much as your taste buds
- Plan G: How Georgians are taking control of the climate conversation
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III. Engagement (25m)
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V. Best Practices (40m)
Strong solutions stories need evidence, which may require data analysis.
- Search data for solutions stories by looking for “positive deviants,” cases in which things went right, rather than focusing on what’s gone wrong.
- Stations with staff expertise in finding data and making sense of it have a leg up in producing solutions journalism if that expertise is brought to bear.
- If a station does not have staff with data skills, consider providing training or enlisting a partner.
