Past Programs

2023 JOC Fellows

BIPOC newsroom leaders spearheaded coverage of the most pressing social issues of our time in 2023-24.

2021 Lede Fellows

Journalism entrepreneurs accelerated the spread of solutions journalism in 2020-23.

Academy members pose for a photo

Journalists and educators incorporated solutions journalism into their curricula and media operations in 2023–24.

People listen to a speaker

Newsrooms serving rural communities incorporated solutions journalism into regular coverage in 2023-24.

Portraits of nine people under the title Faith Champions

Newsrooms and journalists brought a solutions lens into coverage for people of religious faith in 2022-23.

Panelists from El Tecolote, SF Bay View and SF State Journalism Department discuss what solutions journalism offers multicultural communities and workers.

Newsrooms examined responses to systemic labor issues and building stronger, healthier narratives about workers in 2022-23.

From left: CJC members Jim Yarbrough (of QNotes), Nate Morabito (WCNC), Lauren Lindstrom (Charlotte Observer), Hilda Gurdian (La Noticia), Seth Ervin (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library), Glenn Burkins (QCityMetro), and David Boraks (WFAE). They are taking questions from co-moderator and WCNC anchor Fred Shropshire during an event in pre-pandemic times. (Photo courtesy Michael Davis)

A multiyear initiative in 2019-23 aimed at strengthening and reinvigorating local media ecosystems.