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Articles tagged solutions journalism (16)

Mark Coddington and Seth LewisJanuary 2, 2025

Can solutions journalism work for local newsrooms?

Plus: Finding the strongest motivations for paying for news, how news orgs can help journalists’ mental health, and why partisan-based news consumption is heavier in the U.S.

Philly news outlets are collaborating to offer new kinds of COVID-19 coverage

“How to get information out has been a real struggle, because folks might not be on social networks or may not be listening to news.” Andrea Wenzel and Letrell Crittenden

Christine SchmidtAugust 22, 2019

People avoid consuming news that bums them out. Here are five elements that help them see a solution

“It is important that journalists take the time to fully explain the issue and the response before exploring implementation, results, and insights.”

Christine SchmidtMay 22, 2019

Why local foundations are putting their money behind a rural journalism collaborative

$660,000 to support a 50-member network will go to Solutions Journalism Network and Report for America for one year from a trio of place-based foundations.

Christine SchmidtFebruary 22, 2019

How Your Voice Ohio worked with Youngstown’s WFMJ to highlight solutions in the opioid crisis

“If it’s half of what we think it could be, then everyone here is going to reach more people with this subject of such critical importance here.”

Christine SchmidtSeptember 19, 2018

How the Broke in Philly collaboration is focusing local media’s attention on poverty and economic mobility

“As journalists, we’re taught to be competitive and territorial. On the other hand, things are changing dramatically, so don’t assume other people in your local market don’t want to collaborate.”

Shan WangMarch 7, 2018

The Better India will show you all the positive news, on all the channels you might want it

“It was a huge revelation: If these kinds of stories, read by just a few thousand back then, could drive this kind of response, then imagine what we could achieve if we got to hundreds of thousands, then millions, of readers.”

Damian Radcliffe and Christopher AliFebruary 2, 2017

If small newspapers are going to survive, they’ll have to be more than passive observers to the news

Adopting the role of a good neighbor does not mean abandoning critical perspective. It’s an opportunity to ensure that local newspapers are at the heart of the conversations taking place in their communities.

Ricardo BiltonJanuary 12, 2017

Tarbell, launched by an ex-health insurance exec, will focus on corporate cash’s political influence

“There’s not enough written about how these processes actually take place. Who is writing the checks? What’s in it for them? What are the consequences of all of these for individuals and our way of life?”

News got you down? Solutions-oriented journalism might be one way to re-engage local communities

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