Solutions Journalism Network
@soljourno.bsky.social
We're a nonprofit that teaches, spreads, shares and funds solutions journalism: rigorous reporting on how people are responding to problems.
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Solutions Journalism: What is it and why should I care?
Solutions journalism investigates and explains, in a critical and clear-eyed way, how people try to solve widely shared problems. While…
thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org
We're new here, and you might be new to solutions journalism.
So what is this different way of reporting news all about? And how does it keep you deeply informed without pushing you to the depths of despair?
We can explain it in 5 minutes: thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/solutions-jo...
So what is this different way of reporting news all about? And how does it keep you deeply informed without pushing you to the depths of despair?
We can explain it in 5 minutes: thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/solutions-jo...
A valuable resource for people in crucial areas.
📣 Climate training for local journalists in FL, PR, LA, GA, AL, MS, NC & SC!
CCNow just launched The Climate Newsroom, a free online training to help local reporters cover climate impacts where it matters most — on people’s jobs, health, homes and communities coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
CCNow just launched The Climate Newsroom, a free online training to help local reporters cover climate impacts where it matters most — on people’s jobs, health, homes and communities coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
The Climate Newsroom — Covering Climate Now
Learn about CCNow’s training program aimed at helping reporters, editors, newsroom managers, and digital journalists produce more robust climate coverage for online, social, radio, and print. Coverin...
coveringclimatenow.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A valuable resource for people in crucial areas.
Journalists covering conflict can (often unintentionally) make things worse. But you CAN build deeper connections with those you interview — and even across lines of division.
@write-this-way.bsky.social will teach you how tomorrow. There's still time to sign up:
@write-this-way.bsky.social will teach you how tomorrow. There's still time to sign up:
Introduction to Complicating the Narratives Webinar | Solutions Journalism Network
This one-hour webinar, led by journalist Dana Amihere, will explore the basic pillars of "Complicating the Narratives" framework, how to cover polarizing issues, and how to listen for understanding.
www.solutionsjournalism.org
July 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Journalists covering conflict can (often unintentionally) make things worse. But you CAN build deeper connections with those you interview — and even across lines of division.
@write-this-way.bsky.social will teach you how tomorrow. There's still time to sign up:
@write-this-way.bsky.social will teach you how tomorrow. There's still time to sign up:
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If you're a climate journalist and feeling overwhelmed, tune in TOMORROW, July 15, for the free virtual C.A.R.E.S. Climate and Mental Health Training. This collab between Metcalf and @soljourno.bsky.social features speakers @yessfun.com and Rebecca Weston.
Sign up: uri-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Sign up: uri-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you're a climate journalist and feeling overwhelmed, tune in TOMORROW, July 15, for the free virtual C.A.R.E.S. Climate and Mental Health Training. This collab between Metcalf and @soljourno.bsky.social features speakers @yessfun.com and Rebecca Weston.
Sign up: uri-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Sign up: uri-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A good mission statement can be your newsroom's secret weapon.
If you don't tell people why (and how) you report what you report, THEY WILL DECIDE FOR YOU. Let's fix that.
Join @trustingnews.bsky.social, Hearken, and SJN next Wednesday and we'll solve this together.
If you don't tell people why (and how) you report what you report, THEY WILL DECIDE FOR YOU. Let's fix that.
Join @trustingnews.bsky.social, Hearken, and SJN next Wednesday and we'll solve this together.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Build Trust with Your Audience: Mission Statements for Democracy and Civic Life Coverage. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joi...
Join Trusting News for a free, one-hour interactive training on how to get on the record about the goals and values that guide your coverage of democracy, civic life, and public institutions.
Whether...
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June 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A good mission statement can be your newsroom's secret weapon.
If you don't tell people why (and how) you report what you report, THEY WILL DECIDE FOR YOU. Let's fix that.
Join @trustingnews.bsky.social, Hearken, and SJN next Wednesday and we'll solve this together.
If you don't tell people why (and how) you report what you report, THEY WILL DECIDE FOR YOU. Let's fix that.
Join @trustingnews.bsky.social, Hearken, and SJN next Wednesday and we'll solve this together.
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Thrilled to chat about all things solutions journalism and beaver-related with #wortradio this morning! Give it a listen here www.wortfm.org/building-sym... and read the @wisconsinwatch.org story here wisconsinwatch.org/2024/12/an-e... hat tips to: @soljourno.bsky.social @agwaterdesk.bsky.social
Building Symbiotic Relationships with Beavers - WORT-FM 89.9
Journalist Bennet Goldstein discusses the ways that people are living with beavers and learning how to mitigate floods and drought from them.
www.wortfm.org
June 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Thrilled to chat about all things solutions journalism and beaver-related with #wortradio this morning! Give it a listen here www.wortfm.org/building-sym... and read the @wisconsinwatch.org story here wisconsinwatch.org/2024/12/an-e... hat tips to: @soljourno.bsky.social @agwaterdesk.bsky.social
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Join CCNow and @soljourno.bsky.social on Tuesday, June 10, for a webinar that will help you cover climate movements thoughtfully and fairly. You’ll get to learn from journalists who have decades of experience covering climate change and movements to address it. https://buff.ly/JJDgkwI
June 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Join CCNow and @soljourno.bsky.social on Tuesday, June 10, for a webinar that will help you cover climate movements thoughtfully and fairly. You’ll get to learn from journalists who have decades of experience covering climate change and movements to address it. https://buff.ly/JJDgkwI
How can journalists cover climate movements thoughtfully and fairly? We're teaming up with @coveringclimatenow.org to talk about that. Next Tuesday, four journalists with a ton of experience will discuss it how to build constructive approaches.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How can journalists cover climate movements thoughtfully and fairly? We're teaming up with @coveringclimatenow.org to talk about that. Next Tuesday, four journalists with a ton of experience will discuss it how to build constructive approaches.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
More transparency. More solutions. More communities setting the agenda over politicians.
New research shows newsrooms trained by Hearken, @trustingnews.bsky.social, and SJN tell fewer "horse race" stories and more constructive ones.
@niemanlab.org is on it:
New research shows newsrooms trained by Hearken, @trustingnews.bsky.social, and SJN tell fewer "horse race" stories and more constructive ones.
@niemanlab.org is on it:
Swing state journalists were trained to avoid the worst kinds of political coverage. Did it work?
“None of this transformed content really matters much if newsrooms can’t get it in front of all kinds of audience groups.”
www.niemanlab.org
May 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
More transparency. More solutions. More communities setting the agenda over politicians.
New research shows newsrooms trained by Hearken, @trustingnews.bsky.social, and SJN tell fewer "horse race" stories and more constructive ones.
@niemanlab.org is on it:
New research shows newsrooms trained by Hearken, @trustingnews.bsky.social, and SJN tell fewer "horse race" stories and more constructive ones.
@niemanlab.org is on it:
We're hiring:
Want to help us find, measure, and tell the world about the great solutions journalism impact out there? Well, now you can (among some other research tasks). It all starts with this incredibly detailed post, at which you can also find the application.
We can't wait to hear from you!
Want to help us find, measure, and tell the world about the great solutions journalism impact out there? Well, now you can (among some other research tasks). It all starts with this incredibly detailed post, at which you can also find the application.
We can't wait to hear from you!
Solutions Journalism Network - Research Manager, Impact
Title: Research Manager, Impact Reports to: Chief Innovation Officer Position Type: Full Time Compensation: $75,000 - $95,000 Location: U.S. based, remote Benefits: 100% premiums covered by SJN for me...
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May 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We're hiring:
Want to help us find, measure, and tell the world about the great solutions journalism impact out there? Well, now you can (among some other research tasks). It all starts with this incredibly detailed post, at which you can also find the application.
We can't wait to hear from you!
Want to help us find, measure, and tell the world about the great solutions journalism impact out there? Well, now you can (among some other research tasks). It all starts with this incredibly detailed post, at which you can also find the application.
We can't wait to hear from you!
CALLING ALL EDUCATORS:
SJN's Train-the-Trainers is the most in-depth solutions journalism training anywhere. And this next round is just for you.
We're looking for journalism school educators interested in (or already) leading solutions journalism trainings in their communities or regions.
SJN's Train-the-Trainers is the most in-depth solutions journalism training anywhere. And this next round is just for you.
We're looking for journalism school educators interested in (or already) leading solutions journalism trainings in their communities or regions.
APPLY NOW: Train-the-Trainers for Journalism Educators (June 2025 Cohort) | Solutions Journalism Network
In early June, SJN will be offering a Train-the-Trainers (ToT) program for journalism school educators interested in (or already) leading solutions journalism trainings in their communities or regions...
www.solutionsjournalism.org
April 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
CALLING ALL EDUCATORS:
SJN's Train-the-Trainers is the most in-depth solutions journalism training anywhere. And this next round is just for you.
We're looking for journalism school educators interested in (or already) leading solutions journalism trainings in their communities or regions.
SJN's Train-the-Trainers is the most in-depth solutions journalism training anywhere. And this next round is just for you.
We're looking for journalism school educators interested in (or already) leading solutions journalism trainings in their communities or regions.
Usually journalists listen for information. Instead, we must listen to *understand.*
Join journalist and educator Hugo Balta for a virtual introduction to "Complicating the Narratives." It just might change how you source, interview, and report.
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/intro...
Join journalist and educator Hugo Balta for a virtual introduction to "Complicating the Narratives." It just might change how you source, interview, and report.
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/intro...
April 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Usually journalists listen for information. Instead, we must listen to *understand.*
Join journalist and educator Hugo Balta for a virtual introduction to "Complicating the Narratives." It just might change how you source, interview, and report.
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/intro...
Join journalist and educator Hugo Balta for a virtual introduction to "Complicating the Narratives." It just might change how you source, interview, and report.
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/intro...
Want to get to know solutions journalism better?
Want to get to know community banking better?
Want to get to know us better?
Join our little SJN "book club" on LinkedIn Live next Thursday!
Want to get to know community banking better?
Want to get to know us better?
Join our little SJN "book club" on LinkedIn Live next Thursday!
Solutions Journalism Book Club: The Banks We Deserve w/ Oscar Perry Abello | LinkedIn
In an era of vast economic uncertainty, can communities forge their own opportunities? They can and, like many movements, this one is often led by those that have traditionally been marginalized, unde...
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April 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Want to get to know solutions journalism better?
Want to get to know community banking better?
Want to get to know us better?
Join our little SJN "book club" on LinkedIn Live next Thursday!
Want to get to know community banking better?
Want to get to know us better?
Join our little SJN "book club" on LinkedIn Live next Thursday!
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Solutions stories don’t celebrate responses to problems, or advocate for specific ones; they cover them, investigating what was done and what the evidence says worked and didn’t work about it, and why. They report on the limitations of a response.
#richmondbc
#richmondbc
We're new here, and you might be new to solutions journalism.
So what is this different way of reporting news all about? And how does it keep you deeply informed without pushing you to the depths of despair?
We can explain it in 5 minutes: thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/solutions-jo...
So what is this different way of reporting news all about? And how does it keep you deeply informed without pushing you to the depths of despair?
We can explain it in 5 minutes: thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/solutions-jo...
Solutions Journalism: What is it and why should I care?
Solutions journalism investigates and explains, in a critical and clear-eyed way, how people try to solve widely shared problems. While…
thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Solutions stories don’t celebrate responses to problems, or advocate for specific ones; they cover them, investigating what was done and what the evidence says worked and didn’t work about it, and why. They report on the limitations of a response.
#richmondbc
#richmondbc
You might be having some ... "difficult" political conversations. Maybe you even cover some hot-button issues as a journalist.
The 22 Questions That Complicate the Narrative can take you beyond scare quotes and talking points.
thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/22-questions...
The 22 Questions That Complicate the Narrative can take you beyond scare quotes and talking points.
thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/22-questions...
April 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You might be having some ... "difficult" political conversations. Maybe you even cover some hot-button issues as a journalist.
The 22 Questions That Complicate the Narrative can take you beyond scare quotes and talking points.
thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/22-questions...
The 22 Questions That Complicate the Narrative can take you beyond scare quotes and talking points.
thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/22-questions...
To paraphrase a saying about trees, the best time to cover climate solutions was 10 years ago. The next best time is now.
Justin Cook and @damaso.bsky.social are as good as anyone at climate visuals, and @projectdrawdown.bsky.social is as good at anyone at vetting solutions.
Go to this.
Justin Cook and @damaso.bsky.social are as good as anyone at climate visuals, and @projectdrawdown.bsky.social is as good at anyone at vetting solutions.
Go to this.
Join Project Drawdown and @soljourno.bsky.social for a very special webinar where we'll explore how visual storytelling can bring climate solutions to life.
📷 Register for FREE now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📷 Register for FREE now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
To paraphrase a saying about trees, the best time to cover climate solutions was 10 years ago. The next best time is now.
Justin Cook and @damaso.bsky.social are as good as anyone at climate visuals, and @projectdrawdown.bsky.social is as good at anyone at vetting solutions.
Go to this.
Justin Cook and @damaso.bsky.social are as good as anyone at climate visuals, and @projectdrawdown.bsky.social is as good at anyone at vetting solutions.
Go to this.
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For the next few months, we’ll periodically share standout insights from the Climate Blueprint for Media Transformation, a collaboration between CCNow and the @soljourno.bsky.social. This is the first! climateblueprint.org/article/visu...
March 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
For the next few months, we’ll periodically share standout insights from the Climate Blueprint for Media Transformation, a collaboration between CCNow and the @soljourno.bsky.social. This is the first! climateblueprint.org/article/visu...
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We’ve all seen photos capturing climate impacts. But how can visual storytelling highlight climate solutions, too? Register for this webinar from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social and @soljourno.bsky.social!
tinyurl.com/28f7xsxc
tinyurl.com/28f7xsxc
March 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We’ve all seen photos capturing climate impacts. But how can visual storytelling highlight climate solutions, too? Register for this webinar from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social and @soljourno.bsky.social!
tinyurl.com/28f7xsxc
tinyurl.com/28f7xsxc
Start the weekend by meeting the European newsroom leaders resolving to change the way they cover climate — from unsolvable and apocalyptic to constructive and solutions-focused. thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/european-med...
European media leaders commit to change their approach to climate coverage
Announcing the 2024–25 European Media Leaders Climate Solutions Journalism Fellows
thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org
March 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Start the weekend by meeting the European newsroom leaders resolving to change the way they cover climate — from unsolvable and apocalyptic to constructive and solutions-focused. thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/european-med...
Tomorrow!
Tuesday at 9:00am EST, join the next
💲 totally free
🤗 open to all
🎉 fun
📊 incredibly informative
💻 live
Introduction to Solutions Journalism webinar.
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/intro...
Tuesday at 9:00am EST, join the next
💲 totally free
🤗 open to all
🎉 fun
📊 incredibly informative
💻 live
Introduction to Solutions Journalism webinar.
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/intro...
Introduction to Solutions Journalism Webinar | Solutions Journalism Network
This one-hour Solutions Journalism Network webinar will explore the principles and pillars of solutions journalism. We will discuss its importance, outline key steps for reporting a solutions story, a...
www.solutionsjournalism.org
March 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Tomorrow!
Tuesday at 9:00am EST, join the next
💲 totally free
🤗 open to all
🎉 fun
📊 incredibly informative
💻 live
Introduction to Solutions Journalism webinar.
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/intro...
Tuesday at 9:00am EST, join the next
💲 totally free
🤗 open to all
🎉 fun
📊 incredibly informative
💻 live
Introduction to Solutions Journalism webinar.
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/intro...
Essential solutions reporting as usual from @nyamnews.bsky.social.
Has the problem been solved completely? No. Are there issues and difficulties? Of course. But there's progress, and other communities can learn from this effort. Stories like this should be everywhere.
Has the problem been solved completely? No. Are there issues and difficulties? Of course. But there's progress, and other communities can learn from this effort. Stories like this should be everywhere.
In 2022, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka rolled out “The Path Home” to end chronic homelessness in New Jersey’s biggest city. Just a year later, street homelessness was down by more than half — 57.6% to be exact, from 3,841 unsheltered individuals to 1,627.
Newark cut street homelessness in half in 2023 — can NYC follow suit?
In 2022, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka rolled out “The Path Home” to end chronic homelessness in New Jersey’s biggest city.
amsterdamnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Essential solutions reporting as usual from @nyamnews.bsky.social.
Has the problem been solved completely? No. Are there issues and difficulties? Of course. But there's progress, and other communities can learn from this effort. Stories like this should be everywhere.
Has the problem been solved completely? No. Are there issues and difficulties? Of course. But there's progress, and other communities can learn from this effort. Stories like this should be everywhere.
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Applications are open for the @soljourno.bsky.social 2025-26 Student Media Challenge. Eight collegiate newsrooms will receive $7,500, training & coaching to do solutions reporting on youth mental health issues.
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/apply...
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/apply...
APPLY NOW: Student Media Challenge | Solutions Journalism Network
We're excited to announce the 2025-26 Student Media Challenge, an initiative that will bring together eight journalism schools and student publications into a year-long cohort to produce solutions jou...
www.solutionsjournalism.org
February 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Applications are open for the @soljourno.bsky.social 2025-26 Student Media Challenge. Eight collegiate newsrooms will receive $7,500, training & coaching to do solutions reporting on youth mental health issues.
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/apply...
www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/apply...
The wonderful @oscarthinks.bsky.social has a book out!
And it's solutions-focused.
"The Banks We Deserve" focuses on how community banks work, their history, and what the future might look like.
We hope it's a hit.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
And it's solutions-focused.
"The Banks We Deserve" focuses on how community banks work, their history, and what the future might look like.
We hope it's a hit.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Banks We Deserve: Reclaiming Community Banking for a Just Economy
Reclaiming Community Banking for a Just Economy
bookshop.org
February 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The wonderful @oscarthinks.bsky.social has a book out!
And it's solutions-focused.
"The Banks We Deserve" focuses on how community banks work, their history, and what the future might look like.
We hope it's a hit.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
And it's solutions-focused.
"The Banks We Deserve" focuses on how community banks work, their history, and what the future might look like.
We hope it's a hit.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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"That’s our greatest fear...that in trying to help someone, we would inadvertently harm them.”
El Tímpano's new reporting policies aim to protect immigrant sources.
El Tímpano's new reporting policies aim to protect immigrant sources.
How El Tímpano is changing its reporting practices to protect immigrant sources
“We were trying to think, how do we balance these two things? How do we keep these people safe and tell their stories at the same time?”
buff.ly
February 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"That’s our greatest fear...that in trying to help someone, we would inadvertently harm them.”
El Tímpano's new reporting policies aim to protect immigrant sources.
El Tímpano's new reporting policies aim to protect immigrant sources.
We're seeing that many people simply don't understand how a lot of climate solutions work. And why would they? Those projects don't get the headlines.
Let's change that.
Join @coveringclimatenow.org for a climate solutions journalism training this Thursday: coveringclimatenow.org/event/ccnow-...
Let's change that.
Join @coveringclimatenow.org for a climate solutions journalism training this Thursday: coveringclimatenow.org/event/ccnow-...
CCNow Basics - Reporting Solutions
Join this CCNow Basics session to learn about covering solutions to the climate crisis
coveringclimatenow.org
February 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We're seeing that many people simply don't understand how a lot of climate solutions work. And why would they? Those projects don't get the headlines.
Let's change that.
Join @coveringclimatenow.org for a climate solutions journalism training this Thursday: coveringclimatenow.org/event/ccnow-...
Let's change that.
Join @coveringclimatenow.org for a climate solutions journalism training this Thursday: coveringclimatenow.org/event/ccnow-...
We're fans of @uprootproject.bsky.social. And what do you know? Their 2025 fellowship is open for applications!
Tell them about your ambitious, wonderful (hopefully solutions-focused!) climate project by March 1.
uprootproject.org/initiatives/...
Tell them about your ambitious, wonderful (hopefully solutions-focused!) climate project by March 1.
uprootproject.org/initiatives/...
Apply to the Uproot Project Fellowship
At The Uproot Project, we believe important environmental stories need to be told. We believe that underrepresented journalists bring critical and fresh perspectives to covering these stories. The Upr...
uprootproject.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We're fans of @uprootproject.bsky.social. And what do you know? Their 2025 fellowship is open for applications!
Tell them about your ambitious, wonderful (hopefully solutions-focused!) climate project by March 1.
uprootproject.org/initiatives/...
Tell them about your ambitious, wonderful (hopefully solutions-focused!) climate project by March 1.
uprootproject.org/initiatives/...