Solutions Journalism in Action
Examples of Good Solutions Journalism
P.O.V.s
Frequently Asked Questions
P.O.V.s
"It is important to acknowledge that there are other forms of journalism that share similar goals"
- Kyser Lough and Karen McIntyre, International Symposium on Online Journalism
The Solutions Journalism approach has been adopted — and adapted — by academics, researchers, and journalism practitioners across the globe. But it has more than one vocabularly and starting point. Here we bring you some of its variations.
Helpful links
Constructive Journalism in Europe: Introducing a solution-oriented coverage (Bonn Institute, 9 minutes)Traditional journalism ends when a problem has been adequately identified. Constructive Journalism goes a step further: it reports on solutions to social issues, expanding the scope of journalistic research.
A Solutions Journalism Approach in Latin America: Human Journalism (Human Journalism Network, 5 minutes)According to participants in the Human Journalism Network, it’s about producing stories “that are not superficial or ‘light’ but give a human face to the problems of the community. Stories that not only identified problems or concerns but presented people’s efforts to solve or address them.”
Why Constructive Journalism is Not ‘Fluff’ Journalism (Constructive Institute, 8 minutes)“Constructive journalism aims to counteract news avoidance and protect news consumers from negative effects of the news on their mood and mental health.”
How African Journalists are Embracing Solutions Journalism (Reuters Institute, 9 minutes)Four newsrooms in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and Nigeria have expanded “the practice of Solutions Journalism by training local media organisations and supporting them over time to produce their own solutions stories.” The result: “people who haven’t even heard about solutions journalism [are] able to produce stories.”
Solutions Journalism in the Middle East: Changing the Narrative (YouTube - Solutions Journalism Network, 2 minutes)Journalist Dina Aboughazala speaks about how Solutions Journalism helps change the global narrative of countries often only defined by their problems.