5 Keys to Powerful Solutions Journalism
We know solutions journalism can make people feel more informed, optimistic, and engaged in an issue. But what is it about solutions journalism that makes them feel this way? Read More
The Keys to Powerful Solutions Journalism
Solutions journalism offers comprehensive coverage of an issue by proposing solutions rather than just focusing on the problem. The Center for Media Engagement set out to determine how certain components of solutions journalism affect the way readers evaluate both the reporting and the issue. We found that stories covering… Read More
How One Community Responded to Solutions Journalism
In response to a newspaper series on the issue of poverty, the public tweeted more about poverty. The discussion, however, lasted only a short period. Read More
Solutions Journalism & News Engagement
There are benefits to newsrooms using solutions-based journalism, but it is not a cure-all for audience engagement. Read More
Solutions Journalism
We found that solutions-based reporting may be an effective journalistic tool that serves the needs of both audiences and news organizations, and that it has the potential to increase reader engagement. Read More
Solutions Journalism Benefits Readers, News Organizations
A new report from the Center for Media Engagement and the Solutions Journalism Network illustrates that solutions-based journalism is an effective journalistic tool that benefits both readers and news organizations. Solutions journalism reports about responses to entrenched social problems. It focuses not just on what may be working, but how and why it appears… Read More
Surveillance, Journalism, and the Capitol Riot
How can journalists ethically use geotracking data? The case of reporting on January 6. Read More
Journalism Research Press
Publisher|Title|Date The Washington Post | “The friendliest social network you’ve never heard of” | August 10, 2024 Detroit Free Press | “Help us fight misinformation during the 2024 election season with this new reporting tool” | August 5, 2024 International News Media… Read More
Solutions Headlines
Solutions-oriented headlines yield a modest increase in clicks over non-solutions headlines, but other factors may also affect clicks. Read More
How Newsrooms Can Help Bridge Divides: Lessons from SXSW 2021
Learn from a panel of experts on how newsrooms can better understand their communities and humanize those with diverse views by using the principles of connective democracy. Read More