![]() ![]() It will also go over the Solutions Story Tracker, a searchable database of more than 1,800 stories intended to help users find different ways to approach solution-based storytelling.īecause journalists aren’t usually trained to pursue stories from a solution-oriented mindset, McCann said the simplest thing they can do to change their habits is just ask themselves one thing. The workshop will go over the basics of solutions journalism and teach attendees the key steps of reporting solutions stories. McCann and her colleague Holly Wise, director of Journalism School Engagement at SJN, will lead a free and public workshop to train attendees on reporting solutions stories on April 20 as part of the 2017 International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). That’s where solutions reporting comes in.” They need successful examples of what to do when something’s broken. But it doesn’t always work that way because societies need models for change. You draw attention to it and then society is supposed to address it and fix that problem. “If someone is abusing that power or something is failing, you call it out. “The modern understanding of journalism is that it’s something that holds power to account,” McCann told the Knight Center. Samantha McCann, director of communities for SJN, said that journalists are often trained to find the problems plaguing society, but aren’t told to focus on providing their readers with a solution. That’s the main focus of the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), an independent nonprofit founded in 2013 that uses educational tools and advising events to train journalists to shift the focus of reporting from problems to problem solving. Samantha McCann speaks at a Solutions Journalism Network training event. ![]()
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