Solutions Journalism provides an alternative model, actively seeking out stories about solutions to societal and environmental problems, and trying to learn how those solutions could be applied broadly.
Whether you get your news from social media, read an email digest from a trusted website, turn on the TV, or open up a newspaper, the world through the lens of the news media can feel like a pretty depressing place. But according to our guest, Solutions Journalism Network co-founder David Bornstein, that’s a distorted view of reality.
Solutions Journalism provides an alternative model, actively seeking out stories about solutions to societal and environmental problems, and trying to learn how those solutions could be applied broadly. In this episode, we learn the basics of solutions journalism, explore some of the research done on it, and discuss how it may be applied to covering conflict and peacebuilding.
Learn more about Solutions Journalism, and the Solutions Journalism Network, at solutionsjournalism.org. Try their story tracker tool to explore news from around the world, or search by topic.
Follow David Bornstein on Twitter @dnbornstein.
Check out our interview with Amanda Ripley, a solutions journalist focused on conflict and reconciliation.
Making Peace Visible is hosted by Jamil Simon and produced by Andrea Muraskin. Additional production by Faith McClure. Music in this episode by Xylo-Ziko and Bill Vortex.
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