Available Course
Creating a Solutions Journalism Culture for Your Newsroom
English
This course intends to expand the capacity of news organizations to cover stories from a solutions angle by (1) improving understanding of the benefits and impacts of solutions journalism throughout the newsroom and (2) providing techniques for shifting the newsroom culture to a more solutions-oriented one.
Learning outcomes
- How to articulate the benefits and value of solutions journalism.
- How solutions coverage can address some of contemporary journalism’s problem areas, such as news avoidance and lack of audience engagement.
- Some specific techniques for introducing solutions approaches to the newsroom routine, including beat coverage.
- How to address concerns or resistance to adding solutions coverage to the news mix.