Set Clear Goals
Course Content
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I. Introduction (15m)
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II. Storytelling (40m)
- Introduction
- Opoids in prison: How one state's success could work in Maine
- Wickenburg district using 4-day week to woo, keep teachers
- School suicide screening program in Ohio leading to fewer deaths
- Police business checks lead to drop in crime
- Land Bank discussing its impact on Cleveland over the last 10 years
- More restaurants seeking to appeal to your eardrums as much as your taste buds
- Plan G: How Georgians are taking control of the climate conversation
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III. Engagement (25m)
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V. Best Practices (40m)
The success of solutions journalism can depend in large part on the topic and timing, as well as the journalists assigned.
- Avoid confusing solutions journalism with a branded TV consumer franchise that responds to and solves viewers’ problems.
- Encourage I-team reporters accustomed to exposing problems to use those same skills to investigate how solutions work or why they don’t.
- Prepare for extra script approval that in-depth solutions journalism may require so as not to overtax your editorial resources.
