Resources
Course Content
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I. Introduction (10m)
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II. Leveraging solutions journalism for revenue (110m)
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III. Solutions journalism as marketable editorial product (10m)
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IV. Tracking the impact of solutions reporting (20m)
Conceptual Frameworks:
Impact Trackers and Guides:
- Impact tracker form (Solutions Journalism Network)
- Strategies for tracking impact: A toolkit for collaborative journalism, which includes a list of specific tools you can use (Solutions Journalism Network)
- Checklist of potential impacts to track
- Mongabay has an impact tracker the public can access to share anecdotes. A note to readers states: “The impact tracker is a place to capture any type of impact resulting from the publication of a story. We are interested in collecting impacts for all of Mongabay’s stories, not just stories associated with a series or project.”
- Chalkbeat has created an impact tracker called MORI, which stands for Measures of Our Reporting’s Influence.
- The Center for Investigative Reporting developed its own impact tracker.
Surveys:
- Measuring the impact of solutions journalism with surveys (Fathm & SJN)
- Membership Puzzle Project: Conducting Audience Research, and user research materials