Solutions Journalism Education Makes a Difference for Practicing Journalists

Researchers have found that journalists who received solutions journalism training during their studies say it improved their reporting and interviewing skills and resonated with their motivation for pursuing journalism.

Introducing solutions journalism could potentially boost recruitment and retention in universities while fostering greater student engagement with the industry, according to Katherine Roff, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Adelaide. She collaborated on the study with Assistant Professor Kyser Lough from the University of Georgia and Associate Professor Karen McIntyre from Virginia Commonwealth University.