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Journalists covering conflict can (often unintentionally) make things worse. But you CAN build deeper connections with those you interview — and even across lines of division. @write-this-way.bsky.social will teach you how tomorrow. There's still time to sign up:

If you're a climate journalist and feeling overwhelmed, tune in TOMORROW, July 15, for the free virtual C.A.R.E.S. Climate and Mental Health Training. This collab between Metcalf and @soljourno.bsky.social features speakers @yessfun.com and Rebecca Weston. Sign up: uri-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A good mission statement can be your newsroom's secret weapon. If you don't tell people why (and how) you report what you report, THEY WILL DECIDE FOR YOU. Let's fix that. Join @trustingnews.bsky.social, Hearken, and SJN next Wednesday and we'll solve this together.

Thrilled to chat about all things solutions journalism and beaver-related with #wortradio this morning! Give it a listen here www.wortfm.org/building-sym... and read the @wisconsinwatch.org story here wisconsinwatch.org/2024/12/an-e... hat tips to: @soljourno.bsky.social @agwaterdesk.bsky.social

Join CCNow and @soljourno.bsky.social on Tuesday, June 10, for a webinar that will help you cover climate movements thoughtfully and fairly. You’ll get to learn from journalists who have decades of experience covering climate change and movements to address it. ⁠https://buff.ly/JJDgkwI

How can journalists cover climate movements thoughtfully and fairly? We're teaming up with @coveringclimatenow.org to talk about that. Next Tuesday, four journalists with a ton of experience will discuss it how to build constructive approaches. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

More transparency. More solutions. More communities setting the agenda over politicians. New research shows newsrooms trained by Hearken, @trustingnews.bsky.social, and SJN tell fewer "horse race" stories and more constructive ones. @niemanlab.org is on it:

We're hiring: Want to help us find, measure, and tell the world about the great solutions journalism impact out there? Well, now you can (among some other research tasks). It all starts with this incredibly detailed post, at which you can also find the application. We can't wait to hear from you!

CALLING ALL EDUCATORS: SJN's Train-the-Trainers is the most in-depth solutions journalism training anywhere. And this next round is just for you. We're looking for journalism school educators interested in (or already) leading solutions journalism trainings in their communities or regions.

Usually journalists listen for information. Instead, we must listen to *understand.* Join journalist and educator Hugo Balta for a virtual introduction to "Complicating the Narratives." It just might change how you source, interview, and report. www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/intro...

Want to get to know solutions journalism better? Want to get to know community banking better? Want to get to know us better? Join our little SJN "book club" on LinkedIn Live next Thursday!

Solutions stories don’t celebrate responses to problems, or advocate for specific ones; they cover them, investigating what was done and what the evidence says worked and didn’t work about it, and why. They report on the limitations of a response. #richmondbc

You might be having some ... "difficult" political conversations. Maybe you even cover some hot-button issues as a journalist. The 22 Questions That Complicate the Narrative can take you beyond scare quotes and talking points. thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/22-questions...

To paraphrase a saying about trees, the best time to cover climate solutions was 10 years ago. The next best time is now. Justin Cook and @damaso.bsky.social are as good as anyone at climate visuals, and @projectdrawdown.bsky.social is as good at anyone at vetting solutions. Go to this.

For the next few months, we’ll periodically share standout insights from the Climate Blueprint for Media Transformation, a collaboration between CCNow and the @soljourno.bsky.social. This is the first! climateblueprint.org/article/visu...

We’ve all seen photos capturing climate impacts. But how can visual storytelling highlight climate solutions, too? Register for this webinar from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social and @soljourno.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/28f7xsxc

Start the weekend by meeting the European newsroom leaders resolving to change the way they cover climate — from unsolvable and apocalyptic to constructive and solutions-focused. thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/european-med...

Tomorrow! Tuesday at 9:00am EST, join the next 💲 totally free 🤗 open to all 🎉 fun 📊 incredibly informative 💻 live Introduction to Solutions Journalism webinar. www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/intro...

Essential solutions reporting as usual from @nyamnews.bsky.social. Has the problem been solved completely? No. Are there issues and difficulties? Of course. But there's progress, and other communities can learn from this effort. Stories like this should be everywhere.

Applications are open for the @soljourno.bsky.social 2025-26 Student Media Challenge. Eight collegiate newsrooms will receive $7,500, training & coaching to do solutions reporting on youth mental health issues. www.solutionsjournalism.org/events/apply...

The wonderful @oscarthinks.bsky.social has a book out! And it's solutions-focused. "The Banks We Deserve" focuses on how community banks work, their history, and what the future might look like. We hope it's a hit. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

"That’s our greatest fear...that in trying to help someone, we would inadvertently harm them.” El Tímpano's new reporting policies aim to protect immigrant sources.

We're seeing that many people simply don't understand how a lot of climate solutions work. And why would they? Those projects don't get the headlines. Let's change that. Join @coveringclimatenow.org for a climate solutions journalism training this Thursday: coveringclimatenow.org/event/ccnow-...

We're fans of @uprootproject.bsky.social. And what do you know? Their 2025 fellowship is open for applications! Tell them about your ambitious, wonderful (hopefully solutions-focused!) climate project by March 1. uprootproject.org/initiatives/...

Greater Good Science Center has funding and support for journalism, with a special interest in solutions. The theme? Love! They'll pick two dozen journalists and media producers to explore love "from a variety of angles and across a range of media." ggsc.berkeley.edu/what_we_do/m...

"Salamander crossing guards" isn't a solution we'd ever considered but that's why journos exist.

@sannebreimer.bsky.social's latest newsletter is a dose of journalistic medicine. Want to cover well-being holistically? Use solutions journalism. (She said it, not us. 🤷) ckarchive.com/b/k0umh6h5gq...

Journalism students at San Diego State University have put together a multimedia exploration of tiny homes: how they're planned, where they're being used, whether they're getting results, and the challenges faced. Give this one a few minutes of your time: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/zKEa...

"I decided to upgrade my skills and studied solutions journalism and its four pillars. It was a lightbulb moment! .... It felt amazing and I haven’t looked back since." Much praise to new @rtbcheerful.bsky.social contributing editor Geetanjali Krishna! reasonstobecheerful.world/ask-me-anyth...

We're new here, and you might be new to solutions journalism. So what is this different way of reporting news all about? And how does it keep you deeply informed without pushing you to the depths of despair? We can explain it in 5 minutes: thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/solutions-jo...

We thought quite a bit before joining Bluesky. Platforms are fickle. What seems helpful one day can crater the next. But we also know there needs to be more solutions journalism — and more places to find it. Let's get to work showing the world that news can be impactful, informative, AND HEALTHY.