Solutions Journalism Network's Train- the-Trainers
The power of a global network: advancing solutions journalism worldwide
Kyuwon Lee, Manager, Training, & Curriculum
Launched in 2020, our Train-the-Trainers program prepares journalists around the world to teach others how to bring a solutions lens to reporting on important social issues. Today, 119 accredited trainers in countries around the world are advancing solutions journalism with cultural competency, creativity and passion.
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Learn more about the impact of accredited trainers around the globe
The Local's mentoring programme helps journalists to report on solutions to challenges linked to #migrationEU.
November 2020
Catherine Edwards, Trainer. The Local
Jessica Phelan, Trainer, The Local
At The Local, accredited trainers Catherine Edwards and Jessica Phelan led a multiregional English-language digital news publisher in Europe, training 100 experienced and early career journalists (including students) from 20 countries to apply a solutions lens to reporting on migration using the Solution Journalism Networks' online resources and curriculum. Over a dozen stories from the project are now available in SJN's Solutions Story Tracker.
Reporting on Environmental and Land Issues: The Solutions Journalism Approach
April 2021
Portia Ladrido, Trainer
Bicol Umalohokan (BU), a Facebook-based communication support group for Filipino seed-savers, tailored its social media content strategy for a climate action campaign to SJN's four pillars of solutions reporting. This strategy gained the support of Bulatlat, an alternative online publication in the Philippines, and led to organic engagement. BU's collaboration with SJN-accredited trainer Portia Ladrido for a webinar series on solutions journalism piqued interest as well, with one student participant making solutions journalism her undergraduate thesis topic, and another solutions journalism trainer proposing BU's approach to a Southeast Asian NGO for a hybrid webinar as one of solutions journalism's digital strategy methods.
BBC Media Action's online climate reporting course has an Solutions Journalism section
April 2022
Corinne Podger, Trainer
BBC Media Action, the BBC's international development charity, contracted Corinne Podger, a certified solutions journalism trainer, to co-write a new 'Reporting Effectively for Climate Action' online course, which included a module on solutions journalism. Originally created for journalists in East Africa, the course was adapted in 2022 for global distribution in a mobile-first, micro-learning format.
Daily Trust Journalist wins Regional + Global Awards
March 2023
Chibuike Alagboso, Trainer, Nigeria Health Watch
Ojoma Akor, a Nigerian journalist and health editor of the Daily Trust newspapers, won in the print category (https://dailytrust.com/daily-trusts-health-editor-wins-regional-media-award-on-health-technologies/) of the regional Emerging Health Technologies (EHTs) Media Award of Excellence for a solutions story titled "Bridge: The technological innovation reducing delays in breast cancer diagnosis." (https://dailytrust.com/bridge-the-technological-innovation-reducing-delays-in-breast-cancer-diagnosis). The Daily Trust was part of the first cohort of newsrooms trained by Chibuike Alagbaso of Nigeria Health Watch as part of SJN's Solutions Journalism Africa Initiative.
CBS takes up Solutions Journalism
June 2023
Chad Cross, CBS
The television network CBS trained news leaders at the local stations it owns including those in major markets like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago to bring solutions journalism to their audiences. It also formed a cross-station "CBS Local News Innovation Lab" so that these leaders can work on solutions-focused reporting together. In 2022, Chad Cross, who heads the CBS Innovation Lab, was the first TV executive to take part in one of SJN's Train-the-Trainer workshops. Previously, at KXAN in Austin, he helped lead two award-winning solutions reporting projects: 'S.O.S. Save Our Students' and 'Pandemic Pass or Fail.' Wendy McMahon, president and chief executive officer of CBS News and Stations, said CBS is focusing on solutions because it wants to 'look past the who, what, where and why to ask: How can we help? How can we help make our communities better places to live?' That's the aspiration."
