Solutions journalism: New ways of elevating your reporting and engaging audiences
Topic outline
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Welcome to the self-directed online course "Solutions journalism: New ways of elevating your reporting and engaging audiences" from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with Solutions Journalism Network, support from the Knight Foundation. This four-week course was taught by Hugo Balta and took place from May 8 - June 4, 2023.
In this course, you will the key principles of solutions journalism. What is it? What is it not? Why is it important? And how to make it happen, from idea to reporting to completed story.
Our platform is very simple and easy to navigate. You can move to the Introduction module or to any of the four weekly modules by clicking on "Introduction" or "Module 1," "Module 2," etc. Leading up to the start date of each module, you'll see a list of items that will be covered during that week. Once the module begins, you'll have access to the items.
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Module 3: Organizing and telling solutions stories
Solutions stories are often structured differently; there is no one-size-fits-all all approach. In this module, we will review fundamental concepts when choosing a narrative.
This module will cover:
- Should I start with the solution or the problem?
- Identifying the characters
- Transparency in unpacking the story
- How to package solutions journalism across different platforms
- Solution journalism best practices from across the globe
Guest Speaker: Chibuike Alagboso, journalist, Nigeria Health Watch
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