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Expand Collapse Solutions journalism: New ways of elevating your reporting and engaging audiences Highlighted
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  • WELCOME! 
  • Please read the instructor's welcome message for the Introduction Module
  • Syllabus | "Solutions journalism: New ways of elevating your reporting and engaging audiences"
  • How the course works
  • INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS
  • “The Power Of Solutions Journalism”, by Alexander L. Curry and Keith H. Hammonds
  • “Is Solutions Journalism the Solution?”, by Nieman Reports
  • “Complicating the Narratives”, by Amanda Ripley
  • YOUR STUDENT PROFILE
  • Instructions for updating your student profile
  • MEET THE INSTRUCTOR
  • Hugo Balta
  • COURSE HELP
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Student lounge (for informal conversations among students)
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  • ORIENTATION MESSAGE WEEK 1
  • Please read the instructor's welcome message for Module 1
  • VIDEO CLASSES  (Required)
  • Module 1 video 1 | What is Solutions Journalism?
  • Slides | Module 1: What is Solutions Journalism?
  • Transcripts | Module 1: What is Solutions Journalism?
  • Module 1 video 2 | What Solutions Journalism in Not
  • Slides | Module 1: What Solutions Journalism in Not
  • Transcripts| Module 1: What Solutions Journalism in Not
  • READINGS (Required)
  • Module 1 reading 1 | "As journalists look to build trust, solutions journalism might help", by Hazel Feldstein
  • Module 1 reading 2 | "Ten Reasons Why We Need Solutions Journalism”, Solutions Journalism Network
  • Module 1 reading 3 | “How football moved the goalposts for girls in rural India”, by Alia Dharssi
  • Module 1 reading 4 | "He Survived Ebola. Now He's Fighting to Keep it From Spreading", Jessica Benko, The New York Times Magazine
  • OPTIONAL RESOURCES
  • VIDEO: “Top 10 CNN Hero Maggie Doyne”, CNN
  • “Budweiser Is Turning 6 Cities Into Labs For Responsible Drinking”, by Alexander Kaufman, Huffington Post
  • "Meet a New Breed of Prosecutor", Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor
  • "The Man Who Can Map Chemicals All Over your Body", Paul Tullis, Scientific American
  • DISCUSSION FORUMSWe have two discussion questions ...
  • M1: Discussion Forum 1: Why does reporting on a response’s limitations and flaws give a story more authority and credibility, not less?
  • M1: Discussion Forum 2: When reporters seek to cover solutions, why do they so often fall for imposters?
  • QUIZBefore attempting the quiz, we recommend that ...
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  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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  • ORIENTATION MESSAGE WEEK 2
  • Please read the instructor's welcome message for Module 2
  • VIDEO CLASSES  (Required) (copy)
  • Module 2 video 1 |Finding & Vetting Solutions Stories
  • Slides: Finding & Vetting Solutions Stories | Module 2
  • Transcripts: Finding & Vetting Solutions Stories | Module 2
  • Module 2 video 2 | The Positive Deviant
  • Slides: The Positive Deviant | Module 2
  • Transcripts: The Positive Deviant | Module 2
  • Module 2 video 3 | Interview with Kavita Chandran
  • Transcripts: Interview with Kavita Chandran | Module 2
  • READINGS (Required) (copy)
  • Module 2 reading 1 | "Less lecturing, more doing: New approach for A.P. classes", The Seattle Times
  • Module 2 reading 2 | "For some, prenatal care is a community affair", Shuka Kalantari, The World
  • Module 2 reading 3 | "LA policy shift yields decline in school suspensions", Los Angeles Daily News
  • Module 2 reading 4 | “From Class To Career”, Breaking Ground, WAMU
  • Module 2 reading 5 | Unleashing the power of positive deviance, by Catherine Cheney
  • DISCUSSION FORUMSWe have two discussion questions ...
  • M2: Discussion Forum 1: Why is it hard to do a solutions story about a problem that is one-off? (copy)
  • M2: Discussion Forum 2: When is it right to look at responses that are very far away or in places very different from your own? (copy)
  • QUIZBefore attempting the quiz, we recommend that ...
  • Module 2: Quiz (copy)
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  • ORIENTATION MESSAGE WEEK 3
  • Please read the instructor's welcome message for Module 3
  • VIDEO CLASSES  (Required) (copy)
  • Module 3 video 1 | Heroes vs. Characters
  • Slides: Heroes vs. Characters | Module 3
  • Transcripts: Heroes vs. Characters | Module 3
  • Module 3 video 2 | 5 simple ways to tell a powerful visual solutions story
  • Slides: 5 simple ways to tell a powerful visual solutions story | Module 3
  • Transcripts: 5 simple ways to tell a powerful visual solutions story | Module 3
  • Module 3 video 3 | Interview with Chibuike Alagboso
  • Transcripts: Interview with Chibuike Alagboso | Module 3
  • READINGS (Required) (copy) (copy) (copy)
  • Module 3 reading 1 | "5 simple ways to tell a powerful visual solutions story", by Meera Vijayann
  • Module 3 reading 2 | “Transparency in journalism is about answering audience questions — both asked and unasked”, Joy Mayer, Trusting News
  • Module 3 reading 3 | “What Must Nigeria do to Achieve Zero Hunger by 2030?.” Nigeria Health Watch
  • DISCUSSION FORUMSWe have two discussion questions ...
  • M3: Discussion Forum 1: Why is it important to look for the unlikely characters in telling solutions journalism stories?
  • M3: Discussion Forum 2: What can we learn from local journalism collaboratives that are using solutions journalism to catalyze change in their communities and local media ecosystems?
  • QUIZBefore attempting the quiz, we recommend that ...
  • Module 3: Quiz
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  • ORIENTATION MESSAGE WEEK 4
  • Please read the instructor's welcome message for Module 4
  • VIDEO CLASSES  (Required) (copy) (copy)
  • Module 4 video 1 | Building solutions journalism into your workflow
  • Module 4 video 2 | Measuring Success
  • Module 4 video 3 | Interview with Swati Sanyal Tarafdar
  • READINGS (Required) (copy) (copy) (copy) (copy)
  • Module 4 reading 1 | “An evidence-based way to help fix our broken politics,” by Jeff Grabmeier, Ohio State News
  • Module 4 reading 2 | “The bold plan to save Africa's largest forest,” by Peter Yeung, BBC
  • Module 4 reading 3 | Leveraging Solutions Journalism For Revenue Growth, by Solutions Journalism Network
  • DISCUSSION FORUMSWe have two discussion questions ...
  • M4: Discussion Forum 1: Driving organizational change is notoriously difficult. Why do you think leading even modest practice change in newsrooms can be difficult? (copy)
  • M4: Discussion Forum 2: Based on the material we have gone through so far, how would you start building a robust solutions practice in your newsroom?
  • QUIZBefore attempting the quiz, we recommend that ...
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