“Foundations and Principles of Solutions Journalism” is the webinar organized by Torino Social Impact as part of the Torino Impact Journalism initiative. On Monday, June 17th, from 2:00 PM, national and international experts will participate to discuss how to promote impactful and solutions-oriented information.
One of the key figures exemplifying the positive impact of solutions-oriented journalism is undoubtedly Tina Rosenberg, co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network.
Tina Rosenberg is a veteran journalist for the New York Times, where she has written editorials as well as articles for the Sunday magazine. Together with David Bornstein, she wrote the New York Times “Fixes” column for 11 years. She has also authored hundreds of articles and three books: “Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America,” “The Haunted Land: Facing Europe’s Ghosts After Communism,” and “Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World.” “The Haunted Land” won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
Alongside Tina Rosenberg, the Solutions Journalism Network was founded in 2013 by the award-winning journalists David Bornstein and Courtney Martin, with a virtuous mission: to transform journalism so that everyone has access to news that helps them imagine and build a more equitable and sustainable world.
The Solutions Journalism Network in numbers
Believing that highlighting critical intelligence accelerates innovation in journalism and society, the network supports entrepreneurial actors, individuals, and media outlets that bring solutions journalism to new markets. Today, the network includes over 30 team members across four continents; 47,000 journalists trained and using the tools offered by SJN; a searchable database of selected “solution stories” from 1,900 journalistic organizations; 100 partner journalism schools; 8 institutional training partners in North America, Europe, Africa, and Latin America, as well as fellows and trainers certified in Solutions Journalism in 40 countries.
Why solutions-oriented journalism?
Solutions Journalism is a rigorous, compelling, and virtuous approach to journalism because it offers answers to social problems. In its journalistic work, it includes several key elements: it deeply explores the narrative of a response to a social problem and analyzes its functioning in significant detail; it emphasizes effectiveness rather than mere good intentions, reporting tangible results; it not only inspires but also provides practical advice that others can adopt, and finally, it critically examines what does not work in the adopted approach.
Around the world, journalistic organizations are shaping journalism and influencing their communities. This is an international network of entities and journalists who daily promote solutions-oriented journalism to foster equity, build trust, stimulate civic engagement, identify new revenue sources, and reduce polarization in public debate.
