“Even if it breaks even, this is the more humane thing to do." Mental health courts are gaining ground across the U.S. But results can be uneven. @illinoisanswers.bsky.social and @mindsitenews.bsky.social did a deep dive across Illinois to uncover how the most successful versions work.

Prison or treatment? Thousands participate in mental health courts. Half graduate — and millions are left out

This story is a collaboration between Illinois Answers and the Chicago bureau of MindSite News; sign up to receive their newsletter here.  Bloomington native Shayla Woodworth had struggled with mental...

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Generative AI is now embedded in the workflows of major newsrooms, while data centers consume roughly 1.5% of world electricity. How should journalists approach it? Join us May 21 for a training with Yumi Wilson and @soljourno.bsky.social ow.ly/B1FP50YUAXj

Let's say there was a soilless farming program battling food insecurity, reducing water use, eliminating pesticides and training young people in ecologically friendly agriculture? There's one in Nigeria, and @triplepundit.bsky.social covered it.

This Nigerian Lab is Farming Without Soil to Rethink Food Security

In Awowo, Nigeria, a youth-led experiment in soilless farming is training thousands, slashing water use and reimagining agriculture for a climate-stressed future.

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There are still a couple more days to apply for the Solutions Visuals — Climate Beacon Newsroom Initiative. Your newsrooms works on climate solutions visual storytelling, we support you with funding, training and cohort learning. Apply here: www.tfaforms.com/5217520

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CT Community News@ctsjc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Loved being able to celebrate our successfully published student reporters last night at our networking event at UConn Hartford! The night was part of our year-long learning experience with @soljourno.bsky.social, as part of their Student Media Challenge cohort.

A mobile, solar-powered farmer's market is bringing healthy and affordable produce to Southeast San Diego. The result? It “is beginning to address food apartheid to promote health equity,” according to research. @civileats.com covered how it was built and what other cities can learn:

In Southeast San Diego, a Model for Creating Community Wealth Through Food

Project New Village uses equitable food-oriented development to reduce food insecurity and build longterm resilience.

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The Solutions Visuals program is @soljourno.bsky.social's first dedicated visuals program, created to train newsrooms in producing solutions-focused photos, videos and multimedia stories. Applications open through April 24, 2026. www.solutionsjournalism.org/program/solu...

Solutions Visuals - CBNI | Solutions Journalism Network

Program Years: 2024-Current

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In March, the U.S. got more energy from renewables than natural gas. It's true! That's largely being driven by local changes — like in Illinois for example. @canarymedia.com covered how statewide cooperation there built huge amounts of solar quickly. www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra...

How a community solar breakthrough took shape in Illinois

Utilities, solar companies, and environmentalists worked together to fast-track flexible interconnection and build lots of community solar in record time.

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A valuable resource for people in crucial areas.

Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · last yr.

📣 Climate training for local journalists in FL, PR, LA, GA, AL, MS, NC & SC! CCNow just launched The Climate Newsroom, a free online training to help local reporters cover climate impacts where it matters most — on people’s jobs, health, homes and communities coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...

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:

Introduction to Complicating the Narratives Webinar | Solutions Journalism Network

This one-hour webinar, led by journalist Dana Amihere, will explore the basic pillars of "Complicating the Narratives" framework, how to cover polarizing issues, and how to listen for understanding.

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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.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Build Trust with Your Audience: Mission Statements for Democracy and Civic Life Coverage. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joi...

Join Trusting News for a free, one-hour interactive training on how to get on the record about the goals and values that guide your coverage of democracy, civic life, and public institutions. Whether...

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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

Building Symbiotic Relationships with Beavers - WORT-FM 89.9

Journalist Bennet Goldstein discusses the ways that people are living with beavers and learning how to mitigate floods and drought from them.

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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:

Swing state journalists were trained to avoid the worst kinds of political coverage. Did it work?

“None of this transformed content really matters much if newsrooms can’t get it in front of all kinds of audience groups.”

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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.

APPLY NOW: Train-the-Trainers for Journalism Educators (June 2025 Cohort) | Solutions Journalism Network

In early June, SJN will be offering a Train-the-Trainers (ToT) program for journalism school educators interested in (or already) leading solutions journalism trainings in their communities or regions...

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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 Journalism Book Club: The Banks We Deserve w/ Oscar Perry Abello | LinkedIn

In an era of vast economic uncertainty, can communities forge their own opportunities? They can and, like many movements, this one is often led by those that have traditionally been marginalized, unde...

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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

Solutions Journalism Network@soljourno.bsky.social · 2y ago

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...

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.

Project Drawdown@projectdrawdown.bsky.social · last yr.

Join Project Drawdown and @soljourno.bsky.social for a very special webinar where we'll explore how visual storytelling can bring climate solutions to life. 📷 Register for FREE now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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...

European media leaders commit to change their approach to climate coverage

Announcing the 2024–25 European Media Leaders Climate Solutions Journalism Fellows

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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...

Introduction to Solutions Journalism Webinar | Solutions Journalism Network

This one-hour Solutions Journalism Network webinar will explore the principles and pillars of solutions journalism. We will discuss its importance, outline key steps for reporting a solutions story, a...

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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.

New York Amsterdam News@nyamnews.bsky.social · last yr.

In 2022, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka rolled out “The Path Home” to end chronic homelessness in New Jersey’s biggest city. Just a year later, street homelessness was down by more than half — 57.6% to be exact, from 3,841 unsheltered individuals to 1,627.

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...

APPLY NOW: Student Media Challenge | Solutions Journalism Network

We're excited to announce the 2025-26 Student Media Challenge, an initiative that will bring together eight journalism schools and student publications into a year-long cohort to produce solutions jou...

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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-...

The Banks We Deserve: Reclaiming Community Banking for a Just Economy

Reclaiming Community Banking for a Just Economy

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