Tag - Narratives

Introducing the Solutions Journalism Network Complicating the Narratives (CTN) 2023 Fellows | by Julia Hotz

CTN Fellows, top row from left: Joseph Darius Jaafari, Shia Levitt, Hugo Balta, Sanya Kamidi. Middle: James Rinker, Deborah Douglas, Jamie Jiang. Bottom: Ashton Marra, Richard Davies, Audrey Henderson, Colleen Hagerty. As the United States grapples with worsening polarization and seemingly intractable conflict, the Solutions Journalism Network is thrilled to announce...

How cop romance movies perpetuate problematic narratives – Scalawag

This story is published in collaboration with The Appeal. For more reporting that explores criminal legal issues and injustices, sign up for The Appeal’s newsletter. There is nothing romantic about the police state.  And yet, in some of the biggest hits of the rom-com world, white cops are the underdogs, just looking for the right person to love who loves them...

Introducing the Solutions Journalism Network Complicating the Narratives (CTN) 2023 Fellows | by Julia Hotz

CTN Fellows, top row from left: Joseph Darius Jaafari, Shia Levitt, Hugo Balta, Sanya Kamidi. Middle: James Rinker, Deborah Douglas, Jamie Jiang. Bottom: Ashton Marra, Richard Davies, Audrey Henderson, Colleen Hagerty. As the United States grapples with worsening polarization and seemingly intractable conflict, the Solutions Journalism Network is thrilled to announce...

Forbes Africa: “How This Ugandan Entrepreneur Is Challenging Long-Held Narratives With Solutions Journalism”

The Media Challenge Initiative and its solutions newsroom, Solutions Now Africa, have helped lead the way in bringing solutions journalism to Uganda and Africa more broadly. Last week, their co-founder Abaas Mpindi was profiled in Forbes Africa. The piece lays out the scope of MCI’s work, and Mpindi explains why he believes “solutions journalism can cover...