Footnotes

ⁱ Some of these would fall short of strict definitions of solutions-oriented journalism (i.e., they may occasionally mix in good news stories focused on exceptional individuals rather than systemic change): http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference; http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/fixes/; http://www.wbez.org/series/global-activism; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/whats-working/.

ⁱⁱ The original story from which we adapted our sample solutions-oriented story: http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/30/50927/groups-work-to-turn-south-la-lots-into-children-s/

ⁱⁱⁱ This A/B story model was adapted from the Solutions Journalism Network and Engaging News model. Thanks to both the SJN and Engaging News staff members for offering input on sample stories as we attempted to ensure the stories met a similar standard apart from the solution versus non-solution formatting styles.

^iv A November 2015 Pew survey found that 65 percent of respondents believed the national news media has a negative effect on the United States: http://www.people-press.org/2015/11/23/beyond-distrust-how-americans-view-their-government/.

^v Names of all focus group participants have been changed.

^vi Participants asked to describe a “typical South LA story” listed words including: violence, death, robbery, crime, poverty, unemployment, drugs, gangs, prostitution, homelessness, police brutality, and gentrification, etc.