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Welcome to a curated database of rigorous reporting on responses to social problems.

15,700 stories produced by 8,900 journalists and 2,000 news outlets from 89 countries. The stories cover responses in 192 countries, in 17 languages. This resource is made possible because of a growing movement of journalists who use solutions journalism to illuminate both problems and evidence-based responses to them.

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  • Aging states to college graduates: We'll pay you to stay

    Jon Marcus
    2023-10-07 20:57:03 UTC
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    October 04, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    As their workforces age, states across the United States are offering student loan repayment to incentivize college graduates to stick around. Now Maine and Vermont are the first to offer it to those with degrees in any field with very few caveats.

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  • ‘College should not be this expensive': Pitt programs aim to make education more affordable

    Spencer Levering
    2023-06-30 14:45:44 UTC
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    June 21, 2023 |

    The Pitt News |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Programs like Panthers Forward are working to help students and their families understand, prepare for and afford the cost of a university education. Group members can receive up to $5,000 of federal student loan debt relief and can also attend networking events, mentor discussions and access financial wellness resources. 150 students are accepted into the program each year.

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  • College felt impossible to this student in foster care. Then NYC offered to pay.

    Reema Amin
    2023-06-27 01:44:21 UTC
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    June 15, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To help make college more accessible, New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services provides students in the foster care system with room and board, a $60 daily stipend, and up to $15,000 for tuition.

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  • California helps college students cut their debt by paying them to help their communities

    Gail Cornwall
    2023-04-15 23:38:56 UTC
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    April 05, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Davis, California

    In an effort to help lower student debt while benefiting the community, the #CaliforniansForAll College Corps program provides 3,200 students with service jobs and pays them $700 a month.

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  • Detroit's WSU makes it easier for former students to return, finish degree

    Mark Richardson
    2023-03-30 18:03:29 UTC
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    March 30, 2023 |

    Detroit Metro Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Wayne State University’s Warrior Way Back program allows former students who left college without a diploma to re-enroll and have up to $4,000 of their student debt forgiven.

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  • Biden's free college proposal is dead. High schoolers are tapping a solution.

    Bianca Quilantan
    2023-03-15 17:09:26 UTC
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    March 11, 2023 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States

    Dual enrollment programs run by community colleges across the United States allow high school students to take college classes that count towards their diploma and future degrees. The programs are often free for students and are increasing community college attendance rates, which dropped during the pandemic.

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  • Students, schools agree NV tuition waiver program for Native Americans is off to a promising start

    Jeniffer Solis
    2023-01-13 17:48:12 UTC
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    January 13, 2023 |

    Nevada Current |

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    Response Location: Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, United States, Nevada

    A new law in Nevada prohibits the state system of higher education from charging tuition to Native American students who are members of tribes in Nevada.

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  • Organizing to Cancel Debt Fuels Systemic Change

    Cinnamon Janzer
    2022-11-16 20:39:47 UTC
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    November 14, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Occupy Wall Street ignited today's debt cancellation movement. Groups like the Debt Collective are winning victories, canceling predatory student debt and pushing systemic reforms like tuition-free college. Though incremental, these changes are rewriting policy and challenging racialized capitalism.

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  • Money for your education... that you don't pay back! (Solutionaries)

    Jenna Zibton, Jeff Perzan, Patrick McKee, Dylan Trail
    2023-03-06 16:59:13 UTC
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    October 12, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    Virginia’s G3 grant program helps cover education costs for students in the most in-demand industries in the state.

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  • Indianapolis Students Get ‘Leg Up' On Careers With European-Style Apprenticeships

    Patrick O’Donnell
    2022-10-11 18:10:18 UTC
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    September 26, 2022 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Europen-inspired apprenticeship programs in Indianapolis, Indiana, pay students to work and train for jobs allowing them to gain career experience and pay part, or all, of their college tuition before graduation.

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Solutions Story Tracker® FAQ

  • Solutions journalism…
    • Describes a response to a problem and how it works.
    • Seeks to draw out insights that explain success or failure.
    • Presents the available evidence about the effectiveness of a response.
    • Explains the shortcomings or limitations of the response.
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  • The Solutions Story Tracker® is a curated, searchable database of solutions journalism stories — rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. We vet and tag every story in the Story Tracker, which offers an inspiring and useful collection of the thousands of ways people are working to solve problems around the world.

  • You can learn more about how we source, vet, and tag stories here, as well as how we share them. We also have video tutorials in Spanish and French that show how to use the Solutions Story Tracker to find what you need.

  • Story collections are curated by our staff or other partners to explore a theme, pattern, or trend via selected solutions stories and external resources. Some story collections focus on an in-depth exploration of a topic with solutions journalism; others highlight journalists and how they report on topics. Certain story collections include discussion questions and notes, so that educators and community discussion leaders can lead learners to fully engage with the stories.

  • The Solutions Story Tracker® is powered by user submissions. We encourage submissions from journalists, as well as from anyone who has an eye for solutions journalism. Click here to submit. (Why submit? So many reasons!)

  • You can submit a story directly on the Solutions Story Tracker®. You will be prompted to register or log into the Solutions Journalism Network website, if you are already logged in. (It is free to register!) Logging in allows you to track the status of your submissions under My Profile, as well as save your favorite stories, create story collections and story alerts, and access other helpful features of our website.

  • After you submit a story to us and assign it a topic, it is sent to one of our Solutions Story Tracker team members. Our team member evaluates the story for the four qualities of solutions journalism, and on the basics: The story must come from a news outlet and have a date and a byline. If the story meets our criteria, our team tags it accordingly and adds it to the database. If the story falls short of the mark, our team will include the reason why. We include stories in the Story Tracker that meet our standards of solutions journalism. Inclusion does not mean we support the initiatives, policies, organizations or approaches featured in those stories.

    Discover common reasons why a story may miss the mark for inclusion in the Solutions Story Tracker®.

    Learn more about the history of the database.

  • Solutions Journalism Network features these stories in the searchable database making them publicly accessible to anyone who wants to search for rigorous reporting on solutions to social problems. Any story that is added has the potential to make more impact than its original purpose. Added stories are used in journalism trainings, school curricula, research projects, and independent analysis on issue area trends. This now includes artificial intelligence tools, which are applied for educational value to find stories and support story vetting, as well as to extract insights from the stories. SJN has digital products and newsletters that give new life and exposure to the stories meeting people where they are at. Story data also is used to develop innovative tools to reach the general public with solutions journalism as well as some specific research projects requested by researchers. If you have any questions or concerns about our use of story data or added stories, please contact Lita Tirak.

  • News outlets determine whether all users can access their stories — and some limit the number of stories that anyone can view, or require a subscription. The majority of stories in the database can be accessed for free.

  • We work with journalists, academic researchers and others who feel that our database will support their research. We are especially interested in research that seeks to develop new insights about solutions journalism and its spread and its impact on social problems. Please complete all sections of the Data Request Form, and we will contact you to discuss your request in greater detail.

  • We do not fact-check the stories in the Solutions Story Tracker®. We do ensure that each story comes from a credible news source that has its own editorial infrastructure.

  • We worked with Tara Pixley and Jovelle Tamayo of the Authority Collective, who developed a guide for using equitable visuals. We follow this guide when choosing images for our website.

  • We welcome your feedback and additional questions. Please use this form to get in touch.

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