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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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  • Upala y la alerta temprana: las lecciones de Huracán Otto

    Katherine Benavides Murillo
    2022-07-23 21:22:59 UTC
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    June 02, 2021 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Upala, Alajuela

    En el cantó de Upala, al norte de Costa Rica, las emergencias que ocurren después de las lluvias han ido aumentado, fue uno de los cantones más afectados por el devastador huracán Otto en el 2016. Como aprendizaje de la emergencia, la comunidad instaló un sistema de alerta temprana que permite avisar con tiempo si los habitantes del cantón deben evacuar, salvando vidas.

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  • Vier Wände – Sven Lüdecke

    Tom Waurig
    2022-07-21 00:10:35 UTC
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    May 27, 2021 |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Germany

    Der Verein Little Home baut kleine Container aus Holz und verschenkt sie an Wohnungslose. Schon in 20 Städten stehen die kleinen Wohnboxen. Tausende Menschen haben sich auf die Warteliste setzen lassen.

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  • Rad für die Welt

    Titus Arnu
    2022-07-21 21:00:46 UTC
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    May 19, 2021 |

    Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Malawi

    In Ländern wie Malawi können Fahrräder lebenswichtig sein: Sie vereinfacht den Zugang zu Wasser, Bildung, Märkten und medizinischer Versorgung. Nur besitzen die meisten Menschen keine. Eine NGO verteilt deshalb zehntausende Räder pro Jahr – und bildet nebenher Mechaniker aus.

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  • Cuando el Oro es Verde

    Mayela López
    2022-07-23 21:09:13 UTC
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    May 16, 2021 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Puntarenas

    Emprendedores de turismo rural en la Península de Osa, Costa Rica, se unen para crear rutas de turismo que les permita llegar a más clientes y además ofrecer productos más completos, mejorando su economía, la de la zona y aportando a la experiencia de los visitantes.

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  • Cornerstone Baptist Church is launching a grocery store to address food insecurity in South Dallas

    Sujata Dand
    2022-11-20 03:27:51 UTC
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    May 06, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Cornerstone Baptist Church is spearheading the redevelopment of Struggs’ Cornerstone Heights Neighborhood. In 2019, the church opened a laundromat and bike shop and last year the Cornerstone Community Kitchen began serving free hot meals to locals experiencing homelessness. The Church is soon launching a community market where local residents can access fresh, affordable food.

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  • Jubilee Market, a non-profit grocery store in Waco, seeks to provide affordable, nutritious foods in low-income neighborhood

    Sujata Dand
    2022-11-15 19:59:53 UTC
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    April 28, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Waco, Texas

    Jubilee Market is a non-profit grocery store that provides affordable and nutritious foods in low-income neighborhoods. This community-based grocery store caters to the unique cultural needs of the community and helps to improve the overall neighborhood and quality of life.

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  • Oakland's Chinatown finds solutions to hate crimes

    Heidi Shin
    2021-03-22 18:04:27 UTC
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    March 11, 2021 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    With hate crimes against Asian Americans on the rise, Oakland's Community Ambassadors program serves the city's Chinatown by caring for the neighborhood and making people feel safe. Started as a way for formerly incarcerated people from San Quentin Prison to reconnect with the community, the program builds trust with residents who might be wary about asking the police for help and who may be so afraid of street crime that they don't leave home. Ambassadors walk the streets to help the elderly get groceries, check in with people experiencing homelessness, and hear the concerns of shopkeepers and residents.

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  • MASLAGO al rescate de Apanás

    Jorge Hurtado
    2022-08-04 01:45:31 UTC
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    March 09, 2021 |

    Periodismo de Soluciones |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nicaragua, Jinotega

    Primera entrega sobre MASLAGO, una organización que trabaja por disminuir la sedimentación y contaminación del Lago de Anapás, que es una de las represas hidroeléctricas más importantes de Nicaragua, a través de la educación de los agricultores sobre la reforestación y eliminación de los monocultivos.

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  • MASLAGO y la Gestión Integral del Paisaje

    Jorge Hurtado
    2022-08-04 01:50:52 UTC
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    March 09, 2021 |

    Periodismo de Soluciones |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nicaragua, Jinotega

    Segunda entrega sobre MASLAGO, conformada por 20 organizaciones, que trabja para proteger el Lago de Apanás. En este episodio se muestra el trabajo que se hace para promover la disminución del uso de fertilizantes y plaguisidas, con el objetivo de disminuir la contaminación del lago y tener una producción de verduras y hortalizas más saludable.

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  • De Olho na Quebrada virou observatório de violência e saúde de Heliópolis

    Paula Rodrigues
    2021-07-07 01:45:09 UTC
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    November 09, 2020 |

    UOL |

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    Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo, São Paulo

    Em 2009, moradores de Heliópolis, uma das maiores favelas de São Paulo, criaram um projeto para compilar dados da região. Durante a pandemia, os dados foram úteis para planejar estratégias de ajuda em Heliópolis, por exemplo, na distribuição de comida.

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  • 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.

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