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

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  • How ecotourism in Konkan promotes climate-friendly tourism

    Vinaya Kurtkoti
    2022-11-26 22:25:20 UTC
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    September 28, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India

    In India, experience-based tourism promotes sustainability and conservation awareness while supporting local economies. For this style of tourism, tourists experience life like local indigenous communities in everything from eating to helping in agricultural fields.

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  • The Flight of the Angel in Basilicata: an inspiring model of how to develop tourism

    Isa Grassano
    2022-09-27 14:57:26 UTC
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    September 23, 2022 |

    News48 |

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    Response Location: Italy, Basilicata

    The Flight of the Angel attraction has helped the area to create more jobs and improve the economy through tourism. In 2007, when the attraction opened, there were only two restaurants and two hotels in the city. But now, there are about 50 bed and breakfasts, eight restaurants and over 130,000 visitors annually.

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  • The epoch of coal is ending. Could an extraordinary fossil deposit help Kemmerer survive?

    Nicole Pollack
    2022-09-02 18:49:09 UTC
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    August 07, 2022 |

    Casper Star-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Kemmerer, Wyoming

    Fossil Lake, and its associated quarries, have provided small businesses in Kemmerer with ways to attract tourists and make a living as major industries, such as coal, has retreated in recent years. The businesses have all thrived by following different, non-competing business models, generating millions of dollars in revenue every year.

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  • How Appalachia Is Growing Its Outdoor Economy Through Collaborations and Capacity Building

    Kim Kobersmith
    2022-08-17 16:25:22 UTC
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    July 14, 2022 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    As a demand for outdoor recreation grows, due in part to the pandemic, Appalachia is delivering on the need with a number of new projects. Community leaders are collaborating on “conservation solutions that make economic and environmental sense.”

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  • Marshall Park helps Ontario address economic vacuum created by GM departure

    Curt Conrad
    2022-07-25 05:06:34 UTC
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    July 14, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Ontario, Ohio

    A restoration of Marshall Park has drawn sports tournaments to Ontario, spurring economic activity. The park was built as a community park but community leaders also saw the potential it could provide in driving the economy, especially after the departure of a major local employer.

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  • In this Mississippi city, public art points a way forward

    Xander Peters
    2022-05-01 20:25:41 UTC
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    April 12, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

    The Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art has designated the city as a public art city, with as many as 46 public art installations across the city, including 35 murals. It intends to grow to 100 public art murals. The city hopes that the public art will attract tourists and economic development, but the primary goal is to develop and beautify communities for the people who live there. Public art raises morale and connects people to one another. It also creates a shared sense of pride in the city and rises the collective mood.

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  • On a Honduran island, a community effort grows to protect its precious reefs

    Sandra Weiss
    2022-10-02 03:53:50 UTC
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    March 25, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Honduras, Rotán

    Bay Islands Conservation Association is an environmental organization in Rotán, Honduras, working with local communities to balance tourism and the safety of the natural environment. It does so through science and data collection, supporting and informing authorities, and educating the communities.

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  • Mamoiada: the transformation from criminal backwater to tourist attraction. The story of a region that has fought - and won - a courageous battle

    Laura D'Orsi
    2022-02-21 18:11:07 UTC
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    February 11, 2022 |

    News48 |

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    Response Location: Italy, Mamoiada, Sardinia

    Increased tourism in Mamoiada has enabled the region to develop into a destination that now boasts multiple hotels, restaurants, and wine shops. The transformation from Italian countryside to high-end tourist destination has improved the quality of life of residents and has benefited all those involved.

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  • This unexpected solution could save the world's depleting corals

    Eman Mounir
    2022-04-27 00:01:22 UTC
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    January 24, 2022 |

    Euronews |

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    Response Location: Egypt

    Underwater mooring buoys are proving pivotal in efforts to save corals along the Red Sea. In practice, the installed buoys are anchored to flat, solid bedrock provide a ready-made anchor for tourists arriving by sea, instead of letting them drop anchors on vulnerable underwater ecosystems. Since 1995, more than 1,400 buoys have been installed along the Red Sea coastlines.

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  • Mountain towns use a ‘quiver of solutions' to address affordable housing, including converting old hotels.

    Stephanie Maltarich
    2022-01-06 04:11:09 UTC
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    November 30, 2021 |

    KBUT Community Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Crested Butte, Montana

    The town of Crested Butte declared a state of emergency, which allowed it to sidestep zoning rules and purchase a 6-unit former bed and breakfast to provide housing for seasonal workers. Residents, many of whom work in the restaurant industry during tourist season, agreed to rules like no overnight guests, no drugs, and no big parties. “Motel conversions” can provide quick conversion to housing that doesn’t need major renovations or construction, making it a more environmentally-friendly option.

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  • Solutions journalism…
    • Describes a response to a problem and how it works.
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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®.

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  • 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.

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