Who We Are - Our MissionWe seek to rebalance the news, so that every day people are exposed to stories that help them understand problems and challenges, and stories that show potential ways to respond.Solutions Journalism NetworkSJN_a4df0e42-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46fInvestigative ReportersEven hard-nosed investigative reporters agree that the news provides an excessively dismal view of the world. Audiences regularly come away from the news -- even high quality news -- feeling powerless, anxious, and resentful. When the daily news product makes people want to tune out and disengage, it doesn’t bode well for the news business -- or for democracy.JournalistsWe believe that journalism can do better. It can provide a view of the world that's faithful to reality. It can strengthen engagement with audiences and rebuild trust. And it can sustain itself financially. However, it needs a major disruption — not just around better platforms or packaging, but around the news product itself.CitizensSolutions journalism heightens accountability by reporting on where and how people are doing better against a problem -- removing excuses and setting a bar for what citizens should expect from institutions or governments. It offers a more comprehensive and representative view of the world.InstitutionsGovernmentsSocietyAnd it circulates timely knowledge to help society self-correct, spotlighting adaptive responses that people and communities can learn from.CommunitiesReportersWe help reporters, producers, and editors bring the same attention and rigor to stories about responses to problems as they do to the problems themselves. Doing so, we believe, can elevate public discourse, spur citizen agency, and reduce polarization. It can strengthen democracy. When added to the mix, it improves the overall quality and impact of journalism.ProducersEditorsSJN StaffDavid BornsteinCo-Founder & CEO -- David Bornstein is a journalist and author who focuses on social innovation. He co-authors the "Fixes" column in The New York Times "Opinionator" section. His books include How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank, and Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know.Courtney MartinCo-Founder -- Courtney E. Martin is an author, blogger, and speaker living in Oakland. She is also the author of five books, including Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists, and Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: How the Quest for Perfection is Harming Young Women. She is Editor Emeritus at Feministing.com, and her work has recently appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and MORE Magazine, among other national publications. Courtney has appeared on the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and The O'Reilly Factor, and speaks widely. She is the recipient of the Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics and a residency from the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Centre. She is also a facilitator for The Op-Ed Project and a strategist for the TED Prize.Tina RosenbergCo-Founder -- Tina Rosenberg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. She co-authors the Fixes column in The New York Times "Opinionator" section. Her books include Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America and The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism, which won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. She has written for dozens of magazines, including The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Foreign Policy and The Atlantic. She is the author, most recently, of Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World.Allen ArthurOnline Engagement Manager -- Allen Arthur is a graduate of the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY. An alum of their innovative Social Journalism program, he's passionate about building trust both on- and offline. Most recently, he led audience development at Documented, a journalism startup covering immigration in New York. As a journalist, he works with currently and formerly incarcerated people. His work has appeared in The Marshall Project, USA Today, YES! Magazine, Documented, and The Crime Report. He also hosts The Art of Return, a live show for formerly incarcerated artists.Julia Power BurnsChief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer -- Julia Power Burns was a founding employee of SJN -- joining the organization at its inception in early 2013 as Chief Financial Officer. In April of 2019, she also became Chief Operating Officer. Just before joining the SJN team, she was the Business Director at Lincoln Center Institute, the education arm of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Previously, she had been Director, Global Strategy at Wolters Kluwer, leading work on corporate innovation and strategic planning. Prior to Wolters Kluwer she was the Group Finance Director for both Domestic Print and Global Electronic Publishing respectively at Dow Jones. In these two roles, she managed the finance function for operating divisions with $750 million plus in annual spending. These included news products such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, the Ottaway Community Newspaper Group, and Dow Jones Newswires among others. Julia holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT., where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.Delaney ButlerAdministrative Associate, Newsrooms -- Delaney joins SJN from Prudential Financial's Office of Corporate Social Responsibility where she held coordination and support roles in the Spirit of Community Awards program and the Prudential Foundation. She graduated with a degree in English and American Literature from New York University's College of Arts and Sciences. Email me about any general information or requests for the Newsroom Practice Change program and team.Sara CataniaDirector of Journalism School Partnerships -- Sara is a journalist, author and educator. She teaches journalism at the University of Southern California, serves on the program committee for the JSK Journalism Fellowship, where she was a fellow, and supports the Online News Association Women's Leadership Accelerator as a mentor and advisor. Her journalism experience includes digital leader and newsroom manager, grounded in years of reporting and writing at a wide range of news outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Mother Jones, the LA Weekly and NBC. She is the author of a forthcoming memoir about growing up in Bronzeville on Chicago's South Side. Email me about teaching solutions journalism in a J-School setting, and for more information about our J-School partners.Catherine CheneyWest Coast Ambassador -- Catherine Cheney is the West Coast correspondent for Devex, the media platform for the global development community. Previously, she helped to launch NationSwell. Catherine has reported for POLITICO and World Politics Review, with freelance work supported by institutions like the International Center for Journalists appearing in publications including The Washington Post. Catherine graduated from Yale University, where she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in political science and distinction as a Yale Journalism Scholar. Through her work with Devex, her support of a Newseum program for young journalists, and her involvement with SJN, she hopes to help shape the future of the field. Email me if you're in the Bay Area and interested in a training or partnership or if you'd like to to join or start one of our West Coast communities.Jefferson CuevasController -- Jefferson comes to SJN from the Bowery Residents' Committee, a large non-profit in the Human Services sector where he was responsible for General Ledger Maintenance in relation to Government grants. He graduated from CUNY Queens College with a Bachelor's in Accounting. Hobbies include watching a good baseball game, or catching a good movie at the cinema.Michael DavisSouth Regional Manager (Newsrooms) -- Michael Davis has held an array of top leadership and creative positions at digital news sites, magazines, newspapers and broadcasting outlets. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University during the 1986-87 academic year. Later he wrote the New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller "Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street" and is a co-executive producer of the feature-length documentary film adapted from the book. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s in journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where he later taught as an adjunct professor. He describes himself as a storyteller who helps others become better storytellers.Nina FasciauxEuropean Ambassador -- Nina was first involved professionally in humanitarian work as a trainer and manager in France and abroad. Her research in the field on engagement and altruism led her to work as an editor, writing articles. From 2011 to 2015, she worked in Russia as the chief web editor of a French newspaper. She’s now based in France and is the author of the book Nomade des mers, les escales de l'innovation, a world tour of low-tech solutions to basic needs. She is also supporting the famous French explorer and scientist Jean Malaurie in his projects with Inuits in Russia. She believes the "investigative path" that solutions journalism has taken in the US is the right one, and that's why she is representing the Solutions Journalism Network in Europe since October 2016, training journalists across countries and giving newsroom workshops. Email me if you're a journalist/editor based in Europe who wants to get more info on our trainings, events, and possible collaborations.Liza GrossVP, Newsroom Practice Change -- Liza Gross is a journalist and media leader with over three decades of experience working in executive positions at news organizations and non profits. She has specialized in the transition of traditional news outlets to multimedia platforms, as well as in the exploration of new and transformational models for media organizations, including collaborative arrangements and innovative techniques of audience engagement. She was Managing Editor of The Miami Herald, Executive Editor of El Nuevo Día in Puerto Rico, and Publisher of Exito!, the Spanish language publication of the Chicago Tribune. As Executive Director and past board member of the International Women’s Media Foundation, she worked to support female journalists operating in conflict zones and to create professional opportunities for women in the media industry. She is a past board member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and has conducted seminars and trainings for journalists in the United States, Latin America and Europe. Email me about newsroom partnerships, collaboratives, revenue and organizational models, and funding for solutions journalism projects in the U.S. and globally.Sarah GustavusMountain West Regional Manager -- Sarah Gustavus came to the Solutions Journalism Network after more than a decade in public radio and television. She’s passionate about collaborative journalism and has led projects that included print, radio and online partners. Before joining SJN, she was a senior multimedia producer at New Mexico PBS and produced stories for the State of Change and Small Towns, Big Change collaborative projects that used solutions reporting to examine resilience in rural communities. Sarah also has extensive experience covering Indigenous issues and was previously the executive producer of national programs at Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, a Native American-owned company. In 2017, as a national fellow with the Center for Reporting on Health, she worked with National Native News to produce the multimedia series "Reconnecting With A Healthy Lifestyle." Sarah lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Keith HammondsPresident -- Keith Hammonds comes to SJN from Ashoka, where he started and led the News & Knowledge Initiative, advancing the work of hundreds of social entrepreneurs in media around the world. He also has been Executive Editor at Fast Company Magazine; a bureau chief and editor for BusinessWeek in Boston and New York; a writer for The New York Times in London and Johannesburg; a consultant to New Nation in Johannesburg; director of an emergency food distribution program in Namibia; and coach of the Firebolts, a fearsome girls soccer team. In his spare time, Keith owns and publishes The Boulder Monitor, the leading newspaper in Jefferson County, Montana.Julia HotzCommunities Manager -- Julia Hotz comes to SJN from the University of Cambridge, where she received her Masters in Sociology and founded LokPal -- a local community workshop initiative to increase offline social activity. While teaching literature and history as a Fulbright Fellow in Greece, she published essays and chapters on Epicurean wellbeing, the future of work, and loneliness. She's also freelanced for YES! Magazine, HuffPost UK, Times Union, and others, and has worked as a junior reporter for IPS News. Email me about joining our mentorship program, applying for our freelance travel fund, and learning more about our online and offline communities.Maurisse JohnsonVP, Finance & Accounting -- Maurisse Johnson has held a number of finance & financial systems roles and comes to us from NYCHA where he managed the capital planning and environmental review process. Over the years Maurisse has worked with a few companies in different capacities including Burson Marsteller where he was the Director of Financial Planning & Reporting, Parsons Brinckerhoff where he was the Manager of Reporting & Systems and J.Crew where he was the Director of Financial Systems. Maurisse is a husband, father and a big NY Jets fan. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Concordia University.Samantha McCannVP, Journalist Practice Change -- Samantha McCann has worked with SJN since 2013. As Vice President of Journalist Practice Change, she directs SJN's online presence and public events, and supports the growth of solutions journalism efforts around the world. Previously, she worked in environmental and fiscal policy research at Seattle University. She has published in The Journal of International Affairs, Scholastic, The Guardian, PRI, & others, and authored the text of an award-winning photography book, Columbia University in Pictures. She holds a M.P.A. from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. in political science from Seattle University. Email me about becoming an SJN coordinator, if you represent a journalist organization/network, if you would like an SJN session or speaker at a conference, or if you are a journalist abroad looking for support in launching your solutions journalism project.Taylor NelsonDirector of Knowledge Dissemination -- Taylor cares about better connecting you with solutions stories about responses to problems that you care about and/or your community is currently facing. Since 2015, she has spearheaded the design, development, and expansion of SolutionsU.org. She leads our Knowledge Dissemination program, which includes the Solutions Story Tracker and SolutionsU. She's a design thinking and StrengthsFinder enthusiast, who loves a good flow chart (and cup of coffee). Currently calls New York City home, but will always been a Virginian at heart.Katherine Noble-GoodmanUniversity Partnership Manager, SolutionsU™ -- Katherine Noble-Goodman is a writer, educator and social entrepreneur. She has reported on philanthropy, education, religion, and the environment; taught environmental studies and green business; and collaborated with nonprofits on clean cook stove and biochar projects. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she is the founder of a social-benefit enterprise that brings evidence-based, "no-sweat" yoga and meditation to the workplace. She earned her undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley and master’s degrees at Duke University and the University of Redlands. Email me about creating assignments using stories about what's working or hosting a SolutionsU webinar.Sonja PetrovicDevelopment Operations Associate -- Sonja Petrovic comes to SJN from Imagine Better, a non-profit specializing in using storytelling and ritual in activism. While at Imagine Better, she worked on campaigns as lighthearted as a Star Wars-themed Teacher Appreciation holiday to ones as serious as Heroes Wear Vests, which sought to bring recognition to exploited port drivers in LA and Long Beach. She holds a master's in English from Brooklyn College. In her spare time, she can be found writing, baking, and making mixtapes, like it’s still the nineties.Carolyn RobinsonRegional Director, Newsrooms -- Carolyn is a video journalist, media development program director and educator. She began her career with CNN’s medical news unit in Atlanta before relocating to Asia and the Middle East, first as a senior news producer in Hong Kong, and then in East Timor, where she ran the local TV station for the United Nations. She was the Internews Program Director in post-revolution Libya, overseeing journalism training projects in Tripoli and Benghazi. She has received a Jefferson Fellowship, a Freedom Forum Fellowship and four Knight International Journalism Fellowships, and has trained journalists in almost two dozen countries around the world. Email me about newsroom partnerships in the Midwest, solutions journalism in East Africa, and anything to do with broadcast solutions journalism.Elizabeth ShareDirector of Strategic Relations -- Elizabeth Share is a trusted advisor to philanthropists, a highly successful fundraiser and an innovative strategist known for her ability to foster and steward groundbreaking collaborations. She is the founder and principal of the philanthropic consulting practice Wise Giving, and prior to joining SJN, was the Chief Development Officer for The Center for Investigative Reporting. Previously, Elizabeth helped found and lead the Autodesk Foundation, a corporate foundation focused on K-12 education reform. Elizabeth has served as a Master Coach for Exponential Fundraising at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where she also holds an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Management. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley.Linda ShawRegional Manager, West Coast | Education Lead -- Linda Shaw works with West Coast newsrooms interested in solutions journalism. She previously worked at The Seattle Times, where she oversaw Education Lab, a partnership with SJN that rigorously examines promising approaches to education’s toughest problems. She has worked as a reporter as well as an editor, mostly at The Seattle Times and mostly covering public schools. In 2008, she was named beat reporter of the year for large newspapers by the Education Writers Association and in 2011-12, she was a Spencer Education fellow at Columbia University. In 2016, she helped create a multimedia project on race called "Under Our Skin." She holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Biology from Stanford University and a master’s in journalism from Northwestern. Email me about newsroom partnerships in California, Oregon and Washington -- and Alaska and Hawaii -- and/or solutions reporting in education.Mikhael SimmondsRegional Manager, Northeast | Multimedia Lead -- Mikhael Simmonds is a freelance multimedia journalist who specializes in international reporting. He is also the co-founder of Harlem Focus, a multimedia blog/media lab used as a learning tool at the City College of New York, where he taught reporting classes. Over the years, Simmonds has worked with a number of news and non-for-profit organizations including Democracy Now!, GritTV, Seeds of Africa, the YMCA International, and the UN Department of Public Information and NGO Relations. He has also worked closely with the New York Amsterdam News, a 106-year-old Harlem-based African American Newspaper. Email me about newsroom partnerships in the North East and solutions journalism visual storytelling.Kerrin StokesDirector, Data Governance + Analysis -- In this role, Keri is building a data informed culture and directing policy and process for SJN's evolving data governance practice. She creates, maintains, and continuously refines SJN's analytics structure and stewards the display and representation of organizational metrics (both for SJN's program managers and to ensure accordance with SJN's strategic plan). SJN's mission to uncover "what’s working" is close to her heart, and she has loved working with the SJN team (and reading solutions journalism stories) since 2013. She is earning her M.S. degree of Sustainability in the Urban Environment at The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at City College of New York. Keri is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors Equity Association unions, a relic of her former life as a professional dancer. The only dancing she does nowadays is the bedtime shuffle with her twin toddlers. Email me about our organizational metrics, how we use Salesforce, or anything related to software management.Lita TirakDatabase Manager and Knowledge Curator -- Lita Tirak leads SJN's Story Fellowship program, oversees the Story Tracker database, and the curation of stories. In 2016, she received her Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. While at the College, she taught university-level seminars in visual culture, served as Research Assistant for Swem Library, and was the Assistant Director of the Global Film Festival. Previously, she worked at George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY, where she performed research roles in the Departments of Photograph Conservation, Education, and Development. Lita is a researcher, writer, curator, and creative problem-solver, interested in sharing the bright ideas found in SJN's stories. Email me with your questions about the Story Fellowship, our Story Tracker database, or story submission criteria.Leah ToddRegional Manager, New England -- Leah Todd is the New England regional manager for the Solutions Journalism Network, building relationships with newsrooms in the New England states. From 2015 to 2018, Leah led SJN's work in the Intermountain West, including launching and overseeing collaborative journalism projects between dozens of news organizations in Montana and New Mexico. Previously, she covered K-12 education at The Seattle Times, and local government at the Casper (Wyo.) Star Tribune. She has investigated and written about turmoil in Washington state’s new charter school sector; efforts to improve disproportionately high absentee rates among Native American students in Wyoming; Colorado’s attempts to divert mental health patients from overcrowded Emergency Rooms; and how residents in rural communities across the West find and use local news. Email me about solutions journalism trainings and newsroom partnerships in the New England states.Elizabeth TompkinsIntelligence Director -- Elizabeth comes to SJN with a dual background in social science research, as well as print and digital media. She has previously worked at Yale University Press, the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Ashoka, and documentary film company Momentofilm. She holds an M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University. Email me about case studies, curriculum, the impact of solutions journalism and SJN's work, and questions about our website (including bug alerts).Lisa UrlbauerEuropean Communities Associate -- Lisa Urlbauer holds a Bachelor's degree in European Studies from the University of Bremen, Germany. She is currently obtaining a joint Master's degree from Aarhus University and the University of Amsterdam in Politics and Media Studies. She previously worked for a local newspaper. Lisa supports SJN in its community building and European outreach, particularly in Germany. Email me about solutions journalism trainings, events, and possible collaborations in Europe, especially Germany.Marie von HafftenDatabase Assistant -- Marie joined SJN as a 2018 Story Fellow and lead curator of The Response. She studied international affairs and public policy at Columbia University, where she helped build a massive open online course about global muckraking. Her past experiences include writing about market-driven solutions to poverty at Mercy Corps, researching gender topics in conflict-affected countries at UN Women, and coordinating volunteers at Thin Air Community Radio in Spokane, Washington. Originally from Alaska, Marie loves hiking, road trips, and homemade blueberry pie.SJN BoardDavid BoardmanChair -- David Boardman is Dean of the School of Media and Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia. Previously, he was Executive Editor and Senior Vice President of The Seattle Times, the largest news organization in the Pacific Northwest.David BornsteinDavid Bornstein, SJN's co-founder and CEO, is a journalist and author who focuses on social innovation. He co-authors the "Fixes" column in the New York Times "Opinionator" section, which explores and analyzes potential solutions to major social problems.Susan DavisVice Chair -- Susan Davis is an author, public speaker and a civil society thought leader on social entrepreneurship and sustainable development. For the last decade, Davis was the co-founder, President and CEO of BRAC USA, an independent North American affiliate of the anti-poverty development organization begun in Bangladesh.T. Morgan DixonT. Morgan Dixon is the co-founder and CEO of GirlTrek, the largest health movement for Black women in America. Prior to GirlTrek, Dixon served as Director of Leadership Development for one of the largest charter school networks in the country, Achievement First, and directed the start-up of six public schools in New York City for St. Hope and the Urban Assembly, two organizations funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She has served a trustee for boards of The National Outdoor Leadership School, Teach for Haiti and The Underground Railroad Historic Historic Byway, a $50 million tourism and preservation project in Maryland.Dean FurbushChair Audit Committee -- Dean Furbush is CEO and General Manager of Foodkick, New York's premier on-demand grocery delivery service. From 2007 to 2012, Dean served as President of College Summit (now PeerForward), a non-profit organization that harnesses the power of youth to lead high school culture toward college success.Nathalie KylanderNathalie Kylander is a managing director of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, an SJN funder. A biochemist, an MBA, and a PhD, she has worked extensively in both the private and social sectors over the course of her 30-year career, becoming one of the world's leading experts on nonprofit brand management.Barnaby MarshBarnaby Marsh is the co-founder of Saint Partners. For many years, he worked with the late investing pioneer Sir John Templeton to develop novel philanthropic strategies, and was a key creativity leader in the development of the $3 billion John Templeton Foundation. He currently holds visiting appointments at Harvard University and at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, and is co-author of the forthcoming book How Luck Happens (Dutton, 2018).Courtney MartinCourtney Martin, an SJN co-founder, is an author, blogger, and speaker. Her most recent book, The New Better Off: Reinventing the American Dream, published last fall.Tina RosenbergTina Rosenberg, an SJN co-founder, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. She co-authors the "Fixes" column in the New York Times "Opinionator" section. She is a former editorial writer for the New York Times and a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine.Trabian ShortersTrabian Shorters is a social entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in diverse fields including national service, technology, non-profit, philanthropy and social entrepreneurship. In 2011, he launched BMe Community, which builds caring and prosperous communities inspired by black men.Dominic Rovano (Advisor) Dominic Rovano serves in an advisory role to the Finance and Audit Committee of Solutions Journalism Network. He is a member of the American Society of CPAs and the New York State Society of CPAs, serving as Vice Chairman of the NYSSCPA Employee Benefits Committee.SJN FundersBill & Melinda Gates FoundationCalifornia Health Care FoundationDemocracy FundDraper Richards Kaplan FoundationEinhorn Family Charitable TrustEmerson CollectiveEndowment for HealthEnlight FoundationFord FoundationInnovate FoundationKnight FoundationLor FoundationLegacy VentureNellie Mae Education FoundationNoVo FoundationOnward and Upward Charitable TrustPeery FoundationReid Family FoundationRita Allen FoundationRobert Wood Johnson FoundationThe Rockefeller FoundationThe Annie E Casey FoundationThe Commonwealth FundThe Kendeda FundWalton Family FoundationWilliam James FoundationWilliam & Flora Hewlett FoundationSJN PartnersGoogleJohn Jay College of Criminal JusticeThe Lenfest InstitutePoyntera global leader in journalismPulitzer Center on Crisis ReportingCaplin & DrysdaleLEGAL COUNSELLutzker & LutzkerLEGAL COUNSELMayer BrownLEGAL COUNSELPerlman+PerlmanLEGAL COUNSELSeyfarth ShawLEGAL COUNSELJournalism provides a realistic view of the world, strengthens engagement, rebuilds trust, and sustains itself financially._a4df1108-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46fTo spread the practice of solutions journalism: rigorous reporting on responses to social problems._a4df12e8-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46fEthicsNonpartisanshipThe Solutions Journalism Network is a nonpartisan organization committed to transparency and editorial independence. We do not support or advocate for any particular idea, model, organization, or agenda.NonprofitAs a non-profit organization, we receive financial support from foundations and individual donors. All funding relationships are disclosed publicly on our website (see here for a complete list). Some of the funding we receive from foundations is used to support newsroom projects -- typically reporting that focuses on responses to social problems. For example, our news partners have explored emerging approaches to improve healthcare and public education, as well as ways to reduce and prevent violence.SolutionsWe recognize that there are potential conflicts of interest inherent in using philanthropic funding to support solutions-oriented journalism.PhilanthropyThe reality is that the ecosystems of philanthropy and social change are interconnected. It is, therefore, inevitable that some newsrooms and journalists we support will report on issues that involve our organization’s funders, some of which are large-scale foundations that have supported thousands of organizations in dozens of fields.Social ChangeInnovationWe believe that it would be a disservice to society to exclude critical reporting on social innovations funded by these sources.IndependenceOn the other hand, it is critically important that such relationships not conflict with the principles of independent journalism.Standards of ConductSJN's grant recipients, whether newsrooms or individual journalists, should adhere to the highest standards of conduct as set forth by bodies such as the Society of Professional Journalists.TransparencyWe require that our grant recipients remain completely transparent about any potential conflicts of interest that could arise in the context of reporting on an issue of interest to a Solutions Journalism Network funder whose grants are supporting their work. Just as important, news organizations that receive support from the Solutions Journalism Network have full editorial control over their coverage.TrainingTrain journalists to cover the whole story -- what's wrong and the responses to those problems_a4df1464-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46f1Journalists_a4df161c-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46fProjectsSupport solutions reporting projects that move the needle in communities around the world_a4df17a2-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46f2Communities_a4df1928-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46fLearning, Sharing & CollaborationBring journalists together to learn, share, and collaborate -- helping the solutions approach to spread faster_a4df1ad6-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46f3Journalists_a4df1c5c-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46fConnectionsCatalyze activities that connect solutions reporting to constructive, de-polarizing public conversations_a4df1dd8-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46f4_a4df1f90-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46fSolutions StoriesGet high-quality solutions stories to the people and institutions who need them to make change_a4df2120-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46f5_a4df22a6-8a24-11e9-8d7e-1595271ca46f2019-06-08https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/who-we-are/missionOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net