Solutions Journalism Network

The Tradeoffs theme song was composed by Ty Sitterman with additional music this episode from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.

Tradeoffs Reporting for Hidden Help was supported in part by the California Healthcare Foundation, the National Institute for Healthcare Management Foundation, and the Solutions Journalism Network.

Special thanks this week to Joe Amditis, Big Local News, Jason Buxbaum, Fred Cerise, Betsy Cliff, Elizabeth Colvin, Hacks Hackers, Keith Hurl, Arthur Hong, Jake Cara, Ray Klunder, Luke Messick, Brian Mittendorf, Paige Moody, Dilcia Mercedes, Charles Minshew, Matthew Notowidigdo, Eli Rushbanks, Tatiana Santos, Eva Stahl, Jared Walker, and Derek Willis.

Thanks also to all our listeners who helped to support our work, including Lester Arguelles, Signe Dyson, Katie Giebenheim, Amber Karam, Melora Simon, and John Alexander.

Um, large organizations, Tribune, Knight Ridder, the Miami Herald, uh, the Chicago Tribune.

And, um, I think that all of those, uh, news organizations, and of course I interacted heavily with other news organizations, um, when I was working f- at Solutions Journalism Network, but even before, colleagues, and, um, I could see firsthand how difficult it was for members of the public to access, uh, anybody in a, um-

Wow

... a news organization unless they wa- you know, you wanted to buy a subscription, and then of course ...

Hmm.

Right.

And when you joined the Solutions Journalism Network, you did go with newsrooms to help them but apply a different approach that, I think, um, full disclosure for audience, I am also ...

I'm a trainer at the Solutions Journalism Network.

The Tradeoffs theme song was composed by Ty Sitterman with additional music this episode from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.

Tradeoffs reporting for Hidden Help was supported in part by the California Health Care Foundation, the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, and the Solutions Journalism Network.

Special thanks this week to Joe Amditis, Big Local News, Jason Buxbaum, Fred Cerise, Betsy Cliff, Elizabeth Colvin, Hacks Hackers, Keith Herl, Arthur Hong, Jake Kara, Ray Klunder, Luke Messac, Brian Mittendorf, Paige Moody, Dilcia Mercedes, Charles Minshew, Matthew Notowidigdo, Eli Rushbanks, Tatiana Santos, Eva Stahl, Jared Walker, and Derek Willis.

Thanks also to all our listeners who help to support our work, including Lester Arguelles, Signe Dyson, Katie Gebenhime, Amber Karam, Melora Simon, and John Alexander.

But I do know I questioned, like, is that an insult? Like, is that a slight? Does she think that the storytelling that I do, that my journalism is like sugar and dessert and cake, you know, and not really intense and deep and meaningful? She was hurt, but kind of curious.

And when I looked up the term solutions storyteller on Google, up pops the Solutions Journalism Network.

I'm reading all about them, their mission, the type of work

that they do, this rigorous reporting about social problems, but also the solutions to social problems.

that moment, a whole new way of journalism opened up to her.

And then she kept reading.

I saw in that same email that they were actually, the Solutions Journalism Network was looking for someone to take that work, that complicating the narrative work, and lead an initiative for them.

and develop a curriculum for journalists around the world based on it.

The Tradeoffs theme song was composed by Ty Citerman with additional music this episode from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.

Tradeoffs reporting for Hidden Help was supported in part by the California Health Care Foundation, the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, and the Solutions Journalism Network.

Special thanks this week to Joe Amditis, Big Local News, Jason Buxbaum, Fred Cerise, Elizabeth Colvin, Hax Hackers, Keith Hurrell, Arthur Hong, Jake Kara, Ray Klunder, Luke Messac, Brian Mittendorf, Paige Moody, Dilcia Mercedes, Charles Minchu, Matthew Notowidigdo, Eva Stahl, and Derek Willis.

Thanks also to all our listeners who help to support our work, including Sebastian Darian, Andrew Kaplan, Deborah Lindus, Kevin Griffith, Eileen Warner Maron, and Jennifer Singh.