Bringing together investigative and solutions reporting for a new approach to accountability journalism
Brent Walth and Nicole Dahmen (with John Schrag, executive editor, Pamplin Media Group) What is Universe? Conference, Portland, OR. April 2018
Putting broadcast news in context: An analysis of U.S. television journalists’ role conceptions and contextual values
by Nicole Dahmen (with Jesse Abdenour, UO, Karen McIntyre, VCU) Contextual journalism calls for depth of news reporting rather than “just the facts.” A national survey of local television (TV) journalists indicated the increasing popularity of this more comprehensive reporting…
Picturing the solution? An analysis of visuals in solutions journalism
by Nicole Dahmen (with Jennifer Midberry, Indiana) Newspaper & Online News Division, Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, IL. August 2017
Covering mass shootings: Journalists’ perceptions of coverage and factors influencing attitudes
by Nicole Dahmen (with Jesse Abdenour, UO, Karen McIntyre, VCU, and Krystal Noga-Styron, CWU) Using data from a national survey of US newspaper journalists (N = 1,318), this study examines attitudes toward news coverage of mass shootings. Participants generally agreed that coverage…
Engaging the next generation: solutions journalism as a solution?
Kathryn Thier (chair) International Journalism Festival, Perugia, Italy. April 2017.
Social and solutions journalism: a new way of teaching the next generation of reporters
Kathryn Thier (with Holly Wise, Texas State, and Hub Brown, Syracuse) Imagining Tomorrow’s Media: Creativity, Innovation and Monetization, Broadcast Education Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV. April 2017
Solutions journalism and restorative narrative
Nicole Dahmen and Kathryn Thier Association of Alternative News Media Digital Conference, Portland, OR. January 2017.
The contextualist function: US newspaper journalists value social responsibility
by Nicole Dahmen (with Karen McIntyre, VCU, and Jesse Abdenour, UO) A survey (N = 1,318) evaluated US newspaper journalists’ attitudes toward contextual reporting – stories that go beyond the immediacy of the news and contribute to societal well-being. Results indicated that…
Opportunities and challenges for initial implementation of solutions journalism coursework
by Kathryn Thier As journalism schools continue to respond to industry disruption, some are adding curricula about practices that reframe traditional journalism. In this article, I examined experiences of some of the first university instructors of solutions journalism—critical reporting on…
Images of resilience: The case for visual restorative narrative
A recently labeled genre of journalistic storytelling, termed “restorative narratives,” intends to cover the story beyond the immediacy of the breaking news, and in doing so, to help individuals and communities move forward in the wake of large-impact events. Specifically,…