2016 Solutions Issue of OR Magazine
2016 OR Magazine team, led by editor Sami Edge The 2016 issue of OR Magazine uses a solutions journalism approach to report on issues and how Oregon is working to address those issues.
‘Solutions journalism’ can make a difference
Nicole Dahmen, Brent Walth and Kathryn Thier
DEQ Has Oregon in Hot, Dirty Water
by Carl Segerstrom, Katherine Smith and Erin Carey The reporters discovered that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality was years — and sometimes — decades behind in renewing water pollution permits granted to major companies and municipal sewer agencies. The result:…
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…
Remix: How and why to teach solutions journalism
Kathryn Thier