Solutions Journalism Network

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Solutions Journalism Network" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Solutions Journalism Network

Formation	2013 (2013)
Founder	David Bornstein (author), Courtney E. Martin, and Tina Rosenberg
Type	Non-profit
Website	www.solutionsjournalism.org

The Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) is an independent, non-profit organization that advocates an approach of solutions journalism, an evidence-based mode of reporting on the responses to social problems. It was founded in 2013 by David Bornstein, Courtney E. Martin, and Tina Rosenberg. Its staff in New York City and Oakland, California, help journalists and news organizations across the country understand, value, and build the capacity to do solutions-oriented reporting.

The mission of SJN is "to spread the practice of solutions journalism: rigorous and compelling reporting about responses to social problems".^[1] What SJN calls solutions journalism is preceded by very similar journalistic styles that have been practiced outside the United States, including "constructive journalism", which originated in Denmark.

As of November 2017, the organization says it had created working relationships with 180 newsrooms in the United States, exposing thousands of journalists to the practice of solutions journalism.^[2]