Trend In Solutions Journalism

There’s a movement afoot. And it’s changing the way social issue documentaries are conceived.

One of the visionary directors whose film we are editing recently turned me on to the Solutions Journalism Network.

I was excited to read their motto, “Journalism can be so much more than just gloom and doom.” So can your social issue or investigative documentary.

Representing 67 news organizations, this innovate network supports and connects journalists who are interested in “rigorous reporting about how people are responding to problems.”

Their tagline, “reimagining the news,” is the newsroom counterpart to the call for reinventing documentaries that I began four years ago.

This movement gained mainstream traction with Arianna Huffington’s “What’s Working” solutions-oriented journalism initiative at the Huffington Post.

If this movement resonates with you, please contact me to discuss how we can shape your documentary’s tone and structure. Let’s create a film that galvanizes viewers—not through doom and gloom, but through the power of solutions.