As more newsrooms and journalists engage in solutions and constructive journalism, there is a growing body of data on the impacts these journalistic approaches can have. There are social impacts, such...
Lisa Urlbauer
Lisa Urlbauer is head of Journalism Training at the Bonn Institute for Journalism and Constructive Dialogue, which supports journalism that places people at the centre of the story, highlights solutions and is socially responsible.
Following stints in Aarhus, Amsterdam, Valencia, and New York, she joined the Bremen daily newspaper Weser-Kurier as a journalism trainee. She spent two years working for the Solutions Journalism Network in New York and Germany and has promoted the uptake of solutions-oriented journalism in Europe ever since. Her efforts to spread the practice earned her the Grow Fellowship from Netzwerk Recherche, a German non-profit dedicated to strengthening quality journalism.
From drowning to surfing: how journalism can help audiences avoid information overload
“What really worries me is the fact that we all know that our media consumption is bad and addictive, but we still do it” – this authentic quote from a student in Cologne serves as an excellent ...
Climate reporting literacy: what journalists need to learn and communities want to know
Increased focus on climate change effects has seen the rise of explainer journalism formats, reporting that aims to center the most vulnerable, and the increase in associated themes such as “climate...
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