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  • Balancing out the doom and gloom: Why we're producing more journalism with a glass-half-full outlook Audio icon

    June 11, 2020 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    ABC News in Australia is using a solutions-focused, or constructive, approach to reporting on social problems. Focusing in particular on three areas, affordable housing, stormwater, and obesity, the Hobart newsroom is combating widespread hopelessness and mistrust of the media by highlighting what individuals and communities are already doing to address problems. The approach is used around the world and supported by organizations such as Solutions Journalism Network and the Constructive Institute. While change can be slow, these groups offer newsroom training to help shift reporting perspectives.

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  • The making of a virtual museum

    June 11, 2020 |

    The Bay State Banner |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston area museums have launched virtual tours since closing their doors to the public amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Although it is hard to create a museum experience that fits every user’s individual preferences, the 3-D tours have been very popular. The Peabody Essex Museum was already working with Matterport, a virtual tour maker, who had photographed their "Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle” exhibition that is available online. The Boston Children’s Museum found their virtual tours to be so popular that they are creating a new product that will allow children to create their own virtual museums.

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  • Designed to Save Lives: Artists Craft Coronavirus Messaging for Underserved Communities

    June 11, 2020 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

    Photojournalism |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Artists are designing bold and direct messaging to provide Covid-19 information to underserved populations. The messaging is explicit, often highlighting the role of racism in health disparities seen with the virus, and it is culturally specific to the intended audience. Messaging is offered in multiple languages and the information and images speak directly to the cultural norms of specific groups. Messaging is also delivered in a variety of ways, from fliers disseminated in Black churches to including brochures in bags of free groceries to hanging posters in residential buildings.

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  • American Indian patrol in Minneapolis credited with saving buildings during protests

    June 11, 2020 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Volunteer street patrols organized by the American Indian Movement, the national civil rights group, saved the heart of the Twin Cities’ native American community from damage during the looting and arson that broke out during protests over police brutality in Minneapolis. AIM street patrols that had been created in 1968 were revived for the June 2020 unrest. Local businesses praised the effort for protecting their buildings, often by standing guard overnight armed with walkie-talkies and sometimes with guns.

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  • As coronavirus restrictions loosen, congregations grapple with including older adults

    June 11, 2020 |

    Religion News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    When the coronavirus pandemic shut down large gatherings, some churches in the U.S. began offering outdoor services to safely serve their congregations – such as in one retirement community in Florida where members attended services via golf carts. As the weather turns cooler though, churches are finding creative ways to further engage older members such as encouraging them to join Zoom calls for song and worship.

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  • Promotoras: A community model with heart — and teeth

    June 10, 2020 |

    Generocity |

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    Response Location: United States

    Promotoras is a model used in Latin America since the 1950s, where respected community members perform health outreach and host events to answer questions about healthcare access and treatments. The program seeks to ensure that Latinx communities are not prevented from receiving quality healthcare because of traditional obstacles such as distrust, lack of transportation, lack of insurance, or language barriers. Research and surveys consistently show that this model achieves success by improving access to health services for the majority of people they interact with.

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  • Promotoras: un modelo comunitario que tiene garra — y corazón

    June 10, 2020 |

    Generocity |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Promotoras es un programa en Filadelfia (Estados Unidos) que capacita a mujeres latinas para que sean organizadoras y defensoras de la comunidad. El programa tiene como objetivo empoderar a las mujeres para que se conviertan en líderes en sus comunidades y aborden problemas como la gentrificación, la violencia policial y el acceso a la atención médica y la educación. Los organizadores del programa creen que Promotoras brinda una alternativa importante a los modelos tradicionales de organización comunitaria, que pueden no ser tan efectivos para llegar e involucrar a las comunidades latinas.

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  • Major Labels Are Donating Millions for Racial Justice. That Isn't Enough

    June 10, 2020 |

    Vice |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    In the aftermath of George Floyd's death, the 'big three' major record labels - Sony, Warner, and Universal have taken meaningless actions to address the racial inequity in the music industry. Donations, diversity panels, and statements of support fail to address the lack of diversity among executive leadership, or the lack of ownership and power the artists have over their own music, nor do they address the lack of diversity in the types of artists being invested in or the lack of professional support for black artists. Their gestures are only paying lip service to racial justice.

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  • Solar Power Fills Gaps in Underserviced Rural Argentina

    June 10, 2020 |

    Inter Press Service News Agency |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Entre Rios

    Solar energy has provided an affordable and efficient source of energy to rural farmers in Argentina, who live too far off the electrical grid and have traditionally relied on powerful diesel-fueled water pumps. Solar panels have reduced carbon emissions, eliminated the need for expensive diesel fuel, as well as the hassle of transporting it to the countryside - often over rough roads. The initial investment in solar panels is recouped in a short amount of time and has resulted in a drastic reduction in water consumption.

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  • Las visitas médicas virtuales florecen en la era del coronavirus

    June 10, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Enterprise, Oregon

    A medida que el acceso a la atención médica en las áreas rurales de los Estados Unidos continúa disminuyendo por múltiples razones, incluida la pandemia, médicos en Oregon acuden a la telesalud. "A inicios de marzo, antes de que pegara el COVID-19, 5% o menos de los pacientes de la clínica tenían citas de telemedicina. A inicios de abril ese número brincó a un 45%."

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