“Solutions journalism is rigorous, evidence-based reporting on responses to social problems,” she said. The goal of these partnerships is to work with journalists across Nigeria and Kenya in creating solutions journalism reports in and about Africa across diverse topics and issues that affect the public, explained Ruona Meyer, the Africa Manager at SJN. It gives you another dimension in your reporting that a lot of people don’t usually recognise.” Solutions journalism is also not about how people are working to fix things. “It just made sense to use solutions journalism to show how people were solving gender-based violence. “I got tired of just saying women are victims or telling stories that portrayed women as victims,” she said. Last year, Durojaiye did a story for the International Centre for Investigative Reporting on how radio is used to provide therapy and support to victims of gender-based violence. Following the increase in gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, she decided to adopt a new storytelling approach that would empower women and raise awareness on gender-based violence while highlighting initiatives and therapies for survivors of rape. One of those journalists was Seun Durojaiye. In 2020, the SJN launched the Solutions Journalism Africa Initiative, a three-year program which will promote the practice of solutions journalism and select journalists from different newsrooms on the continent, train and equip them with skills to report stories that highlight solutions-focused approaches to solving problems faced by communities. The Solutions Journalism Network, a US-based media organisation whose mission is to spread the practice of solutions journalism around the world, is helping newsrooms and journalists in Africa with the skills and resources they need to report solutions journalism stories by highlighting what works and what doesn’t in local communities.
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