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Constructive News: Fostering Solutions Journalism Across Europe (SoJo Europe)
SoJo Europe promoted and supported solutions-oriented journalism across Europe.
The project helped media outlets and journalists shift from problem-saturated coverage to stories that highlighted responses, innovation, and resilience. By providing training, mentoring, and grant funding, the initiative aimed to strengthen public trust and encourage constructive dialogue in an era of news avoidance and polarization.
With a combination of in-person and online training as well as collaborative peer-learning sessions, participating journalists were introduced to the core principles of solutions journalism: evidence-based reporting on responses to societal challenges that presented stories providing context and insight without losing critical depth.
The project brought together a cohort of 18 media outlets and journalism organizations to build a pan-European network committed to meaningful, impactful reporting.
The project helped media outlets and journalists shift from problem-saturated coverage to stories that highlighted responses, innovation, and resilience. By providing training, mentoring, and grant funding, the initiative aimed to strengthen public trust and encourage constructive dialogue in an era of news avoidance and polarization.
With a combination of in-person and online training as well as collaborative peer-learning sessions, participating journalists were introduced to the core principles of solutions journalism: evidence-based reporting on responses to societal challenges that presented stories providing context and insight without losing critical depth.
The project brought together a cohort of 18 media outlets and journalism organizations to build a pan-European network committed to meaningful, impactful reporting.
Latest Project News
Rebuilding Trust
A Multi-Stakeholder Data-Driven Journalism Initiative for Democratic Resilience The project that brings together journalists, communities, civil society, and data experts to strengthen democratic resilience through collaboration, data literacy, and solutions-oriented…
Reinventing election coverage in Hungary
Can election coverage be more than just horse-race journalism? We believe so – and so does ALAP, a youth-led independent newsroom from Hungary. We’ve partnered with ALAP to support their…
How can solutions journalism help newsrooms truly belong to the communities they serve?
In our latest podcast episode, Meenal Thakur and Jeremy Druker speak with Catarina Carvalho, founder and editor of Mensagem de Lisboa, about what community-first journalism looks like in practice — from live journalism and deep listening…
Your Go-To Toolkit for Combining Investigative and Solutions Journalism
The SoJo Europe Program is proud to launch a set of practical, journalist-tested resources designed to help reporters integrate solutions journalism into their investigations. These guides have been created with…
Crossing Borders: How Solutions Journalism Travels to Find Better Answers
In our latest solutions journalism podcast episode, we talk with Radka Zitková, journalist at Heroine magazine. She shares how her team used cross-border reporting to explore fresh perspectives on parental…
From Division to Dialogue: Complicating the Narratives for a More Inclusive Media
Transitions launches its first Complicating the Narrative pilot with five European newsrooms We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our first Complicating the Narrative (CTN) pilot at Transitions! This marks…
Your Go-To Guide for Climate Solutions Reporting
Are you a journalist ready to take your climate reporting to the next level? The SoJo Europe Program is proud to launch a powerful set of resources designed to support…
Announcing the Second Cohort of the SoJo Europe Program: A Diverse Collective of Newsrooms Driving Solutions Journalism Across Europe
We are thrilled to announce the selection of the second cohort of eight newsrooms for the SoJo Europe program, a first-of-its-kind initiative designed to foster solutions journalism across Europe. These…
Project Overview
Empowered European Newsrooms and Professional Capacity: A cohort of 18 newsrooms from 11 countries successfully integrated solutions journalism into their editorial workflows, supported by intensive mentoring and a "Train the Trainer" (ToT) programme that equipped journalists to act as internal multipliers for long-term knowledge transfer.
A Scalable Educational Framework: The project launched a free, self-paced online course and a multilingual knowledge base of 15 digital resources (handbooks and webinars) translated into German, Spanish, and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian to reduce linguistic barriers to media innovation.
Cross-Border Knowledge Exchange and Community Building: By uniting over 100 media professionals from 30 countries through the European Solutions Journalism Summit and reciprocal study tours, the project fostered a durable community of practice and established new regional peer networks for cross-border cooperation.
Investigative and Climate Solutions Output: The project funded and published 26 cross-border collaborative projects, combining rigorous investigative depth with solutions-oriented framing to address high-relevance public issues such as climate-resilient agriculture and homelessness across Europe.
Small, independent media outlets across Europe
- 2023–Present
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European Commission
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Arcadia Foundation
- Journalismfund Europe (Belgium)
- Constructive Institute (Denmark)
- The South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM)
- Transitions (Czechia)
- Contractor: Solutions Journalism Network (USA)
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Latest Project News
Rebuilding Trust
A Multi-Stakeholder Data-Driven Journalism Initiative for Democratic Resilience The project that brings together journalists, communities, civil society, and data experts to strengthen democratic resilience through collaboration, data literacy, and solutions-oriented…
Reinventing election coverage in Hungary
Can election coverage be more than just horse-race journalism? We believe so – and so does ALAP, a youth-led independent newsroom from Hungary. We’ve partnered with ALAP to support their…
How can solutions journalism help newsrooms truly belong to the communities they serve?
In our latest podcast episode, Meenal Thakur and Jeremy Druker speak with Catarina Carvalho, founder and editor of Mensagem de Lisboa, about what community-first journalism looks like in practice — from live journalism and deep listening…
Your Go-To Toolkit for Combining Investigative and Solutions Journalism
The SoJo Europe Program is proud to launch a set of practical, journalist-tested resources designed to help reporters integrate solutions journalism into their investigations. These guides have been created with…
Crossing Borders: How Solutions Journalism Travels to Find Better Answers
In our latest solutions journalism podcast episode, we talk with Radka Zitková, journalist at Heroine magazine. She shares how her team used cross-border reporting to explore fresh perspectives on parental…
From Division to Dialogue: Complicating the Narratives for a More Inclusive Media
Transitions launches its first Complicating the Narrative pilot with five European newsrooms We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our first Complicating the Narrative (CTN) pilot at Transitions! This marks…
Your Go-To Guide for Climate Solutions Reporting
Are you a journalist ready to take your climate reporting to the next level? The SoJo Europe Program is proud to launch a powerful set of resources designed to support…
Announcing the Second Cohort of the SoJo Europe Program: A Diverse Collective of Newsrooms Driving Solutions Journalism Across Europe
We are thrilled to announce the selection of the second cohort of eight newsrooms for the SoJo Europe program, a first-of-its-kind initiative designed to foster solutions journalism across Europe. These…
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