Published January 14, 2014
This reporter’s guide, produced in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network, was distributed at the 2013 World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa.
Highlights of the guide:
- We explain the fundamentals of solutions journalism, and how to use them in reporting on food security.
- We use data from the authoritative Global Burden of Disease report to uncover “bright spots,” or places where undernourishment has decreased tremendously and could offer insight to others.
- We discuss the main drivers of food insecurity today.
- We outline several ways communities and innovators are responding to food security – like agricultural storage, insurance schemes, and biotech innovations – and for each, noted pros and cons.
- We bring you advice from journalists who have reported on food security.
- We annotate two solutions-oriented food security articles, from NPR and The New York Times’ Fixes column.
- We provide a few resources to get you started.
Journalists interested in integrating a solutions approach into reporting related to health should consider applying for a solutions travel grant from the Pulitzer Center.
The Solutions Journalism Network was founded by Tina Rosenberg and David Bornstein of The New York Times.