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Solution Set is a weekly report from The Lenfest Institute for Journalism and The Solutions Journalism Network. Each week we go in-depth into one innovative idea in news. New issues of Solution Set are published on Thursday.

Why the Pew Research Center created a two-week newsletter course on U.S. immigration

March 14, 2019 Product Development, Solution Set

I’m sure you’ve noticed: Immigration has been in the news a bit over the past few months. The Pew Research Center noticed, too. The DC-based organization has been conducting research and studying [...]

The Minneapolis Star Tribune experimented with calendar invites to remind readers of important dates related to the midterm elections

March 7, 2019 Local News, Product Development, Solution Set

Duke and North Carolina are basketball rivals, but off the court their student newspapers collaborated on a fundraising challenge

February 28, 2019 Revenue, Solution Set

Why Billy Penn partnered with a local think tank to try and tackle hunger in Philadelphia

February 21, 2019 Collaboration, Local News, Solution Set

The German nonprofit site Correctiv built a tool to enable community-powered investigations

February 14, 2019 Community, Product Development, Solution Set

How Reach NC Voices converses with people across North Carolina

February 7, 2019 Community, Product Development, Solution Set

Rivard Report turned criticism into cash

January 31, 2019 Local News, Revenue, Solution Set

How a local public radio station covered the devastating fire in Paradise, Calif: “We wanted to be the center of information for the people who were in the middle of a mass catastrophe”

January 24, 2019 Community, Product Development, Solution Set

How The Correspondent exceeded its $2.5 million crowdfunding goal

January 17, 2019 Revenue, Solution Set

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