Meet the 2024–25 Solutions Journalism Student Media Challenge Cohort
Eight collegiate newsrooms from across the nation will report on youth mental health and receive training and support from the Solutions Journalism Network by Francine Huff and Michael Davis The pioneering work of Solutions Journalism Network’s Student Media Challenge will continue in academic year 2024–25 with eight new participants. Eight finalists were chosen after a spirited process that required applicants to propose an editorial plan to seek out and measure responses to the youth mental health crisis in college communities and beyond. Over nine months, the grantees will learn how to incorporate and sustain solutions journalism into their media operations. The student journalists will complete reporting projects focused on ways people and organizations are addressing rising rates of anxiety, depression and suicide on campuses. Training students in solutions journalism will provide experience in covering complex social issues deeply and equitably, as well as help prepa...