How constructive journalism can help rebuild trust in the media
2020 has been full of gloomy stories, causing many to switch off the news completely. But reporting on solutions as well as problems can help audiences see the full picture and reconnect with our reporting
Posted: 17 December 2020 By: Alisa Anwar
We have all been taught to cover the five Ws (and one H) when writing a story. But very rarely do we think about the seventh important question: what can we do about the problem?
There is growing evidence that constructive journalism helps fight news avoidance, allowing the media to counter the constant stream of negativity and help improve audiences mental health. One session at the Global Media Forum (14 December 2020) looked at how journalists can use this aproach to reconnect with their readers.
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By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Managing Editor | @magnoli
December 16, 2020
Cities all over California are switching to district-based elections.
Santa Barbara has already held three of them to elect City Council members, and the transition has not delivered on all the hopes and promises of higher turnout and more equitable participation.
But it’s a start.
The current City Council is more diverse, in terms of ethnicity, age and gender, than the governing bodies before the switch to districts.
While every area of the city directly elects someone to the City Council, voters including the ones in historically underrepresented neighborhoods only vote for one of six members now, instead of casting a ballot for every seat.
Elections Officials Want To Tweak Hawaii s Mail-Voting Law Next Year - Honolulu Civil Beat
Elections Officials Want To Tweak Hawaii’s Mail-Voting Law Next Year
The Legislature may consider adjustments to in-person voting sites among other proposals after the state’s first foray into all mail-voting. Reading time: 5 minutes.
Hawaii Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago plans to ask the Legislature for changes to Hawaii’s mail voting system that could make it easier for officials to open more in-person voting sites and give voters more time to fill in their ballots.
In a report to the state Elections Commission, Nago said the Office of Elections plans to propose several measures. Chief among them is one that would give county election officials more flexibility than currently allowed under the law to open more voter centers, an issue that came to a head on Nov. 3 when thousands of voters waited for hours in lines outside Hawaii’s eight voter centers especially at Kapolei a
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