1st Edition
Catalyst Journalism Investigative Reporting, Solutions Journalism, and the Drive for Impact
By Brent Walth
Copyright 2027
196 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
This innovative book reconsiders the meaning of journalistic impact and proposes a new storytelling approach to achieve it.
Catalyst Journalism proposes aligning investigative journalism, with its long tradition of reform-minded reporting, with solutions journalism, an evidence-driven approach to examining effective responses to social problems. The book describes how investigative... Read more
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Why of Journalism
Chapter 2: The Biased Truth About Objectivity
Chapter 3: What Investigative Reporters Really Want
Chapter 4: The Anxiety of Impact
Chapter 5: The Origins of Solutions Journalism
Chapter 6: The Anatomy of Solutions-Focused Reporting
Chapter 7: The Constructive Influence and the Elixir of Hope
Chapter 8: Case Studies
Chapter 9: The Catalyst Future
Index
Biography
Brent Walth is Associate Professor at the School Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, USA. Brent is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent more than three decades as an investigative reporter and editor before joining the University of Oregon.
