![]() ![]() The pillars are: response to a problem, evidence of the impact, insight (what others can learn from the solution), and limitation to the response.”Įteng, a solutions-focused journalist based in Nigeria, said the motivation to set up a solutions-focused media outlet began in 2017 when he started receiving positive feedback from readers about how his solutions stories offered them a “break from the negative reporting of traditional media.” From feedback, Eteng said he realized how negative reporting in local and international media about Nigeria’s problems makes people lose confidence in the country’s systems and leadership. “Thanks to our friends at the Solutions Journalism Network, have made our work easier by helping us, through their resources, to identify the most important boxes we call pillars. “Apart from making sure every story is objectively written in fairness and responsible language, we have certain boxes a story must tick before it is considered solutions story,” he said. “In the end, our goal is to encourage the replication of solutions and hold those empowered politically to cause changes to account by using our stories to show that if country or community or group had a similar problem like ours and they were able to solve it, then we have no excuse not to solve the problem and give citizens the happy life they deserve.”Įteng adds that the aim is to produce quality solutions stories that will drive positive impacts. We also look at what is not working and why it is not working and how it can work,” Innocent Eteng, the founder of Prime Progress, said. “We use data, investigations, and authoritative insight to produce deep features and analysis about what is working, how, and where. ![]() In Nigeria, Prime Progress, a solutions-focused media outlet, is committed to documenting how people and groups are solving humanitarian, economic, and social problems. ![]()
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