CBS News Initiative Promotes 'Solutions Journalism' to Tackle Societal Problems

CBS News is promoting "solutions journalism" to focus on finding people and organizations trying to tackle problems.
CBS has trained news leaders in solutions journalism at the 14 local stations it owns and opened an "innovation lab" for them to work together on stories.
The Solutions Journalism Network, an organization formed in 2013, works with CBS to promote solutions journalism.
Solutions journalism is not "good news" but rigorous reporting that examines how people are responding to problems.
Solutions journalism can be an important tool in preventing people from avoiding the news because they find it too depressing.