"As audiences increasingly avoid negative news, journalists are being called upon to tell optimistic stories about the future. This book explores emerging solutions reporting practices while arguing for a journalism based on hope psychology and a pluralist conception of leadership and expertise"--.

• Cover
• Solutions Journalism
• Solutions Journalism: News at the Intersection of Hope,Leadership, and Expertise
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I
  • Chapter 1
  • Hope
    • Social Hope
    • Journalism’s Psychotherapeutic Turn
    • Positive Psychology
    • The Psychology of Hope
    • Hope Theory
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2
  • Leadership
    • From Public Journalism to Solutions Journalism
    • The Public Sphere
    • Governance and Public Opinion
    • Field Theory
    • The Governmental Field
    • Leadership as Symbolic Capital
    • Leadership Frames
    • Metaphor
    • The Moral Politics of Leadership
    • Conclusion
• Part II
  • Chapter 3
  • “New Tasmania”
    • Lagging Tasmania
    • Economic Recession
    • Forestry Collapse
    • “New Tasmania”
    • Refugees of the Interior
    • New Tasmania under New Management
    • Solutions
    • The Tasmanian Governmental Field
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4
  • “An Entrepreneurial Spirit”
    • Tasmania’s Journalistic Field
    • “An Entrepreneurial Spirit”
    • Tests of Leadership
    • Reflections and Balance
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5
  • Governmental Metaphors
    • Navigation
    • Construction
    • Nurturance
    • Conclusion
    • Note
  • Chapter 6
  • Expertise
    • “Industry Experts”
    • Metaphor as Masquerade
    • Utilitarian Rigor
    • Hope, Virtue, and Practical Wisdom
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7
  • Conclusion
    • Solutions Journalism
    • Expanding the Governmental Field
    • A Taxonomy of Solutions Journalism
    • Solution Ensembles
    • Metaphor Adaptation
    • Conclusion
• Appendices
• References
• Index
• About the Author