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  • How A U.K. Imam Countered Vaccine Hesitancy And Helped Thousands Get The 'Jab'

    Frank Langfitt
    2021-04-30 17:53:40 UTC
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    April 26, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Birmingham

    Sheikh Nuru Mohammed uses weekly sermons as imam at Al-Abbas mosque to dispel false information about the COVID-19 vaccine, inspiring hundreds of skeptical congregants to get vaccinated. He also turned the mosque into a vaccination center and 50 mosques have since done the same. Mohammed’s public vaccination and his sermons, which emphasize getting information from experts not social media posts, make an impact because it is coming from a trusted source rather than government officials. The mosque also delivered over 15,000 doses to people in the area, making an important connection with the local community.

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  • How to Sell the Coronavirus Vaccines to a Divided, Uneasy America

    David Montgomery
    2021-05-10 14:52:18 UTC
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    April 26, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    To help address Covid vaccine hesitancy, the non-profit marketing firm Ad Council and its partners developed a multi-dimensional public service campaign. Relying on a balance between appealing to personal responsibility and to the desire to return to normalcy, they focused the messaging and their efforts on encouraging people to do their research and ask the questions that were stopping them from being vaccinated. Preliminary data indicate that the campaign has reached hundreds of thousands of people and encouraged conversations that have impacted the public attitude towards the vaccines.

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  • Prioritizing Incarcerated People for Vaccine Quickly Reduced COVID in Illinois Prisons

    Brian Dolinar
    2021-05-11 14:35:25 UTC
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    April 24, 2021 |

    Truthout |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    After incarcerated people, their families, and advocates pressured the state of Illinois to prioritize offering the Covid vaccines to those in prison, the rate of Covid transmission among the population significantly declined. Although the rollout did not go entirely smoothly and guards have been reluctant to receive the shot, 69% of the incarcerated population in the state have been vaccinated.

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  • Cleveland's Black Churches Host Vaccine Clinics To Protect Their Flock

    Conor Morris
    2021-05-09 23:34:11 UTC
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    April 23, 2021 |

    ideastream |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    Black churches in Cleveland are transforming into vaccine clinics during the coronavirus pandemic to help get shots into the arms of those who have had trouble accessing a vaccine appointment. The sites have largely reported that of the 2,700 people who have received their first dose through the initiative, the vast majority of the shots they've administered have gone to Black people.

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  • "Covidom Oxygène" : une alternative à l'hospitalisation des patients

    Cécilia Arbona
    2021-07-22 01:50:32 UTC
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    April 22, 2021 |

    France Inter |

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    Response Location: France

    Pour aider à désengorger les hopitaux en pleine crise sanitaire, le réseau Covidom permet à des centaines de patients de recevoir une assistance en oxygène à domicile.

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  • How to Request a Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic from Santa Barbara County Public Health

    Giana Magnoli
    2021-05-12 14:11:58 UTC
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    April 19, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    In Santa Barbara, California, mobile vaccine clinics are helping farm workers and those living at senior housing developments receive their Covid vaccination by bringing the vaccines directly to their communities. Key to the success of this operation is the partnerships that have formed between the Public Health Department and community organizations.

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  • 4 Clever Ways We're Getting More Shots into Arms

    Judy Bankman
    2021-04-22 15:26:11 UTC
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    April 16, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    In the race to vaccinate hundreds of millions of people, innovators in certain places have excelled at getting shots into arms, including in hard-to-reach or vaccine-reluctant populations. West Virginia broke from the herd using national pharmacy chains, working instead with local shops that had a head start in nursing homes. Alaska's Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, serving indigenous and remote villages, got creative in how it shipped vaccine to roadless outposts. And UK's private and public teams worked closely with immigrant faith communities to overcome vaccine resistance.

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  • Vaccination navigation: United Way's 2-1-1 has helped thousands get appointments

    Conor Morris
    2022-06-25 22:36:23 UTC
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    April 15, 2021 |

    FreshWater Cleveland |

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    Response Location: United States, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

    A phone line is helping Cuyahoga County residents schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments. By dialing 2-1-1 on a phone, residents will be connected to a trained navigator to help them register for a vaccination or answer other questions. Despite limited hours the vaccine registration is open, since it launched in late January 2021, the phone line has connected more than 52,000 calls to appointments.

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  • Cleveland's 211 Helpline Has Helped Thousands Get Vaccinated For COVID-19

    Conor Morris
    2021-05-11 14:43:01 UTC
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    April 15, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

    In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, a phone line has helped tens of thousands of residents access information about Covid-19 as well as make appointments to receive their vaccinations. The helpline is a "natural extension of the services" already provided by United Way of Greater Cleveland’s 211 HelpLink.

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  • Zoom Court Is Changing How Justice Is Served

    Eric Scigliano
    2021-04-30 15:11:11 UTC
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    April 13, 2021 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States

    When the pandemic shut courthouses, millions of court hearings and even trials moved online to keep the system operating. That shift is becoming permanent, at least for minor, routine proceedings. There are many reasons to be wary of entrusting the entire justice system to "virtual justice." But there are also significant upsides already being realized. In New Jersey and Michigan, far more defendants and jurors complied with summonses. And nationwide, lawyers, jurors, and litigants enjoyed the convenience of not commuting.

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  • The Solutions Story Tracker® is a curated, searchable database of solutions journalism stories — rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. We vet and tag every story in the Story Tracker, which offers an inspiring and useful collection of the thousands of ways people are working to solve problems around the world.

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  • Story collections are curated by our staff or other partners to explore a theme, pattern, or trend via selected solutions stories and external resources. Some story collections focus on an in-depth exploration of a topic with solutions journalism; others highlight journalists and how they report on topics. Certain story collections include discussion questions and notes, so that educators and community discussion leaders can lead learners to fully engage with the stories.

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  • After you submit a story to us and assign it a topic, it is sent to one of our Solutions Story Tracker team members. Our team member evaluates the story for the four qualities of solutions journalism, and on the basics: The story must come from a news outlet and have a date and a byline. If the story meets our criteria, our team tags it accordingly and adds it to the database. If the story falls short of the mark, our team will include the reason why. We include stories in the Story Tracker that meet our standards of solutions journalism. Inclusion does not mean we support the initiatives, policies, organizations or approaches featured in those stories.

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  • Solutions Journalism Network features these stories in the searchable database making them publicly accessible to anyone who wants to search for rigorous reporting on solutions to social problems. Any story that is added has the potential to make more impact than its original purpose. Added stories are used in journalism trainings, school curricula, research projects, and independent analysis on issue area trends. This now includes artificial intelligence tools, which are applied for educational value to find stories and support story vetting, as well as to extract insights from the stories. SJN has digital products and newsletters that give new life and exposure to the stories meeting people where they are at. Story data also is used to develop innovative tools to reach the general public with solutions journalism as well as some specific research projects requested by researchers. If you have any questions or concerns about our use of story data or added stories, please contact Lita Tirak.

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