Hands on with Solutions Journalism

This is a recording of a meeting with Samantha McCann and Nina Fasciaux held on April, 16th 2018 in Warsaw in Startberry.

About Samantha:

Samantha is Director of Communities at Solutions Journalism Network. She has been with SJN since shortly after their launch in 2013. She previously worked in environmental and fiscal policy research at Seattle University and has published in The Journal of International Affairs, Scholastic, The Guardian, PRI, & others. She has written the copy for an award-winning photography book, Columbia University in Pictures, and holds a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. in political science from Seattle University.

About Nina:

Graduating from 3A School of Business and Development, Nina was first involved professionally in humanitarian work as a trainer and manager in France and abroad. Her research in the field questioning engagement and altruism conducted her to work as an editor, writing articles. From 2011 to 2015, she worked in Russia as the web chief editor of a French newspaper. She’s now based in France and works as a freelancer on several projects, including trainings on solutions journalism and Media decoding. She’s representing SJN in Europe since October 2016, which conducted her to train journalists in Denmark, Moldova, France, and Belgium, and give presentations to several newsrooms.