Tribute Tuesday: To knowledge seekers and tellers

May 31, 2016

By: Sandra Garcia

Excerpt from Conscious PR

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I was reminded about another local company, Discourse Media, that creates in-depth journalism projects about complex issues. Co-Founder Erin Millar will be on a panel to talk about the idea of Solutions Journalism: Reporting on responses to social problems at Toronto’s Centre for Social Innovation on June 3. ‘Solutions journalism – yes!’ I screamed in my mind. Journalism CAN be a force for good and I think it was intended to be this way in the beginning, but people with opposing values have been controlling media for many decades now. It’s time that the media shifts in the other direction where I believe many consumers are hoping it will. Media companies like The Intercept and The Knife of Aristotle are helping with this as well.

When’s the last time you heard a piece of information that CHANGED you for the better?

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