PhotoThe premise of the effort is to create a “wave” of coverage that will force politicians to come up with solutions, Ms. Cooper said. “I see what we are doing as pure journalism,” Ms. Kernan said. Still, the San Francisco collaboration stands out for the number of organizations involved and, in the case of The Chronicle, the emphasis on proposing solutions. While The Times is not participating in the coordinated coverage, it has and will continue to cover homelessness as a major issue in the city.) “You can very easily leave people feeling helpless, which can then lead to being disengaged.”Courtney Martin, a founder of the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization that advocates journalism that covers solutions to social problems, said she was thrilled to hear of the San Francisco project.

Source: New York Times May 15, 2016 17:24 UTC