Project Optimist

Hi friends! Project Optimist journalists will be on @MPR this hour to talk about our Nuclear at a Crossroads series. Listen in!! mprnews.org/listen

Hey @Meta-Can we get some help? We have been locked out of our professional FB page for weeks. Our founder's primary cell phone stopped working and all other modes of 2-factor authentication have failed to grant access. We will stop paying for boosted posts if we can't get in!

Nora Hertel, founder of @MnTheoptimist and a 2022-2023 Initiators Fellow, was recently highlighted by @100RuralWomen. Get the full story from 100 Rural Women: 100ruralwomen.org/nora-hertel/ Learn more about the Initiators Fellowship at fellows.greaterminnesota.net. 100ruralwomen.org/nora-hertel/

As Founder of @mntheoptimist, @nghertel shares how she's had to reckon with what success looks like and what she wants to build Project Optimist to be rjionline.org/news/how-being…

Hi friends! We're collecting insights from news consumers between 59-77 years young, and our researchers would love to hear from you. Please take a moment for this survey and feel free to share! missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_en…

The other opportunity is to work with our RJI News Founders @ThePeoplesBeat @MnTheoptimist @NewsyCrowGirl

@MnTheoptimist highlights the challenges & opportunities for a "green entrepreneur" who received support from Central RSDP in 2021 for his biodigester project. read.letterhead.email/the-optimist/l…

There are 4 steps in 2 suicide intervention models -- VA SAVE and safeTALK - check 'em out! Identify signs the person is in crisis & ask directly if they're thinking about suicide. Then listen & validate feelings. Help the person get help & expedite treatment. Call 988 for help!

Let's end #SuicidePrevention Awareness Month with some insights on firearm safety. If you're not sure why, we explored the question in our final chapter of a month-long series on veteran suicide prevention. theoptimist.tinynewsco.org/newsletters/we…

Love this story from @19thnews about a program that's blazing a trail for women in wildland firefighting 19thnews.org/2022/09/women-…

Happy fall friends! We love this apple guide from @GrownInMN and @MNagriculture

We’re launching our Community Information Needs survey. This is our opportunity to listen with intention and use what we learn to steer our editorial priorities. Your honest feedback will determine what we cover. bit.ly/afrolainfoneeds

We've got a comic to show the steps in a suicide intervention by illustrating artist @NikkiWolg. This is the culmination of a month-long project on veteran suicide prevention that aligns with #SuicidePrevention Awareness Month. Here's the video version. Please share!!

Geeking out since I earned my accreditation certificate to train @soljourno last week! I'm very much on a mission to increase the amount of solutions journalism in Minnesota, and this will help!! 😁

Such a fascinating story from @guardian! theguardian.com/society/2022/s…

Saturday was World Suicide Prevention Day Sunday marked the 21st anniversary of 9/11 & All month we're focused on veteran suicide prevention. Here's the personal story behind our series. Check it out and sign up to get the rest as soon as it's posted theoptimist.tinynewsco.org/newsletters/we…

.@nghertel is the founder of The Optimist, a news startup focused on solution-focused journalism for rural communities in Minnesota. She's traveling the state, sharing her vision for solutions journalism and dialogue journalism. #RJIFounders @MnTheoptimist rjionline.org/news/founding-…

Peek at this week's newsletter! I visited Pope/Douglas Solid Waste Mgmt's new Glacial Ridge Compost Facility to learn abt community composting. Sign up for the story. Photos: landfill kitty, me at the metal recovery facility & Env Coord Nathan Reinbold theoptimist.tinynewsco.org

The @TucsonStar and @caitlincschmidt are celebrating one year of their solutions beat They wrote about it, and this piece really jumped out:

From 'problems' journalism to 'solutions' journalism... that's what we're about at the The Optimist! Check out this interview from @KernBeare w/ a @soljourno founder abt how journalism can help communities solve problems & validate the good in humanity difficultconversations.buzzsprout.com/1835843/107662…