Category: Collaborative Solutions Stories

In Fall 2024, Madison Commons launched a new kind of journalism project—one grounded in collaboration, trust, and the lived realities of Madisonians facing myriad struggles. Throughout the year, teams of student reporters embed with local organizations to tell the deeper stories of challenges such as housing crises and mental health difficulties — and the people working to fix it. To read an overview of this “Collaborative Storytelling”work, funding, and collaborative community journalism practice from our publisher, Sue Robinson, please click here. To read and view the rich archive of first-person profiles, resource lists, know-your-rights explainers, podcasts and more, please scroll down to the content below.