ABSTRACT
This chapter covers constructive journalism as an opportunity for journalism, especially with regard to narrative approaches to sustainability. At the beginning of this chapter, a practical example is mentioned in the form of a magazine article to illustrate how constructive journalism can be applied in the field of SusTelling. By means of this example, this chapter continues to describe the challenge within constructive journalism to find a balance between storytelling and realism. Subsequently, the article is used as a case study to introduce constructive journalism. Constructive journalism is highlighted to be the solution and future-oriented, and three essential insights to adopt a constructive perspective are described. This chapter continues by describing a number of ways in which the theory behind constructive journalism can be applied in journalistic reporting, and how scientific working methods can be transferred to journalism. This chapter concludes with an assessment of the role of constructive journalism on its role to date and its possible role in the future.
