Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative

Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative

NEO SOJO is a team of news outlets including WKSU passionate about news and information, amplifying the voices of those often unheard, and changing the narrative about our communities.

With 22 partner newsrooms, reporters and community organizations embedded in nearly every corner of Northeast Ohio from Akron to Cleveland’s Buckeye-Woodland neighborhoods, NEO SOJO is currently dedicated to targeting one issue — how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting communities — and spotlighting solutions. We want to tell stories that lift up ways to solve issues that plague our communities and change the conversation about what’s possible in Northeast Ohio.

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Two Ohio House bills threaten Cleveland’s only LGBTQ public school

Ohio’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill and a second bill that restricts access to LGBTQ+ healthcare are looming in the legislature.
Michael Indriolo

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The Land

As Ohio welcomes refugees, a nonprofit gives them a boost

Refugees are building up Ohio’s declining population, and US Together is helping them develop, finance, and expand small businesses in hopes of lifting the local economies.

Economy

Trying to Prevent Evictions One Door Knock at a Time

Democratic Socialists of America are going door to door to talk to people at risk of being evicted.
Economy

Red Tape Remains a High Hurdle, but Cleveland Still Able to Provide Rental Assistance to Pandemic-stricken Tenants

In order to receive assistance, tenants have to jump through a number of hoops.
Education

Cleveland-Area Schools Scramble to Find Fix for Digital Divide

With basically every school district in Cuyahoga County returning to school in a remote-only format this month and next as COVID-19 continues to ravage…