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Fighting Food Waste

Ammar Ebrahim, Dougal Shaw

May 28, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United Kingdom, London

Technology can help reduce food waste. Olio and Winnow are two examples. Olio is an app that allows people to easily exchange extra or unwanted food for free. Winnow is a smart trash can that calculates the cost of waste in commercial kitchens, inspiring chefs to be more creative to save both food and money.

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How a Tiny Kansas Town Rebooted Its Struggling Hospital into a Health Care Jewel

Lisa Rab

May 26, 2018 |

Politico |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Lakin, Kansas

Instead of letting a rural Kansas hospital perish, one CEO found a way to recruit young physicians, and get grants for the hospital. His methods helped the hospital avoid the common fate many rural hospitals face, which are often forced to shut down. It “now serves about 20,000 patients annually, up from roughly 10,000 patients in 2012, and generated $23.4 million in revenue last year.”

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Tracing Illegal Guns

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

May 23, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, Pennsylvania

A publicly available online platform launched by the New York Attorney General fills in big data gaps on guns being used in crimes and trafficked from elsewhere. “We were able to get a snapshot really quickly of where the worst guns are ending up and where they started.” The data can establish groundwork for interstate trafficking cases and also inform policy decisions and New York is happy to share the technology other communities can build their own databases.

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The simple voting reform that raises turnout wherever it's tried

David Roberts

May 23, 2018 |

Vox |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Voting is easy when a ballot arrives in your mailbox. Vote-at-home increases turnout in all precincts and elections in which it’s available. It significantly outperforms all combinations of other innovations such as absentee ballots, early in-person voting, same-day registration and election-day registration.

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Phoenix Union helps with financial aid forms to get more students into college

Stephanie Morse

May 22, 2018 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

During the 2017-2018 school year, students in Arizona missed out on $65 million in free federal financial aid. The Be a Leader Foundation counsels first-generation and low-income students - during the inaugural year of the program, Be a Leader saw a 26 percent increase in students who filled out the FAFSA form.

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Sweet fruits of value addition

Leopold Obi, Brian Okinda

May 19, 2018 |

Nation Africa |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Runyenjes, Nairobi

The Karurumo Self-Help Group in Kenya initially started as a way to avoid agriculture exploitation. However, it has now evolved into a way to reduce post-harvest waste through the implementation of value addition and produce processing.

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Nonprofits: Providing Education For People During And After Incarceration

Julie Christie

May 16, 2018 |

Philadelphia Neighborhoods |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nonprofits in the Philadelphia area work to bring education to offenders who are in corrections facilities, as well as those who are re-entering into the world. Research shows that, with access to classes, novels, and career resources, offenders are significantly less likely to be re-incarcerated than they are without these services.

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Mentoring program connects children of incarcerated parents with support

Megan Thompson

May 13, 2018 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Indiana

In national discussions on incarceration, the conversation often focuses on the direct impact of services and reentry initiatives on the prisoner while forgetting to fully discuss the effects of these systems on families and friends, argues one Indiana University psychologist. A mentoring program in Indiana is reaching out to some of the 5 million U.S. children with an incarcerated parent by pairing students with professionals in the community.

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Reversing an Overdose

Sydney Schaefer

May 12, 2018 |

Temple University |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A significant spike in opioid-related overdose deaths in Philadelphia has resulted in more people in the community carrying Naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication. Thanks to a standing order signed by the Pennsylvania physician general as well as a local health insurance company, obtaining the drug has been made much easier which in turn results in more lives potentially being saved.

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New Zealand explores machine-readable laws to transform government

Anoush Darabi

May 11, 2018 |

Apolitical |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: New Zealand, Wellington

Legislation is currently written in such a way that it often takes a lawyer to interpret how policies are supposed to work. What if laws were written to be machine-readable instead? A team in New Zealand rewrote two laws as software code in a pilot program that showed how this style of writing could prove invaluable for increasing transparency and accountability across government.

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