Ms. Holly Wise is the program operations manager at the nonprofit Solutions Journalism Network and an adjunct lecturer at Kent State University and Tri-C Community College.  Formerly a journalism lecturer at Texas State University in San Marcos, where she taught advanced newswriting and multimedia courses, and introduced a solutions journalism course, Ms. Wise now works solely to advance the practice of solutions journalism in newsrooms, journalism schools, and organizations that support journalism.  She was a recipient of a Fulbright-Nehru Academic & Professional Excellence Teaching Award in 2018 and taught solutions journalism at Mt. Carmel College, Bengaluru, during 2018–2019.  Ms. Wise is also the founder of VoiceBox Media, which conducts rigorous analysis of how people solve social problems within their communities.  She is a frequent speaker at national journalism conferences and also delivers guest lectures at universities in the United States and Canada.

Ms. Wise was the part-time director of journalism school engagement at the Solutions Journalism Network and during this stint, she consulted with journalism professors and lecturers on creating solutions journalism curriculum for their respective schools.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s degree in mass communication from Murray State University.

For her Fulbright-Nehru project, Ms. Wise is teaching students and local journalists the practice of reporting on climate-related problems through a solutions journalism lens.  She is also facilitating trainings for journalists who are already part of her extensive network in India.  Further, by collaborating with the faculty at Christ, she is modifying the news-writing curriculum so as to incorporate solutions journalism modules into in it; she is also implementing a module of solutions journalism lectures and assignments designed for journalism professors.  Besides, she is planning to co-host a regional conference for journalists in order to learn about their experiences in covering climate through a solutions journalism framework.