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KER Annual Report In lieu of celebrating with an in-person event, the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience marked the end of 2020 with a magazine-style report recognizing the resilience accomplishments of the last year. I wrote six feature stories and provided editing support on this 40-page report. [Features: Resilience Fellows pg 10-17, Partnership Highlight pg 18-19] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e88f889aafd451f4ce5ab19/1609965607830-UID85968FDOEXPGKDVJT/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-06%2Bat%2B1.38.49%2BPM.jpg Writing - 2020 census: Defining the next decade ASU's Knowledge Exchange for Resilience examines how Arizona performed and how mapping response rates might improve future accuracy https://www.abbyjohnsonfilms.com/about daily 0.75 2022-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e88f889aafd451f4ce5ab19/1590272575177-T4054EWKJY57I7Z9MMV3/Johnson_Abigail_pic_SP20.jpg About Abby - About Abby Johnson Abby graduated from Penn State University in 2014 with bachelor’s degrees in Visual Journalism and Anthropology. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo from 2016 to 2019, working with her host community to improve food security and natural resource management. During her service, she filmed and edited a number of short films to educate Americans about Togolese culture and Peace Corps service. Upon returning, she completed a master’s degree in Sustainability Solutions at Arizona State University. For her culminating experience at ASU, she worked with Togolese changemaker Aposto Atcham to create a short-form documentary about his multipronged efforts to empower youth in his community. Abby currently works as the communications manager for ASU’s Knowledge Exchange for Resilience. Having experienced firsthand the power of stories to raise awareness, change beliefs and ultimately shape behavior, Abby aims to harness this power to tell solutions-oriented stories that help us build more sustainable communities. Contact: abigaillaurie11@gmail.com (973) 525-3685 Vimeo Instagram https://www.abbyjohnsonfilms.com/video daily 0.75 2021-01-06 https://www.abbyjohnsonfilms.com/other-projects daily 0.75 2020-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e88f889aafd451f4ce5ab19/1586127196382-TBEIQKZ1WO94AM0GOO6X/IMG_5384.jpg Other Projects - This question has been on my mind for many years. I had the opportunity to attempt to answer it during my graduate studies. Students in ASU’s Master of Sustainability Solutions program are required to complete an applied project in which they work with stakeholders to identify a sustainability problem and implement a solution. As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo I saw firsthand the harm that ineffective storytelling can do. There the dominant narrative of sustainable development – as something Northern citizens do in the South – has had a dampening effect on grassroots development efforts. In an effort to combat this narrative, I created a short-form documentary that follows the stories of one exemplary Togolese changemaker who successfully developed his own solutions to sustainability challenges in his community. The film was published online in both English and French; shared with staff, Volunteers and local counterparts of Peace Corps Togo; and modified into a shorter video profile for distribution via WhatsApp, the primary social media platform in Togo. Focus groups organized to evaluate audience responses to the film indicated that it effectively elicits feelings of hope and inspiration in viewers, as well as an increased motivation to address problems in viewers’ local communities. Participants also noted that its emphasis on local-led solutions counteracted Western development myths. This early feedback supports a growing body of evidence that solutions journalism more effectively spurs behavior change than its problem-centric counterpart. It also suggests that shifting the focus of development narratives from foreign to local leaders can also shift an audience’s perceived agency.