Hunger persists in a country of abundance not because solutions do not exist, but because misunderstanding, myths, and episodic attention continue to shape how the issue is perceived.

When hunger is framed as rare, inevitable, or someone else’s problem, urgency fades.
When stories appear only during crises, attention drifts.

And when expectations weaken, progress stalls.

Communicators influence all three.

Through framing, storytelling, repetition, and visibility, communicators influence what people notice, what they believe is possible, and what they expect leaders and institutions to protect.

The End Hunger Network’s Communications Hub is designed to support communicators in that work. It is not a campaign, a messaging platform, or an advocacy directive.

The Hub provides shared context, evidence-based narrative guidance, and practical resources to help ensure hunger is represented accurately, responsibly, and with dignity across media, culture, education, and public discourse.

What you'll find in the Communications Hub.

The Communications Hub is designed to be useful, not prescriptive.

Here, communicators can find:

• Context and framing guidance to support accurate, responsible representation of hunger using established facts and evidence
• Evidence-based clarifications that help prevent common misunderstandings and misinterpretations of hunger data and policy
• Narrative approaches grounded in dignity, lived experience, and institutional context, not simplification or stigma
• Briefings on moments when communication matters most, including policy changes, crises, elections, and public debate
• Examples of effective hunger-related storytelling across journalism, entertainment, education, and corporate communications for media, platforms, and formats
• Practical resources, including visual assets, reference materials, and adaptable tools communicators can use in their own work

All resources are designed to support professional discretion, not replace it.

The Communications Hub is a living resource.  It will continue to evolve as understanding deepens, conditions change, new research emerges, and communicators contribute insight from their own fields.

Hunger Reference Desk

Authoritative facts, history, data and primary sources for journalists and communicators

Myth vs. Reality

Clear, evidence-based responses to common myths that distort how hunger is understood.

Storytelling & Narratives

Examples of hunger-related storytelling that build understanding without stigma or oversimplification.

Moments That Matter

Briefings on moments when communication choices shape public attention, expectations, and response.

Applying This Work

Practical ways communicators use shared language, perspective, and judgment in their own work.

Resources

Shared messaging, visual assets, and reference materials communicators can adapt and use in their own work.

How communicators engage

There is no single way to participate.

Communicators engage with the Hub in different ways, including:

• Applying shared context and framing in their own reporting, teaching, creative work, or organizational communications
• Referencing evidence-based clarifications when hunger is misrepresented or oversimplified.
• Drawing on examples that model dignity-centered, accurate storytelling
• Contributing insight from journalism, brand, nonprofit, academic, or digital work

Engagement is always voluntary and self-directed. The Hub respects the diversity of roles, platforms, and professional responsibilities communicators bring to this work.

Professional Affiliation

Some communicators choose to formally identify with this work.

Count Me In is a professional opt-in for communicators who want to stay connected to shared context, insight, and opportunities related to how hunger is understood in public life.

It is not a pledge, a campaign commitment, or a fundraising program.
It does not require public advocacy or prescribed messaging.

It is simply a professional signal of interest, care, and responsibility.

Many participants describe their affiliation as Contributor, End Hunger Network Communications Hub.

Why This Matters

Public understanding shapes public expectation.
Public expectation shapes what leaders believe they can weaken quietly — or must protect openly.

When hunger is misrepresented, minimized, or stigmatized, effective solutions become easier to erode.  When hunger is understood clearly and represented with care, expectations rise, and decisions change.

The Communications Hub exists to support that shift by strengthening the conditions under which accurate understanding can take hold.

History does not change by accident.
It changes when communicators show up.



For communicators who want to engage hunger with accuracy, dignity, and purpose.