More than 132 million people in the US have received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine, and as of this week, all Americans over 16 are eligible.But while the US has vaccinated more people than …
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Mia Sato | MIT Technology Review
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4/23/21
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In case you hadn’t heard, COVID-19 is not over.Yes, with millions getting vaccinated, it does feel as if we could see more of a “normal” life sometime in 2021.But we’re not in …
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Tom Jones | Poynter
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3/31/21
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When life came to a grinding halt a year ago, two national publications excelled at guiding readers through an unprecedented and scary pandemic, drawing record audiences and journalism awards.They …
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Kerry Flynn | CNN
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3/17/21
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Digital media startups over the past year have dealt with major economic and societal challenges due to COVID-19. Two independent news sites in Mexico, Verificado.com.mx and La Verdad de Ciudad …
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Sebastián Auyanet | IJNET
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3/10/21
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California data journalists have teamed up to gather and publish COVID-19 cases and deaths across the nation’s most populous state—and faster than the state’s official source. Eight …
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Vignesh Ramachandran | Source
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10/27/20
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It’s often challenging to find new ways to engage readers in a continuing story like the coronavirus pandemic. But it’s important to remember the story keeps evolving even though there …
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Tim Nickens | Poynter
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10/15/20
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Dagens Næringsliv (DN), a leading Norwegian news company known for its business reporting, investigative and feature journalism has been gradually bringing back some staff to its physical …
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Neha Gupta | WAN-IFRA
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10/6/20
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COVID-19 has exacerbated the failings of political leaders in many countries. But in few places has it been as stark as in Bulgaria.The southeastern European country has long had a reputation for …
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Tara Kelly | Poynter
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9/28/20
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Choropleth maps show how data varies across a geographic region, a visualization technique used often to present a wide variety of data, including economic data, election results and, more recently, …
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James Gordon | RJI
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9/21/20
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This year, WAN-IFRA introduced a Members' Choice Award in the category of “Best COVID-19 Special Project” as part of its Digital Media Africa Awards competition.The three finalists …
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Neha Gupta | WAN-IFRA
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9/17/20
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Many of Serbia’s independent local media outlets were already struggling before a pandemic and a government clampdown made things more difficult. Physical intimidation, a disintegrating …
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Tara Kelly | Poynter
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9/11/20
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Across Europe, economic difficulties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have deterred readers from financially supporting news media.In the case of the Polish investigative nonprofit OKO.press, …
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Tara Kelly | Poynter
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9/10/20
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People love the state-fair-themed lip balm. They collect it. At past Minnesota State Fairs, The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune’s booth has handed out flavors including pickle, buttered corn, …
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Kristen Hare | Poynter
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9/10/20
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Executives at weather news companies tell Axios that the coronavirus pandemic has forever changed the way they cover the weather.The state of play: Reporters are forced to address new safety threats …
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Sara Fischer | Axios
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9/2/20
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Last fall, KPCC/LAist distributed point-and-shoot film cameras to a dozen parents across Southern California. We wanted to know what’s most important to parents — and to see it through …
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Stefanie Ritoper | Poynter
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8/28/20
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When Brad A. Johnson got to the door of a restaurant he’s always liked, he saw a dozen or so people standing outside, maskless.The sign on the door read “we recommend wearing a …
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Kristen Hare | Poynter
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8/27/20
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It’s been quite a while that the news media started facing several problems due to the altered economic reality induced by the pandemic. Newspaper circulation is declining, businesses are not …
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Tajdin Hassan | WAN-IFRA
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8/27/20
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Back in March, at the beginning of enforced lockdown, publishers, advertisers and conference companies assumed the fall would be stacked with postponed in-person events. But fears of restrictions …
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Lucinda Southern | Digiday
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8/14/20
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Plagiarised digital copies of some of South Africa’s leading weekly newspapers started making the rounds the first weekend after the country went into a strict COVID-19 lockdown at the end of …
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Pontsho Pilane | WAN-IFRA
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8/13/20
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On March 3, I watched developing coverage of the first confirmed case of community-spread covid-19 in New York City. Ten days later I began to show symptoms of covid-19. I was hospitalized. In the …
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Fiona Lowenstein | CJR
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8/12/20
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