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Michael J. SocolowMay 21, 2020

Aiming for novelty in coronavirus coverage, journalists end up sensationalizing the trivial and untrue

Sometimes the biggest story does not advance as quickly as journalists might hope. It is in these moments of seeming stasis that journalistic repetition can become more powerful and serve as a way to hold government accountable.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 7, 2020

COVID-Explained aims to translate hard science into clear answers to common questions

“I’m getting great information from professional immunologists and virologists, but I had the sense that they were having a hard time communicating the details of the science to a broader audience. That’s something I do a lot of.”

Hanaa' TameezApril 23, 2020

Report for America — remotely? Despite coronavirus, RFA will put 225 journalists “in” newsrooms across the country

“We used to say trustworthy information is important to democracy. And now we should say trustworthy local information is a matter of life and death.”

Hanaa' TameezApril 16, 2020

Lost on the Frontlines wants to memorialize (and count) the health care workers who’ve died from coronavirus

The joint Guardian–Kaiser Health News project also wants to include other hospital staff, home health aides, and nursing home workers. “This data set is the first of its kind in its comprehensiveness, and it’s not tracked anywhere else.”

Tom TrewinnardApril 13, 2020

The coronavirus crisis will eventually end, but the distributed newsroom is here to stay

The newsrooms that will thrive in a post-COVID-19 world will be the ones that embrace the shift to distributed teams. Here’s a guide how.

Hanaa' TameezMarch 17, 2020

The Dispatch surpassed $1 million in revenue by being newsletters-and-podcasts first and taking it slow

The conservative politics site has nearly 10,000 paying subscribers a month after putting up its paywall. “We don’t want the outrage clicks. We’ve said from the beginning we’d like to slow the news cycle down.”

Hanaa' TameezMarch 16, 2020

What do sports journalists do when there are no sports to cover?

From high school to the pros, the games that filled sports sections have nearly all been called off. “We don’t have a guidebook on how to cover sports when sports aren’t being played.”

Sarah ScireMarch 5, 2020

How engagement reporting is helping ProPublica journalists find their next big story

“There’s all different kinds of lawsuits. We’re sort of the class action of an investigative story, harnessing and channeling the power in numbers.”

Hanaa' TameezFebruary 24, 2020

Report for America will support 19 journalists to cover Native American communities

“You build trust through listening and through recognizing other people’s knowledge…In order to build trust, you have to believe what people tell you.”

Hanaa' TameezJanuary 30, 2020

With Hecho en USA, USA Today wants to tell Latinos’ “everyday stories about navigating life in America”

And do it in two languages. “The stories are bubbling up from the local reporters who are living and covering these beats and can tell them with the nuance, context, and perspective that brings an authenticity to the national audience.”

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