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Columbia Journalism Review / Luke Ottenhof
/ Jun 4“Just as the pandemic has expedited the decline of many news outlets, it’s presented new hurdles to labor reporters at the time when their work is most needed. The physical isolation necessitated by the pandemic is uniquely trying for local labor journalists, Juliana Reyes, who covers labor for the Philadelphia Inquirer, says. ‘You’re writing about people that live all around you and work in places around you,’ she says. ‘I’m not just calling people in other parts of the country.’ Typically, Reyes would cover worker actions in person, in order to build trust with her sources. Public health measures have made such intimate journalism impossible. In early April, Reyes covered a grocery store workers’ action. She had to follow along via Instagram.” —
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