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The hunger for COVID-19 and climate crisis coverage
The intersection of conflict, climate, and disease has never been more apparent, and neither has public need for “journalistic rigor and urgency.”On …
6 years ago
Liz Bruenig on covering spirituality and death in a plague year
Religion is difficult for journalists to cover, in part because it lies beyond observation and resists narrative. On this week’s Kicker, Elizabeth Br…
6 years ago
Prisoners trapped in the path of COVID-19
Punished for wearing masks, or for asking to have their temperatures taken, our aging prison population is denied basic social distancing, hygiene, a…
6 years ago
A visit to an ER COVID-19 unit gives new perspective on pandemic data
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 press conferences rely heavily on data, as does press coverage of the pandemic. But when CJR’s Amanda Darrach got si…
6 years, 1 month ago
COVID-19, communities in need
Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Kim Bui, director of audience innovation at the Arizona Republic, has looked to her readers to help guide the paper’…
6 years, 1 month ago
Local media and COVID-19: the canary in the coalmine
When an outbreak like the Covid-19 pandemic hits, local journalists serve as first responders for global surveillance efforts. Elisabeth Rosenthal wa…
6 years, 1 month ago
When the circus comes to town: The Storm Lake Times in Iowa
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump didn’t visit towns like Storm Lake, Iowa in 2016. This election cycle, things are much different. Art Cullen, editor…
6 years, 2 months ago
A war correspondent covers the climate crisis
Kadir van Lohuizen reports on the climate crisis with the same techniques he brought to his work as a war correspondent. His photography, video, and …
6 years, 2 months ago
Family leave and the diversity edge
Jess Brammar is the new editor in chief of HuffPost UK. She is also 7 months pregnant. When it comes to family leave policy, American news outlets la…
6 years, 2 months ago
Coronavirus, China’s press, and the disappearance of Chen Quishi
In China, journalists are conditioned to keep their online activity apolitical. But the coronavirus outbreak took censors by surprise. In the panic, …
6 years, 2 months ago