Updated 3-18-24
"The opposite of good is not evil; the opposite of good is indifference. In a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible."
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
• How Non-Western Journalists Enriched Coverage of the Global Pandemic (Mahima Jain and Jennifer Ugwa, The Open Notebook, 6-20-23) Journalists and fact-checkers from India, Kenya, Nigeria, China, Peru, Colombia, and the Philippines offer valuable lessons on earning communities’ trust in a time of crises.
• The importance of accurate, sensitive reporting on long COVID (Tara Haelle, Association of Health Care Journalists, 2-1-24)**** Excellent reporting and first-hand experience, with often surprising information--including long covid's disproportionate impact on women and black and brown people. Must reading, and superb links to more good resources.
• How to cover this year’s worsening respiratory illness season (Tara Haelle, AHCJ, 1-10-24)
• Covering long COVID, the hidden epidemic Tara Haelle, video of one-hour AHCJ webinar, 1-10-24, with transcript) Don't assume that every long-haul experience is the same. Be informed about trauma-informed reporting techniques, as for many long covid patients this is one of the most severe experiences in their life. Learn about trauma-informed techniques for teasing out stories that aren't triggering for those you're interviewing. Do listen to this before you do interviews with long covid patients.
---Tipsheet On Covering Long COVID (Informed by data, records, patient experiences) Valuable links from IRE/NICAR conference, 3-3-23) Excellent links to additional useful material on long covid
• Why Is One Dose Suddenly Enough for the mRNA COVID Vaccines? (John P. Moore, MedPage Today, 1-3-23) FDA and CDC have made yet another questionable decision. They 'recently announced that previously unvaccinated Americans can now receive only a single dose of the bivalent Moderna or Pfizer mRNA vaccines. To be clear, this is Read More