With no manual on how to cover a pandemic, journalists are learning as they go, risking their safety...
Apr 30, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN NEW HAVEN, CT
A New Haven homeless shelter adapts to protect its most vulnerable
NEW HAVEN — Columbus House is typically bustling with activity, like staff doing laundry and cleaning shelter beds...
Apr 30, 2020
The chaplains caring for the caregivers on the front lines of COVID-19
At 5:30 each morning, Julie Bevers descends into the lobby of the New York City hotel that she...
Apr 27, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN PARADISE, CA
Life in Paradise: A deadly wildfire raged. Then the pandemic hit.
CHICO, Calif. — Business was finally picking up in Paradise, the Northern Californian town that was devastated 17...
Apr 24, 2020
Women in Muslim countries prepare for ‘least, most’ Ramadan
Three Muslim women — from Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine — reflect on how coronavirus hardships reinforce the true...
Apr 23, 2020
Report for America Surges During COVID Crisis, Fielding 225 Reporters in Local Newsrooms
The program nearly quadruples amid national crisis in local news; announces new round of support from Facebook Journalism...
Apr 23, 2020
Indonesian Muslims brace for somber Ramadan amid pandemic restrictions
DEPOK, Indonesia (RNS) — During the fasting month of Ramadan, which begins this week, Muslims in this mostly...
Apr 22, 2020
Online activism keeps Earth Day alive during the pandemic
WOODS HOLE, Mass. — On April 22, 1970, Harvard graduate student Denis Hayes led the first Earth Day event...
Apr 22, 2020
Confronting the emotional toll of covering COVID-19
This column originally appeared in Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. Email Address Being a witness to history...
Apr 16, 2020
One church’s tale of two pandemics, 100 years apart
LOS ANGELES — At the height of the influenza pandemic in 1918, the Rev. John Misao Yamazaki stopped...
Apr 15, 2020
The crisis in Italy’s hospitals hits home as south braces for impact
MILAN – The main gate of the hospital where my father works is usually crowded with patients’ relatives....
Apr 14, 2020
