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  • Coronavirus outbreak prompts 3M to increase production of face masks, respirators

    February 18, 2020 |

    KARE-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Maplewood, Minnesota

    The company 3M is working at full capacity to produce as many N85 masks as possible to send to healthcare workers across the nation. They wouldn't give specific numbers but say that production has increased at all of their factories, including the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Latin America. 3M is working with governments and public health officials to put out the masks, but they expect demand to outstrip supply for the near future.

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  • Healing arts: Recovering from sexual assault through creativity

    February 18, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    For those who have experienced sexual assault, art therapy is being used for recovery, empowerment, and self-expression. Two organizations, Art Against Assault and CounterAct, are striving to use an arts-based approach to survivors who want to express what happened and their feelings, but may feel like they can’t. While gaining traction, expert practitioners warn that not anyone can do this, that this approach must be facilitated by experts in art therapy to prevent further harm.

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  • Struggling Wisconsin dairy farmers building a future with hazelnuts, specialty milk, goats and creative thinking

    February 18, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    Facing environmental issues, changing consumer tastes, corporate mega-farms, and more, small dairy farmers in Wisconsin are quickly adapting their business models to stay afloat. This article looks at a number of solutions that farmers have taken across the state, such as switching to goat milk, growing hazelnuts, renting out barns, or even changing products entirely to wine or olive oil. All of the solutions show that dairy farmers have to be creative and adaptable in order to keep up with the future of farming.

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  • La France devrait s'inspirer de ce foyer suisse pour jeunes migrants

    February 17, 2020 |

    Slate |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

    Alors qu'en France, les places manquent pour accueillir des jeunes mineurs isolés dans des conditions dignes, à Genève le foyer Blue Sky accueille depuis 3 ans, des des jeunes réfugié.e.s de 7 à 15 ans, pour une durée moyenne de dix mois. Un accueil dans la bienveillance et centré sur un travail de compréhension interculturelle en profondeur. Le tout pour un coût maîtrisé.

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  • Can rationing carbon help fight climate change?

    February 17, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Norfolk Island

    As countries wrestle with how to reduce their carbon emissions, grassroots carbon rationing experiments are taking shape around the word. On an Australian Island of 800 people, a quarter of them participated in a test that calculated their carbon footprints with a goal of reducing their fossil fuel use by 10 percent. The average household reduced their usage by 18 percent and almost two-thirds of participants wanted to continue. Other experiments in Finland and the United Kingdom have taken place, yet some question if carbon rationing is equitable.

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  • App connects users with native-owned businesses

    February 17, 2020 |

    Marketplace |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tuba City, Arizona

    In the Navajo Nation, more than 70 percent of local income leaves the tribal area, but one effort is helping native-owned businesses expand their reach. Change Labs, a business incubator, helped birth Rez Rising, an app that helps people find and shop with native-owned businesses, which often find obstacles to entrepreneurship like listing a physical address or operating a website.

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  • China moves classes to internet, TV amid coronavirus outbreak

    February 17, 2020 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: China, Beijing

    To help students access the resources they need while schools are closed due to the coronavirus, administrators in China are utilizing "a national cloud learning platform," as well as broadcast television. While both supplement online lessons, the e-learning approach equips students with tools to learn 12 different subjects.

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  • Finding patients where they live: Street medicine grows, along with homeless population

    February 16, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Doctors from USC have formed a small street team that travels to homeless communities to treat medical concerns and help provide assistance. Part of a growing trend around the United States, these teams are playing a vital role for the homeless by eliminating barriers such as the need to "schedule an appointment, find transportation to the clinic, pick up prescriptions, or pay for their treatment."

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  • Young Somalis Step In Where Government Fails

    February 16, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Somalia, Mogadishu

    After three decades of war and famine, Somalia's capacity to respond to emergencies and rebuild its country has been significantly diminished. To pick up the slack, young Somalis, many of whom have returned home from abroad, are stepping in to volunteer their services, from rehabilitating child soldiers, sparking tourism, addressing humanitarian crises, and even organizing book fairs.

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  • Crazy Mascots Flooded Japan. Can This Grouchy Boar Survive?

    February 16, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Japan

    Kumamon, a black bear with rosy cheeks, is a mascot for a Japanese town who helped sell millions in merchandise, drive up tourism, and increase tax revenue because citizens can direct some of their income taxes to the locality of their choice. As a result, hundreds of towns rushed to create mascots to cash in on the approach to enticing visitors and investment. Towns spent a lot of money on these oftentimes whacky characters, however there has been no evidence that the vast majority of characters deliver any economic benefits, and therefore most are quietly being discontinued.

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