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Exposing Chaos and Repression in Wuhan with User-Generated Content

Rowan Philp

May 07, 2020 |

Global Investigative Journalism Network |

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Response Location: China, Wuhan

Four Corners television produced a documentary about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China that uses footage filmed by residents. The clips, which show people with the virus being taken by police and bodies left on the street, were found on a YouTube channel where they were uploaded to prevent deletion by government censors. The company verified the location, time, and factual context of each clip, and wove them together with original reporting. The raw footage, shot on the ground with smart phones, was particularly memorable and the film received over 12 million views and high ratings in Australia.

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Report for America is sending 225 journalists into local newsrooms around the country

Kristen Hare

April 23, 2020 |

Poynter |

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Response Location: United States

Since launching in 2017, the nonprofit Report For America has subsidized hundreds of journalists' salaries to rebuild local-news outlets' ability to provide trusted news coverage of local public affairs. Though there is no lack of available journalists or a need for local news coverage, the program takes aim at fixing a broken business model. The latest cohort of 225 journalists sent to 162 local newsrooms is up from 59. Available to "emerging journalists" who can commit to two years of work, RFA pays half their salaries. The other half is split by the news organization and community donors.

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How the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle forged relationships with communities of color

Michael Kilian

April 23, 2020 |

Better News |

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Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

After learning that communities of color were virtually “invisible” in local media coverage, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle formed working groups and reached out to community partners to better understand their community. They also employed a social listening platform called Hearken. This helped them answer the central question, "How do we write FOR audiences of color instead of merely about them?"

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Nevada town lacked coronavirus news. A radio station came to the rescue

Melissa Etehad

April 14, 2020 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Ely, Nevada

Local radio station, KDSS-FM in Ely, Nevada is filling information needs with crucial COVID-19 related updates. Located in a region with no local TV station and just a once-a-week newspaper, the daily broadcast, which once was for mostly entertainment purposes, has stepped up to fill the gap. The hosts help find answers to questions from the community and have regular local officials, like the town’s Mayor, on to provide public health and safety updates.

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LA's Photographers Can't Come Near You, But They'll Peep In Your Windows

Mike Roe

April 02, 2020 |

LAist |

Photojournalism |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

With COVID19 putting the majority of us in self-isolation or quarantine, LA-based photographers have found unique ways to capture this moment. Without coming into contact with individuals – which is often a fundamental part of their job – they use peoples’ windows to frame the photo, capturing the glare of the outside world as well.

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Brazil's Favelas Aren't Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus

Isabela Dias

April 02, 2020 |

Slate |

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Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Community organizers are stepping in to help disseminate vital public health information to underserved communities. In Brazil, social organizers like the those behind Our Mothers’ Lives, an organization advocating for paid leave for domestic workers during the COVID-19 crisis, and local journalists, who debunk myths via podcasts like Manda Notícias (Send the News), have taken an important role in conveying public health messages to Brazil’s favela communities. These communicators utilize social media, as well as audio messaging campaigns, handouts, and reporting to inform the communities they serve.

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1.2 million subscribers: How Reddit's coronavirus community became a destination

Olivia Solon April Glaser

March 18, 2020 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: United States

A group of researchers of infectious diseases, virologists, computer scientists, doctors, and nurses have taken to moderating a community coronavirus message board on Reddit to help spread awareness and decrease information around the pandemic. From fact-checking to alerting of breaking news, these volunteers are helping to more efficiently get valid information to those in the online community, while incentivizing the sharing of valuable information via the platform's system of upvotes.

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‘I have a duty to do this': Meet the Redditors fighting 2020's fake news war

Steven Melendez

March 02, 2020 |

FastCompany |

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Response Location: United States

The freewheeling discussion platform Reddit has spawned many conspiracy theories, but it also plays host to anti-disinformation activists. By striking back at those who spread propaganda and potentially harmful disinformation, forums such as r/Disinfo, rDisinformationWatch, and r/trollfare share news and research debunking conspiracy theories and unmasking disinformation campaigns. The audience for false information remains much larger, and the truth squad has not slain the propaganda dragon singlehandedly. But the anonymous, volunteer moderators see value in educating people searching for trustworthy news.

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Newsrooms Rethink a Crime Reporting Staple: The Mugshot

Keri Blakinger

February 11, 2020 |

The Marshall Project |

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Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

Around the United States, news organizations are taking a new approach to the use of mugshots in their crime reporting. While still the norm in many places, newsrooms like the Houston Chronicle have stopped publishing the common “mugshot slideshow,” and some, including Connecticut’s New Haven Independent, have stopped publishing them altogether. The practice, often used to generate page views, depict people at their worst, doing more harm than anything else.

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ALICE Is Overstating the Effectiveness of Its Active Shooter Trainings

Champe Barton

January 08, 2020 |

The Trace |

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Response Location: United States

The ALICE Training Institute provides active-shooter training for schools around the United States. The organization’s website says that 18 schools have had success using its protocol, and yet an investigation by The Trace found that many of the schools they count as a success actually strayed from its methods. While lacking in proof of concept, school officials did report increased sense of safety and confidence because of the trainings.

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