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Ajo bands together to fight COVID food insecurity

Katherine Sypher Luke Simmons

December 29, 2020 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Ajo, Arizona

The Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture has helped the town of Ajo in Arizona distribute affordable and nutrient-dense food to the community after the coronavirus pandemic created a significant financial strain on many families. Additional support has come from the town's participation in the Environmental Protection Agency's program Local Food, Local Places which "provides technical support and expertise to help towns leverage food systems to boost economic development."

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Aid groups aim to bring health care to migrants on way to US

Julie Watson

December 28, 2020 |

Associated Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Matamoros

The Global Response Management is a humanitarian nonprofit led by U.S. military veterans and staffed by U.S. volunteers and "paid asylum seekers who were medical professionals in their homelands" that offers medical help to migrants at two clinics in Matamoros, Mexico – including, most recently, COVID-19 antibody tests. Although the organization's future is uncertain, it is not alone in its efforts, and it and other humanitarian aid organizations plan to continue collecting health data.

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How two nontraditional newsrooms in Vermont are winning readers

Mark Shanahan

December 28, 2020 |

The Boston Globe |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

VTDigger is an online nonprofit that publishes breaking news, policy reporting, and investigative work. A newsroom with 20 full-time reporters and editors generates about 8-10 stories a day that are relevant to residents' lives. The financially successful model is gaining the attention of those concerned about growing news deserts. VTDigger’s monthly readership expanded from 15,000 in 2010 to about 700,000 in 2020. Their success attracted financial support from foundations, institutions, and business people, including a “growth” fund that allows the outlet to continually invest in staffing and technology.

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Malaria Prevention Pushes Forward in Africa Despite Pandemic

Ashley Stumvoll

December 28, 2020 |

Undark |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Central African Republic

When the coronavirus pandemic caused lockdowns in Africa, many community members became hesitant to continue taking part in malaria prevention efforts for fear of contracting COVID-19, so health care workers began visiting people at their own homes to deliver both malaria and coronavirus information. Since the effort started, more people have begun to go back to the hospitals for treatment.

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After a sexual assault, where can you get a medical and forensic exam?

Catie Beck Adiel Kaplan Alexa Keyes Wilson Wong

December 28, 2020 |

NBC News |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States

A critical element in responding to rapes with trauma-informed victim care that aids an eventual prosecution is a sexual assault forensic exam. Rape kits, as they are known, are best administered by highly trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs). But the first nationwide census of available SANEs shows enormous gaps in availability and training. Federal aid since 2005 has helped improve care, and some states have innovated workarounds, including regional mobile SANE units for underserved areas.

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Fish out of water: How B.C.'s salmon farmers fell behind the curve of sustainable, land-based aquaculture

Sarah Cox

December 28, 2020 |

The Narwhal |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

Dwindling numbers of wild salmon have been reported in British Columbia’s coastal waters, so many organizations, governments, and fishers have advocated for land-based salmon farming. The transition to more sustainable practices from open net pen farms, though, has not been easy. Some say the science behind land-based salmon farming has not been decided yet. However, Kuterra was the first commercial-sized land-based salmon farming facility in North America and it harvests about 90,000 Atlantic salmon a year that is sold in grocery stores and restaurants.

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An Alternative to Police That Police Can Get Behind

Rowan Moore Gerety

December 28, 2020 |

The Atlantic |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

A street-level view of White Bird Clinic's CAHOOTS program in Eugene explains its appeal as a cost-saving, humane alternative to sending the police to 911 calls concerning mostly minor problems involving homelessness, mental illness, and substance abuse. From the decades-old program's countercultural beginnings to today's 24/7 presence, the private agency's publicly funded teams of a medic and crisis worker have helped keep problems from escalating into violence and jail time. But a number of factors call into question how scalable this approach would be in larger, more diverse cities.

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City program sends personal message about gun violence

Elise Kaplan

December 27, 2020 |

Albuquerque Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque police make house calls to deliver a carrot-and-stick message to people at high risk of getting shot or shooting others. The Violence Intervention Program's "custom notifications" target people based on their criminal record or victimization in gun violence. The message: accept the offered services that can redirect your life, or suffer the consequences, of arrest or getting shot. Of 74 people notified and helped from March through mid-December 2020, none were known to have committed a new crime. Shootings in the city are up, but more research is needed to pinpoint the program's actual effects.

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Businesses Adapt Better to Covid-19 After Lessons Learned From Spring Surge

Paul Hannon Austen Hufford Tom Fairless

December 27, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

As a second surge of the coronavirus pandemic spreads throughout much of the world, some manufacturers in the West have found ways to successfully avoid the economic fallout despite heightened restrictions. In one case, a manufacturing company "began requiring masks, banned employees from congregating during breaks and started checking their temperatures at the door," which initially decreased efficiency and productivity; but, as the employees continued to stay healthy, business returned, and the company is now "on track to meet its most ambitious forecast."

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Sextortion in Syria: Young women support each other

Nawar Al Mir Ali

December 26, 2020 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Syria

To help Syrian women facing the threat of "sextortion" – harassment based on threats to expose women's nude photos – Gardenia magazine's It Is Your Right campaign has encouraged 1,100 women to come forward to sue their harassers. The campaign also provides counseling to the women. Another campaign, No To Electronic Harassment, acts more swiftly, seeking to close Facebook accounts used by harassers. So far it has closed dozens. The harassment often succeeds because of victims' fear, especially in Syrian society, of being found out by their families.

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