Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
5 April 2021
San Quentin, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Empowerment Avenue Writer's Cohort pairs incarcerated writers with volunteer journalists on the outside who mentor, edit, and help the writers pitch their stories to publications. By publishing more incarcerated w...
29 March 2021
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A clean tech startup called Forever Ware created reusable, stainless steel containers for restaurants to use instead of single-use takeout containers. So far, four restaurants in Minneapolis are participating in the p...
21 March 2021
Georgia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Georgia's Covid-19 vaccine rollout has been slow and confusing, but Wisconsin's offers lessons for how to improve the system. Unlike Georgia, Wisconsin has created a pre-registration list to eliminate confusion regard...
9 March 2021
New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
To help with the coronavirus vaccine distribution, a New York-based start-up has introduced a service that connects "vaccine providers who find themselves with extra vaccines to people who are willing to get one at a ...
8 March 2021
Nigeria
Text
1500-3000 Words
An app is offering reproductive healthcare help to women in Nigeria who don't always have access to reliable maternal and prenatal health information. While it does require the user to have access to technology, it ha...
5 March 2021
Ballabgarh, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
A family-run syringe making company in India is leading the manufacturing of Covid vaccine-specific barrels and needles, a task that no other country has been able to manage at the same speed. Because Hindustan Syring...
4 March 2021
Massachusetts, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In Massachussetts, a two-month long state-run pilot program is allowing some schools to resume in-person classes. Each week, more than 300,000 students are tested through the program. Instead of individual tests, the ...
2 March 2021
Charleston, Maine, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Mountain View Correctional Facility in Maine has turned its food service into a farm-to-table experience, sourcing healthier, more appetizing meals from its own apple orchard and vegetable garden and from local farmer...
25 February 2021
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A community effort to help provide food to those who are food insecure during the pandemic has brought together local bakers to bake bread for food banks. The initiative, known as Community Loaves, has amassed 700 vol...
25 February 2021
Dover Plains, New York, United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
Symbrosia, a clean-tech startup in Hawaii, is taking seaweed from the ocean and turning it into a powder that can be used to feed livestock to reduce the amount of methane they produce — a key contribution to greenhou...
Mongabay
Patricia Moll
24 February 2021
Ibirapitanga, Bahia, Brazil
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After there was a fungal disease outbreak in the 1990s that affected cacao crops in Brazil, a group of 150 community members got together to collectively manage a farm to grow back cacao trees using agroforestry techn...
19 February 2021
Kampala, Uganda
Video
5-15 Minutes
A Ugandan company called TEXFAD is taking the stems from banana trees that would normally go to waste and is turning them into new textiles like rugs, place mats, and hair extensions. Over its eight year existence, TE...
18 February 2021
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
To weather the uncertainties of the pandemic and geopolitical trade disputes, many small, locally-operated fisheries in the United States have upended the way they do business by selling their catches directly to cons...
15 February 2021
Gokwe, Zimbabwe
Text
800-1500 Words
A new dried fruit processing center in Zimbabwe has allowed farmers to turn their excess mangos into another product that can be sold to various markets around the world. The center serves more than 3,400 farmers and ...
14 February 2021
Washington, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Because Washington state health officials failed to prioritize the planning of basic logistics for disseminating the COVID vaccine, the state quickly fell behind others in vaccinating the most vulnerable and at risk. ...
12 February 2021
India
Text
800-1500 Words
In India, where stuttering is not recognized as a disability, The Indian Stammering Association (TISA) offers "free online courses, counseling, communication workshops, and daily virtual meeting" to help those who str...
9 February 2021
Dallas, Texas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Despite coronavirus restrictions shifting to allow churches to reopen, across the U.S. many religious institutions are continuing their digital video conferencing options as a means of reaching a wider audience. The u...
2 February 2021
Alaska, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Only a few states in the U.S. have had a successful COVID-19 vaccine rollout, but the ones that did relied on similar tactics: a centralized operation, local collaborations, and an early reliance on the National Guard...
26 January 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In its first year, the Prison Journalism Project published hundreds of articles by more than 140 incarcerated writers in 28 states. The project provides journalism-skills training and then a platform for the work of i...
24 January 2021
West Virginia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Prior to the COVID-19 vaccinations being rolled out to states, West Virginia preemptively opted out of the federal distribution plan that relied on CVS and Walgreens and instead partnered local pharmacies with long-te...
19 January 2021
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
After restaurants closed due to COVID-19 and tariffs were implemented on exports to China, fishermen and women in the United States had to shift their business model to sell directly to consumers. For example, Get Hoo...
14 January 2021
Zimbabwe
Text
800-1500 Words
As part of the coronavirus lockdown in Zimbabwe, people were banned from visiting prisons, but a mobile app has allowed relatives to send supplies to those who are incarcerated via their cellphone. This newest initiat...
14 January 2021
San José de Apartadó, Colombia
Text
1500-3000 Words
Plagued by an internal war, a group of villages in Colombia created a “Peace Community,” declaring themselves neutral in the conflict and focusing their efforts on cultivating the 150 hectares of cacao trees in collec...
14 January 2021
Collins, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Gakwi:yo:h Farms aims to increase the Seneca Nation’s food security and sovereignty by engaging in traditional agricultural practices. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the farm has been able to continue its work to esta...
13 January 2021
Denmark
Text
800-1500 Words
Denmark public health workers have been able to distribute nearly their entire supply of the COVID-19 vaccine thanks in part to early preparation tactics and "a capable health system." Although the country had to proc...
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