Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
11 May 2021
Australia
Broadcast TV Programs
5-15 Minutes
Strict and early knockdowns and consistent public health messaging have helped Australia effectively eliminate Covid-19. Now, the country and its residents have largely returned to business as usual, despite many citi...
8 May 2021
Buffalo, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Erie County, New York, residents are receiving a free drink along with their Covid vaccine as part of a program that aims to incentive those who have been on the fence about getting vaccinated. Although it is not b...
5 May 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Community centers in New York are playing a crucial role in helping to connect the city's Asian residents with Covid vaccine appointments. From training translators on medical lingo to collecting local resident's info...
KLC Journal
Audrey Korte
4 May 2021
Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
To help protect the predominantly Black community in Sedgwick County, Kansas, the county collaborated with local leaders and residents to create an information and messaging campaign that specifically addressed commun...
4 May 2021
Whiteriver, Arizona, United States
Photojournalism
800-1500 Words
The White Mountain Apache Tribe in eastern Arizona was able to slow the spread of Covid in the community by implementing a daily routine of "contact tracing, surveillance of high-risk individuals, and vaccinations." S...
Next City
Rebecca Greenwald
30 April 2021
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Live Venue Recovery Fund offers a path for independent music operators to purchase their venue. The fund buys the properties, and collects rent, but are limited to a 12% return rate and the contract lays out a pat...
29 April 2021
New York, New York, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Many cities created "open streets" during the pandemic, limiting traffic on certain streets to give people a safe outdoor place to relax and play. Which programs outlive the pandemic depends on a host of factors, most...
28 April 2021
India
Text
1500-3000 Words
In India, citizen-led small-scale digital efforts are helping to connect Covid-19 patients with the resources, supplies, and medical equipment they need to survive. The citizen groups are largely using online platform...
27 April 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In the 1950s, the National Institute for Infantile Paralysis launched a nationwide public health campaign to encourage teenagers to receive the polio vaccine. Tactics included interviewing and recruiting teenagers to ...
27 April 2021
Astoria, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Neighborhoods throughout New York are banding together to create their own mutual aid networks to help their community members during the coronavirus pandemic. From grocery shopping to fundraising for resources such a...
26 April 2021
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Multi-Media
5-15 Minutes
Sheikh Nuru Mohammed uses weekly sermons as imam at Al-Abbas mosque to dispel false information about the COVID-19 vaccine, inspiring hundreds of skeptical congregants to get vaccinated. He also turned the mosque into...
26 April 2021
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
To help address Covid vaccine hesitancy, the non-profit marketing firm Ad Council and its partners developed a multi-dimensional public service campaign. Relying on a balance between appealing to personal responsibili...
24 April 2021
Illinois, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
After incarcerated people, their families, and advocates pressured the state of Illinois to prioritize offering the Covid vaccines to those in prison, the rate of Covid transmission among the population significantly ...
23 April 2021
Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Black churches in Cleveland are transforming into vaccine clinics during the coronavirus pandemic to help get shots into the arms of those who have had trouble accessing a vaccine appointment. The sites have largely r...
22 April 2021
Rimini, Italy
Text
1500-3000 Words
An organization in Italy, spearheaded by a father who has a child with autism, is working to train local businesses how to recognize, react, and serve families who may have a member in their party with autism. Althoug...
21 April 2021
Vermont, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Vermont is the only state where no people incarcerated in prison died of COVID-19 in the first 12 months of the pandemic, and its infection rate is relatively low. The prisons took steps that other prison systems eith...
20 April 2021
Oakland, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Anti-Asian hate crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic have sparked a movement nationwide to stand up against bias and to help protect those most vulnerable to attack, the elderly. In one of America's oldest Chinese encl...
19 April 2021
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In Santa Barbara, California, mobile vaccine clinics are helping farm workers and those living at senior housing developments receive their Covid vaccination by bringing the vaccines directly to their communities. Key...
18 April 2021
Philippines
Text
800-1500 Words
Community pantries in the Philippines are providing fresh produce and basic neccesites to Filipinos struggling with food insecurity during the pandemic. The pantries have sprung up in multiple cities, with cash and fo...
17 April 2021
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Wave Foundation distributed sustainable and fresh food during the pandemic on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The Portland nonprofit is a sustainability coalition that works with communities to better understand ...
16 April 2021
West Virginia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In the race to vaccinate hundreds of millions of people, innovators in certain places have excelled at getting shots into arms, including in hard-to-reach or vaccine-reluctant populations. West Virginia broke from the...
15 April 2021
New York City, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
New York City’s Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Affairs relied on help from 34 community groups to distribute a $20 million relief fund from the Open Society Foundation. The groups verified who needed the funds, and no p...
15 April 2021
Kwale, Kenya
Text
800-1500 Words
As a way to combat unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to prevent further deforestation in Kenya, local rangers are using smartphones, satellite feeds, and global mapping to monitor their forests. The projec...
15 April 2021
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, a phone line has helped tens of thousands of residents access information about Covid-19 as well as make appointments to receive their vaccinations. The helpline is a "natural extension of th...
14 April 2021
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Cleveland failed to provide Spanish translation services even though 11 percent of its residents identify as Hispanic. The oversight is a threat to public health, especially in the midst of a pandemic. The Spanish-spe...
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