Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
2 April 2021
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A coalition of groups advocating for young girls of color succeeded in winning new policies and financial support to combat sexual harassment on public transportation. By surveying middle and high school students abou...
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...
NPR
Alisa Roth
3 March 2021
Mason City, Iowa, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
Companies like Gaggle are typically used by school districts to track student online behavior, but now they are tracking something else—self-harm. Machine learning flags words that might indicate a student is thinking...
25 February 2021
San Diego, California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Aptera Motors, a California-based startup, is poised to roll out the first mass-produced solar vehicle this year: for $25,900. The car is a three-wheel, aerodynamic electric vehicle covered in solar cells that can pro...
17 February 2021
Austin, Texas, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Some cities across the U.S. are offering "free or cheap transportation to vaccine distribution sites" as a means of increasing access for those who don't have access to a vehicle, are unable to drive, or don't live ne...
15 February 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A new technology is providing affordable and sustainable housing through a process that is faster and with material that is more resilient to natural disasters. 3D-printed houses are providing aesthetically pleasing h...
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Harry Jacques
11 February 2021
Solok, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Text
800-1500 Words
In Indonesia, there are 27 “Guardian” sensors eavesdropping on forests as a way to monitor them for cases of illegal logging. The organization Rainforest Connection uses artificial intelligence to analyze the audio fr...
8 February 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The digital divide has exacerbated the challenge of virtual schooling and has spurred communities to provide affordable internet access. Local governments, nonprofits, and school districts are piloting initiatives to ...
6 February 2021
Scotland
Text
800-1500 Words
Hywind Scotland is the world's first commercial wind farm using floating wind turbines to generate power for about 36,000 homes a year. This approach — which is being seriously looked at by several countries seeking t...
4 February 2021
New Delhi, India
Text
800-1500 Words
Because of internet shutdowns, six friends created a bilingual newspaper to document and record the farmer protests in India. Thousands of farmers have been protesting for weeks about the government’s new agricultural...
3 February 2021
Woburn, Massachusetts, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Boston Metal is transforming how steel is made by replacing coal with electrons. Instead of using the fossil fuel in furnaces to melt iron ores, the Massachusetts-based company uses electric currents to heat the ore, ...
3 February 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A focus on infrastructure has been emphasized as the solution to bridging the digital divide, which has been exacerbated since the onset of the pandemic. Rural communities have historically struggled with broadband in...
23 January 2021
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Text
1500-3000 Words
Doctors at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge began piloting the use of new technology in 2015 via a machine called an organ care system (OCS) that allows doctors to restore life to an organ and keep it viable for d...
21 January 2021
Bardo, Nigeria
Video
3-5 Minutes
Community workers in a village in Nigeria worked together to buy a car to use as an emergency vehicle for pregnant women who are in labor. The initiative has caught the attention of local government, which prompted th...
19 January 2021
Israel
Text
800-1500 Words
Batteries that can be fully charged in five minutes have been created for the first time, allowing electric cars to recharge faster. The Israeli company StoreDot produced 1,000 of these new lithium-ion batteries, whic...
6 January 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
American cars made since the early 1980s have carried ratings from the federal New Car Assessment Program, showing how risky they are to human life in a crash. NCAP ratings motivated a host of safety enhancements by m...
4 January 2021
California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
School districts and cities in California are looking to create their own local Wifi networks as a long-term solution to the digital divide, and an alternative to hotspots. Some are even becoming internet service prov...
1 January 2021
Moscow, Russia
Video
Under 3 Minutes
An initiative on the Moscow metro system has posters on the train featuring cats and dogs that are looking for a home. Known as the “Tails and Paws” train, these animals come from 13 animal shelters in the city and ri...
Forbes
Christine Ro
30 December 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Arizona State University’s SolarSPELL project developed a waterproof device with a solar panel and other equipment that allows users to connect to “offline WiFi” networks and browse preloaded webpages. SD cards store ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Erin Golden
23 December 2020
Oakdale, Minnesota, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In classrooms or at home, elementary students in Oakdale have more options for virtual tours and visit thanks to virtual fieldtrips. Museums, theaters, and different organizations are bettering the virtual tour experi...
22 December 2020
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
Scientists at Oxford University have come up with a process that could turn carbon dioxide into jet fuel. The greenhouse gas, which is a major contributor to climate change, is constantly emitted by the aviation indus...
BBC
Bara’atu Ibrahim
22 December 2020
Nigeria
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Women who faced difficulty getting to the nearest hospital when they were in labor, organized to raise money to buy a car that could be used as an emergency vehicle. Although having the car has helped significantly wi...
18 December 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In the 1980s, a virtual messaging network, then known as bulletin board systems (BBSs), acted as a support group for many who were in search of peer support and reliable information as the AIDS epidemic spread. Althou...
15 December 2020
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Cleveland, Ohio, several small businesses have joined a co-op of companies using an employee-owned model to help with the financial constraints brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Although the process of joinin...
14 December 2020
Clearfork Valley, Kentucky, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Community advocates in Clearfork Valley created their own public internet hotspot to bridge the digital divide, especially as the pandemic rendered high-speed internet more of a necessity than a luxury. Broadband comp...
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