What questions do you have about covering COVID-19? The Center for Health Journalism is answering questions on how reporters and newsrooms can respond during the pandemic.
Reporters from around the country share their strategies.
“In a weird and dark way, it’s a good time to be a health reporter," one freelancer said.
How do you find COVID-related racial disparities at nursing homes? Start with these tips.
This week's question: How can the media encourage people to get vaccinated, once a vaccine has been developed?
“You can’t allow a lack of data to stop you from reporting," says Poynter's Al Tompkins. "Report what you don’t have and constantly pound on that.”
“I don’t think it’s any different than any beat you’re covering,” says Tiney Ricciardi of The Denver Post. “Think about your audience and news they can use.”
How can journalists report on how implicit bias is affecting the quality of health care in their area? We asked some experts for ideas.
Experts explain how to put the inevitable rise in COVID-19 cases into context.
“My major piece of advice to anyone encountering preliminary studies is to be skeptical,” said journalism professor Sharon Dunwoody.
How are newsrooms divvying up coverage of this gargantuan story? We asked around.
