March 11, 2021: One year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, the virus has claimed more than 2.6 million lives worldwide, and is approaching 530,000 deaths here in the United States. Report for America corps members adapted with swiftness and grace to cover the most consequential story of a generation, maybe a
Emily Woodruff is a second-year Report for America corps member, who covers health care and public health in southern Louisiana for The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate with a focus on the New Orleans metro region. Headlines at the end of March blamed Mardi Gras for the potential spread of coronavirus, calling it a
Camille von Kaenel is a 2019-20 Report for America corps member, covering wildfire recovery for the Chico-Enterprise Record in Northern California, focusing on a region that was devastated by 2018’s deadly Camp Fire. As of June 2020, she is covering growth and development in San Diego County’s backcountry for inewssource. “I wish I knew that