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  • How Taiwan is battling coronavirus with tech, crowdsourced data and trust

    August 17, 2020 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Taiwan

    Taiwan has recorder fewer than 500 cases of COVID-19, and it is largely due to the country's reliance on "digital platforms to keep the public updated about medical supply availability and to monitor the status of quarantining citizens." From strict quarantine protocols – that include both monetary incentives and consequences – to a crowdsourcing app that shows mask availability, technology is driving much of Taiwan's response.

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  • The Lobstermen of the Eastern Yucatán

    August 17, 2020 |

    Nexus Media News |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Maria Elena Bay

    A collective of fishers have adopted sustainable fishing practices to catch spiny lobsters in Maria Elena Bay in Mexico, while also protecting the species. To keep future lobster populations healthy, fishers will measure the tails of their catch and if it’s too small, they will toss them back to sea. Because of their efforts, lobster numbers have risen over the years, though they haven’t reached the levels seen in the 1980s.

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  • العثور على أطفال مفقودين: صفحة على فيسبوك "تبعث" الأمل في مصر

    August 17, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Egypt

    بفضل صفحة فيسبوك، عثر على أكثر من 2500 شخص مفقود من أصل سبعة آلاف بُلّغ عنهم، من مختلف الأعمار في مصر، وذلك من خلال مطابقة صور المفقودين بصور متسولين في الشوارع. بدأت الصفحة باستخدام التقنيات مفتوحة المصدر للتعرف على الوجه، وأصبح لديها شبكة كبيرة من المحامين والمعالجين والمعلمين لمساعدة المفقودين والعائلات للعيش مجددا مع بعضهم البعض.

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  • Como o SUS usa o WhatsApp para monitorar a covid-19 no Brasil

    August 16, 2020 |

    Nexo Jornal |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Brazil

    O sistema público de saúde brasileiro começou a usar o WhatsApp para monitorar pacientes durante a pandemia de Covid-19. Uma pesquisa mostrou que o aplicativo é usado por 41% dos profissionais de saúde para fazer o monitoramento e fica atrás apenas das ligações telefônicas (78%).

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  • 'A Facebook page solved the riddle of my missing child'

    August 16, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Egypt

    More than 2,500 missing people have been found in Egypt because of work by the Facebook page Missing Children, which compiled a vast trove of photos and uses facial-recognition software to match faces to cases. The page collected the photo library with a campaign asking the public to photograph children begging on the streets. Using a Facebook grant, the page has expanded to a website with face-recognition tools and expanded to Romania, the first step of what it hopes is establishing a global reach.

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  • In pandemic recovery, New York has had more success than Mass. What explains the gap?

    August 16, 2020 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    New York's success in eventually controlling the spread of coronavirus can be attributed to a few key factors. Unlike Massachusetts, which experienced fluctuating COVID-19 infections on its way to recovery, New York has had a steady decline. Strict social distancing guidelines and tough enforcement of businesses that did not adhere to the rules, proved effective in keeping infection rates low. NY also banned indoor dining which was allowed as early as June in MA.

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  • Health care institutions, nonprofits team up to battle hunger and the pandemic

    August 15, 2020 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    In Massachusetts, a local health care institution has teamed up with a handful of community-based organizations to help those who are facing food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic. The program includes screening patients who come in with COVID-19 symptoms also for food insecurity and then placing those who are high-risk on a grocery delivery schedule so that they can "recover safely at home," rather than wait in lines at the food pantry where they could potentially spread the virus.

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  • Will a gun buyback program remove weapons from Flint's criminals?

    August 15, 2020 |

    Flint Beat |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    A privately funded gun-buyback program is one of three core elements of the city of Flint's violence-reduction plan, but research has shown that such programs fail to make a dent in violent crime because the guns they take out of circulation were not destined to be used to commit crimes in the first place. City officials expressed hope that offering gun owners $50 to $100 to turn in their unwanted guns will reduce the city's violence. In reality, researchers said, the program might have more effect on reducing the risk of suicide. But crime guns are rarely surrendered in voluntary programs like Flint's.

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  • Sent to prison young, they found healing at northern Michigan camp

    August 15, 2020 |

    Detroit Free Press |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ypsilanti, Michigan

    The Youth Justice Fund sends formerly incarcerated men and women to a lakeside summer camp as therapy for the trauma they suffered growing up and during long prison sentences that started when they were teenagers and extended decades into adulthood. By enjoying water sports on Lake Michigan and taking classes in art and music on a 300-acre forested campground, the recently released people find a safe place to talk about their trauma and the challenges of reentering society. For some, these days represent the first real freedom and joy they have experienced as adults.

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  • Waiting for a New Deal job program? These US parks are already hiring

    August 14, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    With many people out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some cities and nonprofits are creating outdoorsy job programs to relieve unemployment. Inspired by the conservation corps programs created during the Great Depression, North Carolina, Alaska, and Texas have these initiatives. The reliance on fundraising to pay workers can be a challenge, but these programs are providing jobs for nearly 250 people and are making some conservation progress. For example, the Carolina Climbers Coalition crew has already completed projects at state parks in the Southeast.

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