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Bridgewater Studio produces emergency face shields for the City of Chicago

Ashley Duarte

March 27, 2020 |

Daily Herald |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Personal protective gear is in short supply across the U.S., so many prototypes have been crafted to fill the gap. A design studio in Chicago has begun production on emergency face shields to help the city's first responders. A production line is already underway to produce 150,000 face shields by April 8th. The design is actually by Bednark Studio and approved by the New York State Department of Health, so the design is being replicated and adapted across the country.

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When the State Shifted to E-learning, This Rural School Superintendent Shifted to the Copy Machine

Jodi S. Cohen

March 27, 2020 |

ProPublica |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Campbell Hill, Illinois

Illinois’ rural Trico school district didn’t have access to remote learning technology, so they turned to paper. With closure as the response to COVID-19, teachers and administrators had to find ways to cope in a region that is lacking reliable internet connections. Teachers prepared and distributed weeks of schoolwork, with the goal of keeping students engaged but not stressing out parents at home.

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Coronavirus in Illinois: Small Clinics Struggle To Stay Open While Keeping Medical Staff Safe

Dorothy Tucker

March 27, 2020 |

WBBM-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

For smaller clinics in the midwest, taking extra precautions against COVID19 while still serving patients has led to creative solutions. For the Midwest Express Clinics, they’re keeping certain locations open for COVID19 patients, while directing others to different locations. For staff, they’re taking extra precautions with drive-up testing and additional personal protective equipment.

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Know your rights: How eviction moratoriums work in LA amid COVID-19 crisis

Anabel Munoz

March 26, 2020 |

ABC News (American Broadcasting Company) |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

To prevent people from losing their homes due to lack of paying rent or during the coronavirus pandemic, the L.A. County Supervisor issued an executive order that prevents landlords from evicting their tenants. To apply, the renter must demonstrate their "inability to pay due to COVID-19 financial impacts."

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‘COVID-19 Clearinghouse': Project N95 is matching hospitals with PPE suppliers

Talib Visram

March 26, 2020 |

FastCompany |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Dozens of tech-focused volunteers have come together to create Project N95, a personal protective equipment clearinghouse meant to connect health institutions in need of equipment like masks with suppliers around the world. This central marketplace aims to bridge the two parties in a single place along an otherwise complex supply chain.

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Free pan dulce for kids: Huntington Park bakery supports community during coronavirus pandemic

Steve Chiotakis

March 25, 2020 |

KCRW |

Podcast |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Huntington Park, California

When schools closed due to coronavirus, many children were left without access to reliable meals but in California, a neighborhood bakery is trying to help change that. Every morning, Los Angelitos Bakery in Huntington Park serves school-aged children free Mexican sweet bread as a way to provide both food and comfort.

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Local Governments Find New Ways To Work And Connect With Constituents Amid Coronavirus

Dominique Maria Bonessi

March 25, 2020 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Despite the closure of businesses and mandates for social distancing, the Montgomery County Council in Washington, D.C. has continued to hold meetings despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. To keep all involved safe, only 10 council members are allowed to be present, while the rest must teleconference in. Additionally, the meetings are streamed via their website and Facebook to the general public, who can still participate but must do so via email, phone or traditional mail.

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Caught between floods, protests and a pandemic, ecotourism operators bat for resilience

Sahana Ghosh

March 25, 2020 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Bali, West Bengal

In the Indian Sundarbans, home to a huge mangrove ecosystem as well as native tigers, ecotourism has come to a halt due to restrictions imposed to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. In response, locals involved in conservation efforts and ecotourism have stepped up to educate their communities, especially those that are the most remote, to ensure safety precautions are taken, as well as advocating for government support of those whose livelihoods are threatened.

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Can location data from smartphones help slow the coronavirus? Facebook is giving academics a chance to try

Rebecca Robbins

March 24, 2020 |

STAT |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Facebook collects data from people that choose to share their location with the app, and have started sharing it with various researchers who are trying to track the spread of the novel coronavirus. They share the data anonymously, so as to avoid the privacy issues they’ve faced in the past, and researchers aggregate “the signals into a picture of flows of people” to track connectivity and movement. Beyond researchers, nonprofits are also using it to help disseminate medical resources to highly affected areas.

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This tool is helping cities find the neighborhoods most vulnerable to coronavirus

Adele Peters

March 24, 2020 |

FastCompany |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

A new urban planning tool called Urban Footprint is helping governments to map out their most vulnerable neighborhoods and populations. Originally designed in 2018 to help city planners make sense of large data sets and understand the implication of potential policies on traffic, energy use, or multiple other factors, Urban Footprint was easily adapted to pull in data from the CDC and other inputs for COVID-19 considerations.

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