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The CARES Act ranks as the largest stimulus spending bill in U.S. history and much of it is still flowing through coffers across the nation. This panel will teach you […]
The pandemic has exposed equity gaps throughout our society, leaving room for groups to step in with solutions to address the problem — but are those solutions really working and […]
Panelists will share their experiences and tips for covering five non-COVID areas that were important this year: Consumer, politics, policing, housing and guns. While the world is focused on COVID, […]
From sourcing during the pandemic, to shooting a better Zoom interview to holding the powerful accountable, journalists have had to adapt to continue to reporting. Facetime, Skype, Zoom and Teams […]
Nursing homes and other longterm care facilities accounted for over 182,000 deaths during the pandemic – almost 40% of all U.S. deaths — and have long been plagued with concerns […]
Journalists have had to learn new persuasive skills to extract information from government during the pandemic, but these are skills that they can carry forward post-pandemic. This session will discuss […]
This panel will take a look at best practices for getting information from places that can be difficult or challenging. Nursing homes, schools, prisons, and public health departments — as […]
For this project, a team of 35 student reporting fellows from 17 universities investigated disparities in policies and practices that intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fellows conducted deep research, including […]
Every year, thousands of migrant workers leave their homes in Mexico and elsewhere to toil in U.S. farm fields and packaging plants to help feed America. These stories show how […]
In August of 2020, California’s Foster Farms became the site of one of the nation’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks at a meat or poultry plant. KQED’s Central Valley reporter, Alexandra Hall, […]
We investigated Rutgers University’s finances during the COVID-19 pandemic due to significant concerns from students and faculty. The University received approximately $365 million in federal and state emergency aid to […]
Break open those notebooks and get ready to fill them with story ideas! This fast-paced, 30-minute session will give you months worth of investigative and watchdog story ideas on the […]
In city after city across the United States, the coronavirus has devastated Black and brown communities. In this panel, investigative reporters from three different publications will share their secrets for […]
Many government agencies from municipalities to the federal government are putting records requests on the backburner during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the need for transparency and public access to records […]
No matter the platform, state or level of expertise, this panel will offer the latest tips and tricks for obtaining public records — and facing associated challenges — including some […]
In the past few months, the health beat has stormed the homepages of news organizations across America. Whether or not you ever covered health before, chances are you're covering it […]
