A Chicago Tribune reporter who is sick at home with Covid-19 symptoms said the newspaper is trying to make her take limited paid time off instead of sick leave to recover and did not give her access to personal protective gear in the weeks before she became ill. In a series of Tweets starting April 1, Jessica Villagomez, a Tribune reporter who has been with the company … [Read more...] about Reporters press for sick leave, protective gear during pandemic
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Travel website for parents pivots amidst coronavirus uncertainty
It’s hard to imagine planning a family vacation in the midst of a global pandemic and lockdown. The US State Department has advised Americans abroad to return. Disney parks have shuttered. Governments have ordered schools and playgrounds to close and citizens to remain inside their homes. In the midst of all of that uncertainty, a Chicago-based family vacation website is … [Read more...] about Travel website for parents pivots amidst coronavirus uncertainty
One photojournalist’s story on the frontlines of the pandemic
At first, I wasn’t that concerned. The coronavirus seemed like other global health scares before it. As a photojournalist in northern Illinois, I had watched these stories unfold from a distance. Even my first assignment on Jan. 31 didn’t hint at what was to come. I documented how a local hospital was preparing to handle patients with an infectious disease such as Covid-19. … [Read more...] about One photojournalist’s story on the frontlines of the pandemic
Literary journalism remains a powerful tool for teaching students, even in fast-paced, mobile world
When I started journalism school in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the early 2000s, it was pretty much impossible not to catch the bug for narrative journalism. Every class was infused with a celebration of the great storytelling by journalists at what was then The St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times). Writers like Tom French, Kelley Benham, Rick Bragg, Lane … [Read more...] about Literary journalism remains a powerful tool for teaching students, even in fast-paced, mobile world
Journalists share their unfinished stories in America’s vanishing newsrooms
Storytellers often include scenes in which a detective or family member visits a room filled with work that the missing or deceased abruptly left behind. The last 15 years have been ripe with reports of newspapers disappearing and journalists vacating newsrooms. From 2004 to 2018, almost 1,800 local newspapers closed in the United States, according to a report from the … [Read more...] about Journalists share their unfinished stories in America’s vanishing newsrooms
