Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
11 November 2020
Chittenden County, Vermont, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Canal Street Veterans Housing was instrumental in ending veteran homelessness in Chittenden County, Vermont. The program provided two years of transitional housing for veterans and their families, job training service...
10 November 2020
Paxton, Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
On his organic farm in Illinois, Will Glazik is experimenting with different types of agricultural methods to increase his crop yield while also avoiding the harmful impacts of industrial farming. He’s part of a growi...
9 November 2020
McAllen, Texas, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
School districts in the Rio Grande area of Texas are turning to alternatives to deliver meals to students who are remote-learning. Programs like school curbside pick-up, and meals on wheels, where a bus loaded has des...
9 November 2020
London, United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
The Tyre Collective, a project by four recent graduate students in London, is seeking to capture vehicle tire pollution, the microplastics that go into the air from the friction of tires. They have been developing a d...
6 November 2020
Fresno, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Teachers in some California dual-language classrooms are coming up with creative ways to help students practice and learn languages during remote-only learning. Across Fresno Unified School District, teachers develop ...
The Washington Post
Odysseus Patrick
5 November 2020
Australia
Text
800-1500 Words
Although the goal was not to eradicate but to contain COVID-19, Australia is "close to eliminating community transmission of the coronavirus." Many factors played a role in the country's success but one of the most pr...
3 November 2020
Sweden
Text
1500-3000 Words
Satellite-based forest monitoring, paired with other sophisticated measures of a forest's health, is transforming the speed, precision, and economics of finding and eradicating infestations and pinpointing acreage whe...
3 November 2020
Senegal
Text
800-1500 Words
The death toll and infection rate from the coronavirus pandemic have been extravagant in the U.S., especially compared to that of other countries. The difference is largely explained in how different governments handl...
3 November 2020
Norway
Text
1500-3000 Words
Despite a nationwide months-long coronavirus lockdown in Norway, the economy was able to remain stable due to a "decades-long effort to create an equitable economy" that helped the government to enact a package that p...
1 November 2020
Hawaii, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A group of health care workers and social workers formed to help connect hard-to-reach communities in Hawaii to COVID-19 testing and information about the pandemic. So far, they have been able to test more than 200 pe...
30 October 2020
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
The city of Chennai in India is engaging in wetlands restoration and stormwater management by using traditional knowledge and community action to reduce flooding and ensure that people have access to drinking water. T...
29 October 2020
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In Boulder, Colorado those working to address the increasing rate of homelessness are reallocating resources to support longterm housing options as opposed to the traditional temporary services – such as shelters. Alt...
29 October 2020
New Jersey, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A company known as TerraCycle recycles "items other companies won’t accept" – including the many masks, gowns, and gloves that have been used during the coronavirus pandemic. While the service is free for those who ca...
28 October 2020
Colfax, Louisiana, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic caused organizations and businesses to shut their doors, some medical practices, such as facilities that treat addiction, found relief by moving to telehealth services. In Lousiana, "emer...
27 October 2020
Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Text
800-1500 Words
In Canada "hands-on, in-person music classes" have been approved as acceptable to hold during the coronavirus pandemic, but the safety precautions have made it difficult to achieve an ideal outcome. Rather than contin...
Transitions Online
Dorota Salus
26 October 2020
Gdansk, Poland
Text
1500-3000 Words
A program at the Gdansk Shakespeare Theater in Poland is creating job opportunities for people with Down syndrome after partnering with the city and a local foundation that supports job training and coaching for speci...
25 October 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
San Francisco's "hammer and dance" approach to handling the coronavirus pandemic has helped the densely populated urban city begin to reopen ahead of much of the rest of California. Although the pandemic has undoubted...
23 October 2020
Dirty Box Junction, Sierra Leone
Text
1500-3000 Words
When news of COVID-19 arrived in the West African Village of Dirty Box Junction, community members and local government were ready to act due to lessons learned from mistakes made during the Ebola outbreak of years ea...
23 October 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Media Literacy Now is a nonprofit aimed at combatting misinformation, especially on social media platforms, and lobbying for media literacy education in schools. The organization was started by Erin McNeill in 2013 an...
22 October 2020
Singapore
Text
1500-3000 Words
Singapore's Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) has prevented ethnic enclaves in the city-state through the use of quotas. The four recognized ethnicities cannot surpass the set quotas in public residential buildings, whi...
21 October 2020
Billings, Montana, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Nature-based preschools are gaining traction in Montana and are increasing in demand due to the pandemic. Fledglings, in Billings, and Foxtail Förskola, in Whitefish, are two preschools offering kids the opportunity t...
21 October 2020
Louisiana, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Louisiana, where many communities face barriers to health care access, the implementation of a 211 hotline during the coronavirus pandemic has helped residents access the information they need to make informed deci...
21 October 2020
Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Terrain closures, avalanche education, and parking management are some of the topics that Canada’s ski permit system tackles. This government-regulated permit system has resulted in zero skier-triggered slides on Roge...
21 October 2020
Fresno, California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Project Rebound helps formerly incarcerated students navigate and succeed in pursuing their higher education goals. The program works with potential candidates, whether they are incarcerated or have completed their se...
Wicked Local Cambridge
Maya Jones
20 October 2020
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
East Coast universities, MIT and Harvard mitigated the spread of COVID-19 on its campuses during the onset of the fall semester and have been able to maintain low transmission numbers. "Harvard, which invited just 40%...
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