Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
18 October 2020
Utah, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A legal settlement in Utah expanded access to voting on Navajo Nations and influenced similar settlements in Arizona. All registered voters receive a mail-in ballot, but counties also offer early voting and election-d...
16 October 2020
Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
More than 1,930 Maryland poll workers were trained to protect ballot integrity from security threats based on research about where those threats may come from. The program, one of the few in the country focused on ele...
14 October 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To entice paying subscribers to its ad-free news site, and to spark informed discourse in its comments section, The Correspondent promotes an unusual degree of interaction between its journalists and readers and activ...
10 October 2020
Wisconsin, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Same-day voter registration and the implementation of advanced cyberdefenses have bolstered Wisconsin's voting database, fortifying it against hackers and data breaches. Apprehension about election security prompted t...
29 September 2020
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Text
800-1500 Words
Crime-tracking mobile apps give millions of Brazilians crowdsourced data on urban violence, alerting people to dangerous places and filling gaps in government data on shootings, robberies, and other risks. But apps su...
27 September 2020
Taiwan
Text
800-1500 Words
vTaiwan is a mixed-reality, scaled listening exercise used by the government as a new way to make decisions. The platform provides an online space for citizens to debate and for politicians to listen to. The governmen...
22 September 2020
Massachusetts, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Emergency child-care centers in Massachusetts have recorded only a small handful of cases of COVID-19 due to strict adherence to safety measures. Most notably, the centers have implemented a combination of contact tra...
18 September 2020
United Kingdom
Text
1500-3000 Words
Citizen assemblies bring together residents for in-depth discussions about solutions to social issues. This alternative form of democracy led to policy changes in many countries, including legalizing abortion in Irela...
15 September 2020
Teton County, Montana, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic complicated matters for local government, the Teton County public health office devised a process to enact state mandate that was effective, transparent, and led to rational decision-maki...
11 September 2020
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
Health officials in North Carolina have shown that contact tracing can successfully identify those who have been exposed to COVID-19. The efforts of the contact tracers in one county resulted in 35 people being quaran...
5 September 2020
United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
Logically is an app that fact-checks news in real time using artificial intelligence and 30 employees. They review more than 500,000 articles a day. In 2019, the app found 12-14% of articles about the U.K. and Indian ...
4 September 2020
Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Learning from the failures of the 2020 Pennsylvania primary, where a sharp increase in mail-in voting led to a 2-week delay in certifying election results and many ballots being invalidated, officials introduced a bil...
3 September 2020
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A local collaborative in Hamilton County, Ohio has reduced infant mortality by initiating regional educational campaigns and creating “sacred spaces” where Black women meet and learn how to become empowered to "tell t...
2 September 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Groups in the Bay Area that have successfully sought to have police disciplined for misconduct and won new police-accountability policies have turned their form of organized monitoring into a training platform for pro...
2 September 2020
New York, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Although public health experts agree that New York was initially slow to implement protocols to protect citizens from COVID-19, they also agree that the state was able to gain control over the virus due to the actions...
26 August 2020
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Milwaukee was one of the first U.S. cities to show that communities of color were disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic because of a framework that had been established and implemented after the city...
25 August 2020
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
With 75 micro-grants totaling $200,000, community organizations in Cleveland encourage people to complete the census in innovative ways. The Cleveland Caravan, or La Caravana, is a collaborative effort where trucks pl...
21 August 2020
South Dakota, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Contact tracing has been touted as an effective tool for slowing the spread of COVID-19 and has shown success in countries such as South Korea – helping to not just identify potential superspreader events, but to also...
20 August 2020
California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Solar development can reduce or significantly alter local biodiversity, and this should be considered when planning sustainability projects in the desert, argues a new study. Scientists measured the impact of a solar ...
14 August 2020
United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
Logically is a fact-checking app that combines AI technology and human research to assess and label the truthfulness of news articles. The app has about 20,000 users after a soft launch in the UK, with a full launch p...
13 August 2020
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Beyond These Walls launched a crisis phone line to provide emotional support for LGBTQ+ people who are incarcerated and to hold prisons and jails accountable for their virus-containment practices. Trained volunteers h...
3 August 2020
Cape Town, South Africa
Text
1500-3000 Words
To combat the grief, trauma, and frustration caused by COVID-19 hospitalizations where families are cut off from loved ones and from most information about their care and condition, the staff at Vincent Pallotti Hospi...
31 July 2020
Oregon, United States
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
Officials in Oregon, where voters have voted by mail in statewide elections for decades, point to their successful system to counter Donald Trump’s claim that voting by mail is “rigged” and results could take “years.”...
27 July 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
With many more people are voting by mail in the 2020 presidential election, technology is helping to make sure ballots are counted and that voters are informed. Although the system is not perfect, it does allow for vo...
21 July 2020
Germany
Text
1500-3000 Words
To contain the spread of the coronavirus, Germany relied heavily on communication and information tactics that prioritized the voices of health and science officials. Although misinformation was still a problem for th...
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