Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
19 January 2021
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Learning pods are helping students in Cleveland access a safe and supportive space to complete their virtual school lessons during the coronavirus pandemic. Although space is limited at the centers and they can't repl...
15 January 2021
California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Residents of California are working together to crowdsource where COVID-19 vaccinations are being offered, and who they're being offered to. While the state has failed to implement a transparent dissemination strategy...
13 January 2021
Colombia
Radio
5-15 Minutes
In Colombia – where having an abortion can be stigmatizing, in some cases illegal, and now even more difficult due to the coronavirus pandemic – a clinic has set up a national hotline to help women who are up to 10 we...
11 January 2021
Los Angeles County, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
As the coronavirus pandemic forces people into isolation and social distancing, places known as "peer respites" are providing a space for those "experiencing or nearing a mental health crisis" to seek help. While the ...
11 January 2021
Alaska, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
Alaska has achieved one of the highest vaccination rates in the country due to prioritizing access to the vaccine for rural and Indigenous residents. Using a myriad of transportation efforts – including a fleet of cha...
11 January 2021
California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A new app is helping communities facing food insecurity in California. Forage Grocery finds the best bargains for SNAP recipients in their local grocery stores. Users upload their grocery list, select the stores they ...
8 January 2021
Deora, Bihar, India
Text
800-1500 Words
Sadiya Riyaz Shaikh wanted more students, specifically girls, in her village to have access to books and a place to study. She created the Maulana Azad Library, a repurposed family guesthouse full of hundreds of new a...
7 January 2021
Ghana
Text
Under 800 Words
With more than 200 communities along the Ghana coast relying on small-scale fishing, a new app called DASE seeks to hold industrial trawlers accountable for illegally fishing in their seas. The app allows people to ta...
The Philadelphia Citizen
Jessica Blatt Press
7 January 2021
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A pediatric care center in Philadelphia has partnered with a nonprofit that "helps people with tax prep and asset-building" as well as an organization that provides financial counselors to offer young patients free, o...
6 January 2021
Denver, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
To encourage more Black people to explore outdoors, individuals and organizations in Colorado are working to address underlying barriers such as access to transportation and gear, as well as fear and concerns of safet...
4 January 2021
California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
School districts and cities in California are looking to create their own local Wifi networks as a long-term solution to the digital divide, and an alternative to hotspots. Some are even becoming internet service prov...
4 January 2021
Kenya
Text
800-1500 Words
In Sub-Saharan Africa, “almost half of schoolchildren, or a total of 121 million pupils, are unable to access remote learning,” according to a 2020 UNICEF report, an even bigger problem during a pandemic when students...
The New York Times
Kellen Browning
3 January 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
“Let’s Learn NYC!” Is the New York City Public School System's answer to teaching students via television. The program is one of many around the country, which began at a FOX station in Houston. Through the program, s...
1 January 2021
Moscow, Russia
Video
Under 3 Minutes
An initiative on the Moscow metro system has posters on the train featuring cats and dogs that are looking for a home. Known as the “Tails and Paws” train, these animals come from 13 animal shelters in the city and ri...
Los Angeles Wave
Shirley Hawkins
31 December 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Ed Center provides tutoring assistance to children from fourth through the 12th grades in South Los Angeles. The center makes tutoring as financially accessible as possible by charging $6.25 for two hours of tutoring ...
31 December 2020
Bangladesh
Text
800-1500 Words
Pathways to Promise is a program helping garment workers in Bangladesh, mostly women and young girls, overcome financial obstacles when pursuing higher education. Pathways, which was started in 2016, helps offset sala...
30 December 2020
Unity, Maine, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Across the U.S. many colleges and universities adapted their courses and curriculum to meet Covid safety guidelines, but many are seeing the pandemic as a catalyst for the necessary innovation, acceleration, and chang...
30 December 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A team of young people helped Kirsten Harris-Talley win a seat in the Washington state legislature. The 63 young people, ages 12 to 22, did more than the traditional behind the scenes work, like phone banking and door...
28 December 2020
Central African Republic
Text
1500-3000 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic caused lockdowns in Africa, many community members became hesitant to continue taking part in malaria prevention efforts for fear of contracting COVID-19, so health care workers began vis...
22 December 2020
Malden, Massachusetts, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Violations of the Voting Rights Act during primary and local elections led the city of Malden, where 23% of its 60,000 residents are of Asian descent, to provide voting materials and information - including mail-in ba...
22 December 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
When Pennsylvania's largest medical-marijuana dispensary, TerraVida Holistic Centers, struggled to find enough employees, given the state's ban on the industry's employment of people with marijuana convictions, TerraV...
21 December 2020
Santa Cruz, California, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
The number of prescribed burn associations in California is on the rise, advocating for more controlled fires that could prevent larger wildfires. There are at least 13 in the Golden State with the latest being the Ce...
18 December 2020
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Rules changes designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at drug-treatment clinics had the benefit of improving access to treatment, which experts say has saved thousands of lives. Although overdose deaths have increa...
17 December 2020
Jackson, Michigan, United States
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
In Jackson, Michigan, 1 in 5 children have access to wifi through school buses. Out of the roughly 5,000 children, 70 percent qualify for free and reduced lunch. The buses guarantee they have reliable access to the in...
17 December 2020
San Jose, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In parts of California and New York, caregivers are constructing a small, free-standing building on their residential property to better care for loved ones. These structures, known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs),...
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