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Story of the Week: Coronavirus Projections say Over 100,000 Could Die in US

Story of the Week / April 2nd, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Projections announced at a White House press briefing Tuesday estimate between 100,000 and 240,000 deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus in the United States. President Trump said the country is facing a "very,...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, White House, Public Health, Healthcare

Fact Check: Coronavirus Viral Rumor Rundown

Bias / April 1st, 2020 / By News Literacy Project

Editor's Note: Our friends at the News Literacy Project have curated examples of rumors and fake news when it comes to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Check out the examples below, and share on Facebook and Twitter to alert your friends. Coronavirus Viral Rumor Rundown NO: COVID-19 does not...

Media Bias, Fake News, Social Media, Coronavirus

Mapping Coronavirus Cases: How Graphics Provide Different Perspectives

Bias / March 27th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

Which map of COVID-19 coronavirus cases elicits more alarm? This map: Screenshot: 12:03 pm EST on March 27, Johns Hopkins real-time coronavirus map Or this map: Via Foster’s Outriders , published March 16 These maps are from different days, and COVID-19 cases have been rising...

Coronavirus, Media Bias, Missing Perspectives, Perspectives

Story of the Week: Congress, Trump Unite to Pass $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus

Story of the Week / March 25th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Updated 3/27/2020 at 4:54 p.m. ET: President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion stimulus bill into law Friday afternoon, aimed at stabilizing the economy and American life amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak...

Story Of The Week, Economic Policy, Economy And Jobs, Federal Budget, Coronavirus

Love in the Time of Corona

Recommended Reading / March 20th, 2020 / By Shannon Mannon

Staring down our vulnerability hurts in the forgotten places. Who knew the dial of these anxious times would suddenly be cranked up to 11? How are you? Really? Stretching today after my early morning run, my face brushed against burgeoning green clover. Wet dew. I inhaled musty early-...

Coronavirus, Living Room Conversations

Story of the Week: Coronavirus Response Poised To Cost Trillions

Story of the Week / March 20th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

President Donald Trump's administration and Congress have been working to pass a series of stimulus packages and response measures to combat the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus . The packages — which are likely to cost over $1 trillion in total — would account for hundreds of billions...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Public Health, Economic Policy, Economy And Jobs, Banking And Finance

Story of the Week: Spread of Coronavirus Grips US, Stuns Stock Market

Story of the Week / March 12th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has sent shockwaves through the U.S., closing schools, suspending entire sporting seasons and contributing to a brutal week for the stock market. President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office Wednesday, announcing a 30-day ban on...

Coronavirus, Story Of The Week, Public Health, Economy And Jobs, Banking And Finance

Living in a News Filter Bubble During Coronavirus

News / March 9th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

You stroll into work on Monday, fresh off another much-too-short weekend. As you toss your jacket on the chair, your cubicle neighbor pitches their routine small-talk: “Read the news this weekend?” Of course you did. But which news? If you’re like many Americans, you may get your news...

Public Health, Media Bias, Media Industry, Coronavirus, Polarization

Story of the Week: Coronavirus Sounds Global Alarm

Story of the Week / February 27th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

The spread of a new coronavirus has sparked fears of a global pandemic, as stock markets suffer and new cases of the disease emerge both in the United States and abroad. The Center for Disease Control confirmed the first U.S. case of "unknown origin" Wednesday following days of...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Healthcare, Public Health, Disease

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