Gathering Ground’s Statewide Conversations — COVID-19 Response
Call #3 – April 15, 2020
Topic: Journalism: informing communities and fostering equity during COVID-19
Guest speaker #1: Stefanie Murray, Director – Center for Cooperative Media
Guest speaker #2: Brit Harley, News Voices Fellow – WBGO
Guest speaker #3: Miriam Axel-Lute, Associate Director/Editor – Shelterforce
Resources shared by speakers and participants during the call include:
- Demographic data sources on who is being affected by COVID-19, though these are still limited
- Community-centered journalism programming (digital town halls, phone tree info sharing,
- Mental Health hotlines and virtual offerings
- Hubs & Collaboratives looking for partnerships or providing information
- Artist resources
