GroundTruth Health

Curating #Health stories from @GroundTruth, its initiatives @Report4America and @Report4theWorld, and resources for #Journalists covering the beat.

[Report Local @report_local]

HAPPENING NOW:
Join us for @MacFound's #100andChange: Finalists LIVE event. Our national service program @Report4America is among the finalists who could earn a $100 million grant to address a critical challenge of our time – like #NewsDeserts. 🏆👀
https://t.co/PJTsQqn7U7

[Report Local @report_local]

Our @Report4America program is a #100andChange finalist for a $100 million @MacFound grant – we'll find out this week 👇👀🤞

[UMass Amherst @UMassAmherst]

Honored to announce "Truth, Dissent, and the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg," a virtual conference with The @GroundTruth Project. The event includes an historic conversation between @DanielEllsberg and Edward @Snowden, moderated by @democracynow's Amy Goodman. https://t.co/W7lagUgahw

[Report Local @report_local]

We're launching a new podcast series, "The Whistleblower: Truth, Dissent and the Legacy of @DanielEllsberg," part of a wider partnership with @UMassAmherst examining the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers 50 years ago to end the Vietnam War.

Learn more: https://t.co/q59luLOLmj

[Report Local @report_local]

.@Report4America corps member @cadoyle_18 with @DispatchAlerts reflects on how #COVID19 disrupted her transition to adulthood and the struggle to find better ways to address the consequences of pandemic-induced isolation.
https://t.co/hoiZnZyRcx

[Report for America @Report4America]

For months, @Report4America corps member @chiefcarrington and colleague @FirstArai at @mlk50Memphis have covered community pushback against the @ByhaliaPipeline, an oil pipeline that would cut through predominantly Black neighborhoods in Memphis.

🔢THREAD
https://t.co/NMSCVH0uZ3

[Report for America @Report4America]

The crisis in American democracy—rising polarization, extremism—is happening alongside the decline of local journalism. @StevenWaldman makes the case for rebuilding local news w/@Report4America's #100andChange proposal to eliminate news deserts. See more: https://t.co/kdygMVVBty

[Report Local @report_local]

We stand with the #AAPI community by sharing the work of @Report4America corps members who are not only serving their communities in the wake of this tragedy, but are providing nuanced, impactful coverage for and about these communities year-round. https://t.co/RgeueXhWPr

[Solutions Journalism Network @soljourno]

The @aaja team and @weischoice have put together a therapy fund for AAPI journalists. We know times are lean, but if you can give, this is an extremely impactful place to do so:
https://t.co/0rulU1eDYi

[Report for America @Report4America]

Join us for "Supporting Journalism: What can we learn from other countries?" a conversation with @Report4America's @StevenWaldman, @sciencespo's @CageJulia and @PPForumCa's @egreenspon, hosted by @ColumbiaSIPA, March 25, 11AM EDT. Register: https://t.co/BHNOE6XADh

[Report for America @Report4America]

"That crisis in local news has become a crisis for our democracy."

–@Report4America co-founder @CMSennott

#JournalismMatters #SupportLocal

[WITF News @witfnews]

At the top of that list is COVID relief.

Pennsylvania Poor People’s Campaign co-chair Nijme Dzurinko cheered the recent passage of the American Rescue Plan.

https://t.co/U0oj0kE0Xf @alanna_s_elder @Report4America

[Report for the World @Report4theWorld]

The government of Lagos State, Nigeria (@followlasg) released a list of #Covid_19 vaccination centers within the state, reports our partner @thecableng. 🌍🌏🌎

[Report for America @Report4America]

Starting tomorrow, #NorthCarolina will open up vaccine eligibility to the medically-vulnerable, who have slowly been bumped down the priority list.

@BryanRAnderson @AP|@Report4America https://t.co/hkke9aMsTn

[Solutions Journalism Network @soljourno]

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[Report for America @Report4America]

Despair gives way to hope as San Juan leads Utah in vaccinations.

After enduring the highest mortality rate in the state, over 40% of the rural county has received at least one dose of the vaccine, far outpacing the national average.

@zak_podmore @sltrib
https://t.co/nbjtbdXg4e

[Report for the World @Report4theWorld]

"Much of the world remains worse off not only because of the human toll of the disease, but also the political one," writes @GroundTruth co-founder @KevinDGrant, looking back at the year since @WHO declared #COVID19 a #Pandemic. https://t.co/HHpxOachYR

[Report for America @Report4America]

A year ago, for many Americans, COVID-19 got real.

“We’re using this anniversary to look back on the past year of the pandemic, thinking about where we’ve been and what lessons we can take away.”

@madsburk @SpectrumNews1WI
​https://t.co/GxcMZeTGRE

[Report for America @Report4America]

#CovidAYearOn: One year since @WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, we look back at 52 weeks of coverage by @Report4America corps members, reporting for communities across the US grappling with the impacts of the virus' spread, and finding ways to fight back. https://t.co/sButgNRzhv

[New England First Amendment Coalition @FiveFreedoms]

EVENT 3/19 #SunshineWeek: Local Journalism and Transparency in Massachusetts f. @PeterAndover @morgancmullings (@Report4America @BayStateBanner) @CMSennott (@GroundTruth) @GlobeKayLazar (@BostonGlobe) https://t.co/U5gVS0Rzw5