Read in English. Cubrir la pandemia del coronavirus en Guayaquil, una de las ciudades más afectadas en Sudamérica, ha resultado letal para el periodismo. Hasta el 20 de abril, 13 periodistas y trabajadores de los medios … Read more
As the world grapples with the spread of Covid-19, we see a wide range of individual national responses to the pandemic. Different countries around the world are seeking to both control the spread of the virus and to also control … Read more
Back in early 2019, nearly a year before the coronavirus outbreak began to dominate headlines, the team at the “Science Vs” podcast was hard at work on an episode aptly named “Pandemic!!!” The episode previewed the question many are … Read more
A little while ago, we hosted some of the founders of The Weekly Mail, the predecessor to the Mail & Guardian where I am deputy editor. They were there to commemorate a recently deceased colleague, Shaun … Read more
In my proposal for the new Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism, I made one core commitment — to spend a lot of time on the road listening to people who want to share their … Read more
Armed with expansive emergency powers, many of the nation’s governors are placing unprecedented restrictions on our lives to slow the spread of the coronavirus. They have closed schools, shut down huge numbers of businesses, and ordered people to stay in … Read more
Denmark is known as a prototypical welfare state, and the country reacted as such from the moment the corona crisis emerged in Europe—with top-down and far-reaching measures from the central government. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen went on national television … Read more
Few people’s lives are untouched by the coronavirus pandemic and, as the world continues to grapple with the health, social, and financial implications of the crisis, everyone has a story to tell about these unprecedented times. That’s why members of … Read more
Translated by Dick Cluster. Leer en español. On March 12, the weekly Confidencial (“Confidential”) revealed the contents of a Protocol for Coronavirus Response produced by Nicaragua’s Ministry of Health that described some of the internal measures … Read more
Read in English. El 12 de marzo Confidencial reveló un Protocolo de respuesta al coronavirus elaborado por el Ministerio de Salud (Minsa) de Nicaragua, en el que se describen algunas de las medidas internas que ha adoptado el … Read more