Training
Tips for reducing stress as you cover COVID-19
Two weeks ago, I was a criminal justice reporter covering enterprise and investigative stories for the Las Vegas Optic. Now, like many of you, I find myself covering the COVID-19 pandemic.
Training
COVID-19 webinars from IRE for journalists
Feeling the pressure of covering non-stop coronavirus stories? IRE is offering a free online seminar on how to cope with the stress.
Training
So now you’re a health reporter – whatcha gonna do?
Many of us woke up this week to find that we are suddenly public health reporters, in addition to whatever we were covering last month. So I spent a few hours today in webinars (so you didn’t have to!) listening to experts and journalists around the world discuss how to wisely and safely report on the pandemic.
Access
It’s Sunshine Week!
It’s Sunshine Week, and time to remind ourselves – and those we report on – just what that means. It is particularly important as we face one of the biggest stories of recent decades.
Training
UPDATED: COVID-19 / coronavirus reporting resources
Now follows a list of resources we hope you find helpful as you report on the COVID-19 pandemic. We will update this as we find more/new/interesting sources – please do send us helpful links you come across in your reporting. We will also post updates to the SPJ Rio Grande FB page.
Statements
Response to the ouster of a KRQE reporter from a NM Senate hearing
KRQE journalist Rachel Knapp was doing her job of reporting public information about public legislative proceedings when she was kicked out of a Senate committee meeting on Feb. 8. SPJ Rio Grande strongly believes all legislative proceedings must be open to the public, including the news media.
