Grady grads offer tips for reporting on COVID-19 from home
What do health journalists do when reporting from the field is off-limits? Alumnae provide tips for reporting on COVID-19 while in quarantine.
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What do health journalists do when reporting from the field is off-limits? Alumnae provide tips for reporting on COVID-19 while in quarantine.
“If you know you want to be a journalist, you’ve just got to stick it out, and you’ve got to suffer a little bit sometimes,” said Grady alumna Victoria Knight, a reporter at Kaiser Health News.
“There are many pathways to accomplish what you set out to accomplish. Be flexible to see what that looks like,” says Grady grad Felicia Harris.
In November, researchers and reporters shared tips on how to effectively engage with readers about climate change.
Don’t just do the minimum. Find something that you’re interested in, says Grady alumna Christina Banister, health communication specialist at the CDC.