(1) Under already tight resources, newsrooms across the country are covering the #COVID19 pandemic. Journalists have been furloughed or laid off in a news cycle that never ends. But student newsrooms have a different challenge. Here& #39;s why.
(2) Student newsrooms often have small staff and aren& #39;t paid. We& #39;re paid @TheAlligator, but it& #39;s not much. Informing the community has become more important than this public health crisis. And while we navigate producing a print newspaper remotely, we& #39;re still breaking stories.
(3) Students have stepped up to cover their communities. @TheAlligator& #39;s coverage has not had a paywall, much less during this time. We sometimes worked 15+ hours a day, while struggling with our online transition. That& #39;s why it& #39;s more important now to #SaveStudentNewsrooms.
(9) We broke a story about a jump in seven #COVID19 cases at UF over one weekend, including how the university quietly announced them on a new website when it had knowledge of cases over the weekend and didn& #39;t send a university-wide email. https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-has-7-new-covid-19-cases/article_8b67de4a-6c72-11ea-a161-5babd2962132.html">https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-h...
(16) Student newsrooms like ours have proven to be essential to the community and to students. It& #39;s more critical than ever to #SaveStudentNewsrooms, which is why I& #39;m proud to support a movement started by my previous editors. Let& #39;s keep making papers.
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