Thread by @catmcgloin, A week later, and I'm still going through some of the amazing [...]

Catherine McGloin

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A week later, and I'm still going through some of the amazing work my colleagues produced during our @Poynter fellowship. If anyone is looking for impactful stories and solid journalism from rising stars, here you go...

First up, how prisons are coping (or not) with COVID19, from @Nyamsaysso @micahdanney @BurkhalterEddie & Martin Pratt https://www.alreporter.com/2020/04/21/locked-in-crisis-packed-by-strict-sentencing-laws-prisons-brace-for-covid-19/

Locked in Crisis: Packed by strict sentencing laws, prisons brace for COVID-19

As the U.S. reels from an unprecedented global health emergency, many people have been sounding alarms about the magnified threat posed to people in prison. With the highest incarceration rates in...

https://www.alreporter.com/2020/04/21/locked-in-crisis-packed-by-strict-sentencing-laws-prisons-brace-for-covid-19/

Next, Mexican journalists fight for their profession, and their lives by @ChristinaAusley @hbrechter & @AshleyHopko https://www.seattlepi.com/national/article/The-system-is-failing-Mexican-journalists-15212819.php

The system is failing Mexican journalists. Here’s how they’re fighting back.

As Mexican students lose interest in journalism, and as reporters continue to die, go missing, or enter hiding, how are those who are left behind working to keep the industry alive?

https://www.seattlepi.com/national/article/The-system-is-failing-Mexican-journalists-15212819.php

I'll leave it at “Orlampa,” from @gabriellecalise https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2020/04/30/welcome-to-orlampa-the-tourist-attraction-that-doesnt-exist/

Welcome to Orlampa, the tourist attraction that doesn’t exist

For over two decades, Fantasy of Flight owner Kermit Weeks has been hatching a plan to create a place with “global implications" in the middle of Orlando and Tampa.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2020/04/30/welcome-to-orlampa-the-tourist-attraction-that-doesnt-exist/

Please, any other @poynter @CKinstitute fellows I’ve missed add your work to this thread!

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