In tandem with this new site, I’m launching a membership program. This program will enable COVID-19 communicators to connect more directly with each other, as well as to provide feedback that will shape what I cover. It’ll also help me cover my own costs, which have grown significantly as I moved platforms.
Read More
After five months of screenshotting Tableau charts, struggling to keep organized, and hitting Gmail’s email size limit again and again—I realized the platform wasn’t serving my needs. I wanted to give my readers clear archives and easy-to-navigate resources, and Substack just wasn’t providing. From now on, I’ll be publishing each issue as a series of posts on the site and sending out a newsletter with the highlights. This will help keep issues concise while still allowing me to do deep dives into important data issues.
Read MoreLast week, I asked readers to share what information or context gaps they see in COVID-19 coverage from other publications. Readers shared a need for more local data and better understanding in the newsroom.
Read MoreLast week, I asked readers to share their go-to sources for COVID-19 data about their community. I’m highlighting a couple of responses here.
Read MoreOn Nov. 1, 2020, I ran a Q&A thread on Substack in order to answer readers’ questions in the lead-up to the U.S. election. Here are a couple of the questions.
Read More
This is the newsletter’s tenth week. As I took a couple of days off to unplug, it seemed a fitting time to reflect on the project’s goals and on how I’d like to move forward.
Read MoreThis section was inspired by a question my friend Abby messaged me yesterday. She asked:
Read More