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  • The pandemic could change U.S. fisheries forever. Will it be for better or for worse?

    Katarina Zimmer

    February 18, 2021 |

    The Counter |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    To weather the uncertainties of the pandemic and geopolitical trade disputes, many small, locally-operated fisheries in the United States have upended the way they do business by selling their catches directly to consumers. For example, OC Wild Seafood in California started to sell its spiny lobsters locally. Though the logistics and regulations can make fish-to-dish initiatives challenging, many community-supported fisheries saw an increase in sales and customers in 2020.

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  • Teacher in Greece offers hope to inmates through TV classes

    Elena Becatoros

    February 18, 2021 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: Greece, Avlona

    When the pandemic shut schools down in Greece, that included the schooling system in place for those in Greece’s Avlona Special Youth Detention Center; so, the director of the school started broadcasting lessons over a TV channel. The director and his team worked together to get the station up and running and then with the young men who are incarcerated to popularize it throughout the detention center via word of mouth.

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  • The Creative Repurposing of Plywood From Boarded-up Stores

    Linda Poon

    February 17, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    In the months after businesses covered their storefronts with plywood as cities erupted in social-justice protests, environmental and other community groups in many cities organized recycling campaigns to reuse the plywood rather than see it end up in landfills. Twin Cities Plywood Rescue in Minnesota, the heart of the protests, collected 642 sheets of plywood and donated it to nonprofits for use in building construction. Other cities' collections have ended up as voter registration booths, outdoor-dining furniture, and animal enclosures.

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  • Vaccines Go Mobile to Keep Seniors From Slipping Through the Cracks

    Rachel Bluth

    February 16, 2021 |

    Kaiser Health News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Contra Costa County, California

    A mobile "strike team" comprised of workers from Contra Costa County, local home health agencies, advocates, and nonprofit groups is helping seniors living in assisted-living facilities to get access to the Covid-19 vaccine. Although the team is small, they have been able to help more than 800 seniors across 50 facilities get their first shot.

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  • Hope from the Pulpit: The church easing transport woes for Malawi's riverine pregnant women

    Rabson Kondowe

    February 15, 2021 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Tchalo

    David Gordon Memorial Hospital, owned and run by the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Synod of Livingstonia, bought two ambulances to transport pregnant women to health clinics for free. Malawi has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world and women living in rural areas must travel long distances at great expense to reach well-equipped care. Since 2017, the seven-seat ambulance speedboat has ferried 861 pregnant women and a road ambulance has transported 1,000 women to the hospital. Nonprofits help support the ambulances’ operating costs, which can be high, especially the speedboat.

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  • The inside story of how Pennsylvania failed to deliver millions in coronavirus rent relief

    Charlotte Keith

    February 15, 2021 |

    Spotlight PA |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    When Pennsylvania's coronavirus rent relief program rolled out during the first few months of the pandemic, it failed to help many due to strict deadlines, poor information management, a payment cap, and overall procedural limitations. Now, the state is "getting a second chance," and has made modifications to the program in an attempt to avoid the failures of the last round.

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  • The cinemas now hiring out their screens to gamers

    Je Seung Lee

    February 11, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    The largest cinema chain in South Korea is renting screen time and auditorium space to video gamers as a way to supplement business income during the coronavirus pandemic. Though it doesn't generate a comparable amount of income as movies do, it has still attracted over 100 consumers thus far and other movie vendors have adopted the idea.

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  • Hays Public Library offers help with vaccine registration

    Kaisha Batman

    February 10, 2021 |

    KSNW-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Hays, Kansas

    The Hays Public Library ensured people without access to computers or the internet could register for COVID-19 vaccines online by offering free access to computers and internet, as well as staff to answer questions. Library staff also assisted people who couldn’t fill the form out on their own and, home-bound residents, could request a form and a tablet with access to the internet be brought to their home so they could fill it out themselves. Over 6,000 people used the library’s services to pre-register for the COVID-vaccine.

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  • N.Y.'s Vaccine Websites Weren't Working. He Built a New One for $50.

    Sharon Otterman

    February 09, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Online volunteer assistance efforts in New York have played a crucial role in the dissemination of the COVID-19 vaccine, while city and state appointment systems have caused confusion or created barriers for many. Although these efforts can't address all barriers, such as lack of computer access or literacy, they have been used by thousands of people each day to find available appointment times.

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  • The Next Best Thing

    Ilyne Junuén Castellanos

    February 05, 2021 |

    Voices of Monterey Bay |

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    Response Location: United States, Monterey Bay, California

    Efforts aimed at recruiting student poll workers, some of whom aren’t yet eligible to vote, increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Monterey County ran registration drives, spoke in classrooms and other student-oriented events, and participated in California’s High School Voter Education Weeks, ultimately recruiting 107 students. The Georgia Youth Poll Worker Project used social media to recruit 1,000 young poll workers across the state. The organization is compiling “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Starting a Poll Worker Project” to help other organizations similarly recruit and train young poll workers.

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