People desperate for COVID-19 guidance seek out local journalists
Across the country, many people are at a loss for where to turn for help during the pandemic.
By DAVID BAUDERAssociated Press
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NEW YORK Calling a hospital to see if a bed was available for a COVID-19 patient isn’t part of Houston television news anchor Chauncy Glover’s job description. Neither is guiding a viewer online to find a place to be vaccinated.
He’s done both, and isn’t alone. Listeners and readers across the country are reaching out directly to journalists for help during the coronavirus pandemic, and many are responding.
HOUSTON, Texas Calling a hospital to see if a bed was available for a COVID-19 patient isn t part of ABC13 anchor Chauncy Glover s job description. Neither is guiding a viewer online to find a place to be vaccinated.
He s done both, and isn t alone. Listeners and readers across the country are reaching out directly to journalists for help during the coronavirus pandemic, and many are responding. We are now doing more than we bargained for, Glover said. We have to be smarter on these topics. We have to know more. For so many people, it may be life or death.
People Are Asking Local Journalists For Personal Help With COVID-19 Woes
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David Bauder
NEW YORK (AP) Calling a hospital to see if a bed was available for a COVID-19 patient isn’t part of Houston television news anchor Chauncy Glover’s job description. Neither is guiding a viewer online to find a place to be vaccinated.
He’s done both, and isn’t alone. Listeners and readers across the country are reaching out directly to journalists for help during the coronavirus pandemic, and many are responding.
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Chauncy Glover, news anchor at KTRK, appears in the studo in Houston on March 16, 2020. Calling a hospital to see if a bed was available for a COVID patient isn t part of Glover s job description. Neither is guiding a viewer online to find a place to be vaccinated. He s done both, and isn t alone. Listeners and readers across the country are reaching out directly to journalists for help during the coronavirus pandemic, and many are responding. (Chauncy Glover via AP) Credit: The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) Calling a hospital to see if a bed was available for a COVID-19 patient isn t part of Houston television news anchor Chauncy Glover s job description. Neither is guiding a viewer online to find a place to be vaccinated.
NEW YORK (AP) Calling a hospital to see if a bed was available for a COVID-19 patient isn t part of Houston television news anchor Chauncy Glover s job description. Neither is guiding a viewer online to find a place to be vaccinated.
He s done both, and isn t alone. Listeners and readers across the country are reaching out directly to journalists for help during the coronavirus pandemic, and many are responding.
“We are now doing more than we bargained for,” Glover said. “We have to be smarter on these topics. We have to know more. For so many people, it may be life or death.”