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Journalists Orlando Bailey and Candice Fortman discuss how their news organizations have been able to bring the community together in a time of social distancing.
Community-focused journalism is crucial to representing community interests, but the pandemic has made it significantly more difficult to build those connections. Journalists from Bridge Detroit and Outlier Media share how their organizations adapted to continue serving Detroit residents and deliver community-based news amid physical distancing.
“I want to make sure residents in our neighborhood know and understand that this is a newsroom that’s yours.” Orlando Bailey, Bridge Detroit
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Detroiters describe personal decisions when it comes to getting the vaccine
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DETROIT – Michigan is being called the epicenter of COVID-19 once again as the numbers across the state continue to climb.
If that wasn’t bad enough, city leaders are now saying Detroit is seeing a new surge of COVID cases. This time those positive cases are in a different age demographic.
“I can’t talk about the Coronavirus affecting the people of Detroit without talking about how it affected me,” said Orlando Bailey.
31-year-old Orlando Bailey is from Detroit. He’s one of the hundreds of thousands of people coping with the coronavirus outbreak. Like many, he lost a loved one to this deadly pandemic.