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Helping you mind your “peas” and “queues”
Remember when a trip to your local grocery store was an easy jaunt, where your greatest dilemma was deciding which egg carton to choose? Now our “new normal” of empty grocery shelves is challenging us to think more about where our food comes from. From meat shortages ([link removed]) to Americans growing their own vegetables
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Are you planting your own Victory Garden? Please send me pictures. I want to see how you’re getting creative.
Illuminating the facts
Poynter’s PolitiFact team is busier than ever combatting the pervasive myths and falsehoods surrounding the coronavirus. The White House administration announced last month that it would help major retailers set up drive-thru coronavirus testing sites at their locations.
PolitiFact gives you the facts on their status ([link removed]). And if you’ve heard that sunshine and lemons cure the coronavirus, I’m sorry to tell you that Florida’s spring weather and citrus trees won’t save you. PolitiFact is keeping you safe by debunking the numerous false COVID-19 treatment and prevention methods on social media ([link removed]).
To watch or not to watch? Helping you weigh the options
During a national pandemic, you turn to your country’s leaders for information and guidance. But after viewing the coronavirus briefings from the White House, you may question their value. Poynter senior media writer Tom Jones gives you his take on the debate among journalists and citizens on how we fix the White House press conferences ([link removed]).
Sharing a song and a smile
Poynter’s Kristen Hare has been following how local journalists across the country have resiliently covered this crisis, from the San Antonio photojournalist who made a video from inside her hospital room
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But perhaps no story is more fun than this one: Singer and composer Randy Newman wrote this catchy tune ([link removed]) for California public radio station KPCC on the importance of social distancing. Any song that begins with “Venus in sweatpants … that’s who you are” deserves a listen!
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