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Kansas City Journalists Keep Reporting Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

By Brian Ellison,

Published April 28, 2020 at 2:41 PM CDT

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A videographer filming a woman addressing a group of people. Journalists are protecting themselves and their subjects by socially distancing themselves while reporting the news. — Journalists are protecting themselves and their subjects by socially distancing themselves while reporting the news.

Boom microphones, longer lenses and anchoring from home are ways journalists are managing to provide news coverage of the coronavirus. Three of them reveal what is now missing in face-to-face interactions, and what's stuck with them the most as the national story unfolds.

Leah Wankum, reporter at Shawnee Mission Post
Dia Walls, anchor and reporter KSHB Kansas City
Tammy Ljungblad, visual journalist at The Kansas City Star

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Brian Ellison

As a host and contributor at KCUR, I seek to create a more informed citizenry and richer community. I want to enlighten and inspire our audience by delivering the information they need with accuracy and urgency, clarifying what’s complicated and teasing out the complexities of what seems simple. I work to craft conversations that reveal realities in our midst and model civil discourse in a divided world. Follow me on Twitter @ptsbrian or email me at brian@kcur.org.

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