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Kansas City Journalists Keep Reporting Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

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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

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Elizabeth Ruiz is a freelance producer for KCUR’s Up To Date. Contact her at elizabeth@kcur.org or on Twitter at @er_bentley_ruiz

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