The purpose of this special series is to examine how mainstream news outlets responded to a rapidly changing story as it exploded into the largest global health crisis in a century. In the first report, we examine the shape and flow of coronavirus coverage across time and digital spaces by using a large sample of stories from a range of news sources in the second, we analyze how a sample of photos from 12 news outlets visually represented the story. media coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak during the first 100 days of 2020. In this two-part series from Project Information Literacy (PIL), we explore U.S. For many news consumers, the constant coverage proved both overwhelming and difficult to follow. The pandemic consumed our attention as we struggled to make sense of a story that was both global and immediately personal. Stories about outbreaks flooded social media and news sites as shelter-in-place orders brought the U.S. To the Americans who followed this story, this threat seemed safely distant.įor many news consumers, the constant coverage proved both overwhelming and difficult to follow.īut by the end of March, Covid-19 had struck New York City and wreaked havoc across the country. Buried deeper in the news flow were reports of a mysterious flu spreading through China, turning urban landscapes into strangely empty places.
Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, bushfires in Australia, and the death of basketball great Kobe Bryant. The first month of 2020 was dominated by news about the U.S. As news outlets responded to the demand for news and the coverage evolved, stories spread across a vast and varied news landscape and were, in turn, amplified and re-circulated on social media platforms and by other news outlets. The magnitude of the coronavirus coverage is attributable to the far-reaching impact of Covid-19 on Americans and their hunger for updates and answers. Suprisingly, Business Insider published twice as many coronavirus stories as The New York Times during the early months of 2020. The news websites posting the most stories about the coronavirus included Business Insider, Fox News, CNN, The Washington Post, and New York Post. news coverage about the novel coronavirus developed in three distinct waves during the first 100 days of 2020: as a distant problem about a mysterious disease in China, as a virus that had reached the U.S., and lastly, as a news tsunami in the fields of business, health, politics, sports, and entertainment. Head, Steven Braun, Margy MacMillan, Jessica Yurkofsky, and Alaina C. Police also ask that people report any suspicious items found on their property or garbage receptacles.Īnyone with information is asked to call 51.Alison J. Police are requesting those who live in the areas of State Route 3/Cornelia Street, Broad Street, Rugar Street, and Westwood Drive in Plattsburgh to check surveillance cameras for footage between 1 am and 6 am on Thursday, July 14. Troopers said the attack appears to be targeted and not random. Autopsy results reveal that Yanulauvich died from multiple stab wounds.
Multiple witnesses say the car had been parked for most of the day before police showed up.
“We realized that it was actually someone in the car that had been dead and the door of the vehicle was open.”
“We thought someone had gotten hit or something,” said a La Quinta employee, Kristen Brunell. A witness said the police looked inside the car, which was parked in a lot between the La Quinta and Champlain National Bank on Thursday, then quickly shut the doors. Plattsburgh, NY - New York State Police are continuing their investigation into the death of a 45-year-old woman whose body was discovered inside a car off Plaza Boulevard in Plattsburgh late last week.Īn autopsy found that Monique Yanulauvich of Plattsburgh suffered multiple stab wounds.