Ben Bagdikian Reporting Fellow with Mother Jones
The COVID Tracking Project, a massive volunteer effort to document tests, hospitalizations, and deaths in an effort to show where the virus was, and who was dying, became a de facto source of data amid the chaos of COVID-19. The series addresses the crucial concerns the United States faces about why the nation had to rely on volunteerism, rather than federal and state public health institutions, to receive critical COVID data during the worst public health crisis in a century.
This three-part series exposes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s bungled response to COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic and takes listeners inside the massive volunteer effort to collect data about tests, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S.
Wrote articles about Covid-19 for The Atlantic
Long-term-care COVID Tracker Lead for the COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-driven initiative housed at The Atlantic. Created most comprehensive database of the impact of COVID-19 on U.S’s nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities. COVID Tracking Project collects and publishes the most complete COVID-19 data available for US states and territories. Learn more here.
Outreach and Reporting Lead for the COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-driven initiative housed at The Atlantic. Built system of communication with 56 health departments of states and territories. COVID Tracking Project collects and publishes the most complete COVID-19 data available for US states and territories. Learn more: www.covidtracking.com
Audio Artist-in-Residence at UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art
The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship funds an original project executed during a year of independent, purposeful exploration on a world scale. I focused on exploring unrecognized nations and communities throughout the world through a cultural and social lens as it relates to identity, political landscapes and soccer.
