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COVID-19 PPAGLA Resources List

Khai Le

Dear fellow PPAGLA members,

These are trying times.  We’ve all found ourselves in new situations and it is difficult.

We have put together some resources of help and hope.  Please don’t hesitate to reach out to any of us if we can help.  Sometimes simply talking and moral support can get us through tough times.

You will see below some great resources.  Please let us know if there are additional resources we should know about.

We will get through this. Together. 

The PPAGLA Board

COVID-19 Resources for Photojournalists & Newsrooms (updated: 5/12/20)

Legal:

Under Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-33-20 photojournalists are classified as essential workforce.

Essential Workforce - Communications:

Workers who support radio, television, and media service, including, but not limited to front line news reporters, studio, and technicians for newsgathering and reporting.

Your legal rights: How to respond if police or health officials challenge coronavirus reporting- National Press Club Journalism Institute

Financial Assistance, Grants & Unemployment:

The Employment Development Department (EDD)- Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

Small Business Administration (SBA)- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources

ABC 7 News California PUA: Self-employed, freelance and gig economy workers can apply for unemployment benefits starting today

Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program

The 8-Ball Welfare Foundation- helping Southern California journalists and photojournalists in need 

Pfaffinger Foundation- Financial aid for former Los Angeles Times employees and photographers

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce- resources list including information for small businesses

SmugMug- COVID-19 resources, grants, funds, and more to help working photographers

The Los Angeles Press Club- Journalists Emergency Fund

National Geographic- COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting- Coronavirus News Collaboration Challenge

Google News Initiative- Journalism Emergency Relief Fund

Facebook- Small Business Grants Program

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism- $1 million in grants to support coronavirus news reporting

Forbes Magazine- List Of Banks Offering Relief To Customers Affected By Coronavirus

*Reminder: Federal tax return filing has been extended from April 15 to July 15, 2020.

Mental Health for Journalists:

Taking Care of Your Mental Health in the Face of Uncertainty- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:

1-800-273-8255

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

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Mental Health Help for Photographers (And Everyone Else)- PetaPixel

How journalists can fight stress from covering the coronavirus- Al Tompkins, The Poynter Institute

Meditation and mindfulness: InsightLA 

A guide to taking care of yourself and your newsroom in times of coronavirus-  Nieman Journalism Lab

Safety:

Committee to Protect Journalists- CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering the coronavirus outbreak 

How to dress to save your life: L.A. Times photojournalists take on a whole new danger

Columbia University- Earth Institute- Covering the Pandemic: Photographers on the Frontlines 

The International Center for Journalists- Ten Tips for Journalists Covering COVID-19 Around the World 

NPPA's COVID-19 resource guide

Tips for Reporting on Pandemics- The Dart Center, Columbia University School of Journalism

How to Disinfect Camera Equipment and Spaces- LensRentals

Videos:

Covering Coronavirus – Expert Tips for Journalists and Communicators- National Press Club Journalism Institute

Al & Sidney Tompkins help journalists covering COVID-19 manage newsroom stress

ASMP- Potential Business Ramifications of Coronavirus

NPPA- Coronavirus Town Hall

NETEC: Personal Protective Equipment for COVID-19

Power Shift Project- Covid 19- Taking Care of Journalists and Journalism

This Week in PHOTO- Photographers and COVID-19

Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute- COVID-19: Staying safe while in the field

Dart Center- Photojournalism and Covid 19: Ethics, Craft and Safety

How to Use Zoom (VIDEOS):

How to Use Zoom - Basics in Less than 5 Minutes

How to Join a Zoom Meeting

How to use Zoom- Video Conferencing Tutorial for Beginners

COVID-19 Info & Data:

Johns Hopkins University: COVID-19 Information Hub

The New York Times- Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak

The American Association for Respiratory Care- COVID-19 News & Resources

World Health Organization- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

AP Stylebook- Coronavirus Topical Guide

LA Times- Tracking coronavirus in California

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc- Fact-checking coronavirus stories

Reuters Institute- Types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformation

AFP Fact Check- coronavirus verification hub