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#69: WNBC Anchor David Ushery on Covering Coronavirus from the Epicenter

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David Ushery, discusses reporting on coronavirus last spring, as New York City became the epicenter of a pandemic. The WNBC team brought viewers vital life and death information about COVID, day after day, in real time. Their reporting won a 2021 duPont-Columbia award. In this conversation with duPont Awards Director, Lisa R. Cohen, Ushery recounts the uncertainty of the pandemic’s early days, his team’s commitment to transparently inform viewers, and how WNBC reporters and photographers grappled with the fear of reporting on a highly infectious virus. Visit our website: www.onassignmentpodcast.com Visit the duPont awards website: www.duPont.org Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/columbiajourn Like is on Facebook: facebook.com/duPontColumbiaAwards
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David Ushery, discusses reporting on coronavirus last spring, as New York City became the epicenter of a pandemic. The WNBC team brought viewers vital life and death information about COVID, day after day, in real time. Their reporting won a 2021 duPont-Columbia award. In this conversation with duPont Awards Director, Lisa R. Cohen, Ushery recounts the uncertainty of the pandemic’s early days, his team’s commitment to transparently inform viewers, and how WNBC reporters and photographers grappled with the fear of reporting on a highly infectious virus. Visit our website: www.onassignmentpodcast.com Visit the duPont awards website: www.duPont.org Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/columbiajourn Like is on Facebook: facebook.com/duPontColumbiaAwards
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