special series: education

COVID-19 pandemic vs. K-12 education

March 11, 2020.

After more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries and 4,291 deaths, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

In an effort to highlight the short- and long-term effects of the virus, the National Association of Black Journalists, with funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, created grants to be awarded to Black-owned media outlets, NABJ members and freelance journalists to develop investigative pieces; feature and enterprise stories and/or series; and productions, which focus on the impact COVID-19 is having on
K-12 education.

In late 2022, shades Magazine was awarded a $10,000 grant from NABJ and created the following stories:


Learn more HERE

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Updated: 6/23/23
Original post date: 12/31/22