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Lack of Journalists Complicates Pandemic Situation in Southwest Kansas

(Photo by Josh Redd on Unsplash)
(Photo by Josh Redd on Unsplash)

Covid-19 is hitting meatpacking communities in southwest Kansas particularly hard. But as Corinne Boyer of the Kansas News Service reports, fewer journalists are around to track the ongoing public health crisis. 


The Kansas News Service reports on health, the many factors that influence it and their connection to public policy. You can find more stories at ksnewsservice.org

Corinne Boyer is a reporter for High Plains Public Radio and the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on Twitter @Corinne_Boyer

The Kansas News Service is a collaboration of Kansas Public Radio, KCUR, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio focused on health, the social determinants of health and their connection to public policy. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished by news media at no cost with proper attribution and a link to ksnewsservice.org

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photo by Josh Redd, via Unsplash