America’s Newspapers and Editor & Publisher have launched Media Virus Watch as an online source for the latest COVID-19 information.
Media Virus Watch — www.mediaviruswatch.com — gathers coronavirus data, reporting and presentation innovations, customer service issues and resources for news publishers.
It is designed to serve as a hub for webinars on COVID-19 topics critical to the news media and as a portal for news publishers to submit the work and ideas of their organizations.

A list of links to useful information for news publishers about the Stimulus Package, CARES Act, small business loans and more. The page will be updated with more resources, as they become available, that may be helpful to news publishers.
Click here.

In an era where print advertising revenue continues to decline rapidly and the lion’s share of digital advertising dollars are sucked up by Google and Facebook, it’s more important than ever for news organizations to focus on developing as many revenue streams as possible.
One thing is clear—there is no one-size-fits-all model that will rescue news organizations and provide the fertile ground for local news coverage to continue out into the distant future. But executives can take a look around and borrow ideas from what’s actually working out there for some news organizations.

Recognizing that newsrooms have very little time to explore these opportunities, American Press Institute's feature focuses on:
• tools that you can easily embed in your existing workflow and platforms coronavirus content that your newsroom can republish for free
• at-a-glance summaries of new grants so that you can see whether you’re eligible, the deadline to apply, and what’s involved in the application process
• relief funding for individual journalists who are experiencing financial hardship as a result of the pandemic.

The News Media Alliance has partnered with the Ad Council to provide print and digital PSAs for newspapers’ use to help raise awareness about the importance of practicing social distancing during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.

Click here to see and download the ads.

USPS is providing a six-month extension for renewal of requesters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Publishers of requester publications, in particular, have a respite from bringing expiring requests up to date. See full details here.

Poynter provides a list of useful resources from different sources.

To see the article, click here.

Fox Print & Creative Publishing is sharing free  contest, 12-page tabs and several sizes of broadsheets featuring information about helping communities stay safe from spreading COVID-19.

To see and download the content, click here.

AP’s county-level U.S. coronavirus data is now publicly available through the data.world platform.

AP uses data collected by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering as its source for COVID-19 cases and deaths.

For more information, click here.

PRESS RELEASE
For more information:
Margaret Justus, Justus Communications LLC, 281-250-8253
Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement: 312-480-1868, vmdsoto@austin.utexas.edu