Why subscribe to yet another newsletter?
My goal: protect your time and your psyche (“did I miss something??!?”) by providing relevant and contextual news about the pandemic, misinformation and trends (political, technological, social) that you might not see/hear/watch otherwise. I write short, sense-making essays and news blurbs.
When I began writing about the COVID-19 pandemic on 01 March 2020, it was because domestic and global news was disjointed, overwhelming and without context. I wrote end-of-day from the Seattle-area for five months. Those newsletters remain publicly available.
Very big reminder: it’s per capita trends that are key, despite news focus on the day’s scary-big number.
At the suggestion of readers, I have set up a subscription model, which is currently voluntary (17 August 2021). In other words, it’s a way to provide some compensation while I work out a schedule determine how I will provide subscriber-only content.
When this newsletter launched on 01 March 2020, from the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak (greater Seattle), the news environment was far different from what it is today (17 August 2021).
What’s truly depressing: we are where we were in year-one in terms of overwhelming our hospitals.
News sources
- Mainstream news sites include the BBC, Economist, Guardian, LA Times, NY Times, Seattle Times, Washington Post.
- Alternative news comes from sites like GeekWire, Memeorandum, Mother Jones, Salon, Slate, Talking Points Memo.
- Newsletters include Axios, CNN Reliable Sources, Heather Cox Richardson (Letter from an American), PressThink, The Information, Walter Shaub, Washington Post Daily 202.
- Twitter lists: Civic life and tech, Editorial cartoonists, Epidemic/Pandemic, For journalism students, Historians, Southern politics, Top journalism linkers.
About me
I’m a journalist and educator (and economist by education more than practice) who has been involved with public policy since high school, with a historic emphasis on environmental and agricultural policy. This newsletter started as a “cheat sheet” to help me create context about this pandemic for my own understanding. Friends said it was helpful, so I made it public.
I wrote about politics daily for About.com for four years; I’ve written semi-regularly for The Moderate Voice.
If there’s something you’d like to read about, please send me a message on Twitter @kegill . Also, feel free to comment on a newsletter post here on SubStack if you’re a subscriber.
Learn more about me
- Twitter: @kegill
- LinkedIn: kegill
- Facebook: Kathy E. Gill (page)