The role of journalists has perhaps never been more important than it is today. With the impact of COVID-19 being felt across the globe, organizations are working to connect newsrooms with experts to support their reporting.
Scholars Strategy Network and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing have compiled lists of top experts and scholars who are available for comment on the COVID-19 pandemic. SciLine is prioritizing requests from local journalists to connect with scientist sources.
Committee to Protect Journalists and Poynter are making their experts available to discuss reporting during a crisis, managing remote teams and maintaining safety and wellbeing.
Resources for Connecting with Experts
- Experts on public health, immigration, medicine and economic policy, Scholars Strategy Network
- Experts on safely covering COVID-19 (for newsrooms), Committee to Protect Journalists
- Experts on safely covering COVID-19 (for individual journalists), Committee to Protect Journalists
- Free 30-minute chats with experts from Poynter, On Poynt
- Free expert-matching service that connects journalists with scientists, SciLine
- Quotes from experts & media briefings, SciLine
- List of experts from ScienceWriters conferences, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
