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Andrea
@downing.bsky.social
Accidental healthcare hacker. Defender of health privacy. BRCA Community.
Co-Founder of lightcollective.org
218 followers172 following241 posts
“I also center long-haulers in my reporting, treating them as active protagonists of their own stories instead of passive beneficiaries of medical aid. I want readers to empathize, not gawk.” - @edyong209.bsky.social#chronicillness
I wrote an op-ed for the NYT about what reporting on long COVID has meant to me—how I approached it, the impact it had, and how it taught me to be a better journalist. This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
Opinion | Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist
Covering long Covid solidified my view that science is not the objective, neutral force that it is often caricatured to be.
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Andrea
@downing.bsky.social
Accidental healthcare hacker. Defender of health privacy. BRCA Community.
Co-Founder of lightcollective.org
218 followers172 following241 posts