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ICU nurse, Diana Tejada, talks about her experience with the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center. BY KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH, Charlotte Observer

‘It’s brutal’: Charlotte health care workers open up about the 2-year toll of COVID

By Hannah Smoot, The Charlotte Observer

 

On one particularly hard day in the past year, Atrium Health respiratory therapist Stacy Wilson frantically worked to set up a video call for a 22-year-old man, hospitalized with COVID-19.

“He was so ill and all he wanted was to speak to his mother, to see his mother before he goes on the ventilator,” she said. He was able to speak with his mom over the phone, but Wilson said they weren’t able to get the video running in time because he was declining so quickly.

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The Charlotte Journalism Collaborative is supported by the Local Media Project, an initiative launched by the Solutions Journalism Network with support from the Knight Foundation to strengthen and reinvigorate local media ecosystems.

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About The Project

Solutions Journalism Network launched the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative in 2019, a partnership of six major media companies and other local institutions focusing on issues of major importance to the Charlotte region. The collaborative is supported by $150,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its $300 million commitment to rebuild the future of local journalism, essential to a functioning democracy.

The Charlotte Journalism Collaborative (CJC) is modeled on the Solutions Journalism Network method of investigating and reporting news with a primary focus on solutions to community problems. “At a time when local journalism jobs are disappearing and trust in media has hit an all-time low, the Solutions Journalism Network has taken on the challenge by organizing collaborative journalism reporting projects that promote excellent reporting and civic dialogue. the model has the potential to be part of a new wave of great local reporting, which is vital to building strong communities,” said Karen Rundlet, Knight Foundation director for journalism.

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