Economy & Business

April 27, 2020

COVID-19: Health, Science and Business Writers on Covering the Pandemic

The Power Shift Project will host a free webinar, 1:00-2:00 pm ET, with Freedom Forum fellow Jill Geisler debriefing leaders of journalism organizations whose members focus on health, science and the economic impact of COVID-19, now and in the future. Speakers include SEJ executive director Meaghan Parker and SEJ president Meera Subramanian.

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Smithfield Shuts S.D. Pork Plant, Warns Of Meat Shortages Amid Pandemic

"Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, said on Sunday it will shut a U.S. plant indefinitely due to a rash of coronavirus cases among employees and warned the country was moving “perilously close to the edge” in supplies for grocers."

Source: Reuters, 04/13/2020

"Oil Price War Ends With Historic OPEC+ Deal to Slash Output

"OPEC and its allies locked in a historic oil supply accord Sunday after Saudi Arabia, under pressure from the US, agreed to give Mexico a looser production quota, ending a four-day stalemate that threatened to escalate a price war in the midst of the coronavirus crisis."

Source: Platts, 04/13/2020

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