"We can't say we're immune to new diseases, but we're definitely more equipped to face them," says Dr. Nour Majbour, a neurological researcher at جامعة حمد بن خليفة's QBRI, and Stars of Science نجوم العلوم alumni, as she tells us an inspiring story of the Serology Kit 🧪 in a new episode from #TheSpark!

Another huge loss to Chicago journalism!

Daniel Zablotskiy, a DePaul University sophomore, is the star of a video viewed millions of times that shows him gliding through Ukrainian Village. chicago.suntimes.com/video/2021/2/2… via @SunTimes

Happy International Women's Day! Women & girls are often disproportionately affected by war, climate change, poverty, industrialization, & global health crises. Today we'll be highlighting some of our reporting focused on women's issues. Join us! #IWD2021 bit.ly/3c9PIs2

First one for the Pulitzer Center: pulitzercenter.org/blog/panelists…

Happy to publish another one: pulitzercenter.org/blog/webinar-l…

Annie Sweeney And guess what? It already *is* a profitable newspaper!

We’d enthusiastically welcome an owner committed to a future for journalism that informs and enriches the lives of readers. Whatever happens, we’re so proud of our members, past and present, who have shown bravery and determination in speaking out in service of their colleagues.

Yea!!!! Hope this comes true!

Here's Brian Cassella working in one of at least six COVID-19 wards he documented at the start of the pandemic. He was sometimes inches away from seriously ill patients as they received respiratory therapy in enclosed rooms.

Stacy St. Clair took a picture moments before she & Megan Jones were teargassed in Aurora. It was the first of 7 times they were exposed. The next night, @srfeish covered a violent, chaotic scene in Naperville.

All our photographers were brave in doing the indispensable work of telling the story of the past year. Here's Antonio Perez doing just that.

Many reporters took the risk of covering court hearings and other important developments in criminal justice. Here are Megan Crepeau and @annie1221 doing what they do.

@billruthhart traveled the Midwest, covering Trump rallies packed with unmasked people, along with protests and riots in Kenosha. He was nearby when a 17-year-old opened fire, killing two people and wounding a third.

So many people conceded their safety and that of their loved ones. Even our members who mostly stayed home worked hard to serve readers during a year of loss, anxiety and heartbreak. We've done little besides make concessions to this company for a decade or better. Not this time.

We would ask: Have these concessions been enough for employees denied regular raises for years to take home small bonuses, Tribune Publishing Company? Or do the rich people you've served need just a tiny bit more?

We know that so many people, in so many industries and walks of life, suffered enormously and gave their all this past year. We're not asking for sympathy; we're asking for what we should have.

As always, thank you for reading.

Northwestern Qatar is hosting an online conversation with Pulitzer Center on how journalists have used data and science to tell the story of the COVID-19 pandemic. Join Youyou Zhou, Charles Piller, and Eliza Barclay to learn more. 📅 April 6 🕒 5:30 p.m. (AST) northwestern.zoom.us/j/96984385656

Half of Chicago had Studs’s phone number, but I would absolutely watch a video of someone flipping through every card in this Rolodex