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• Facebook grants available to U.S. local newsrooms — amounts to range from $25,000-$100,000
• 25 fun ideas for your next ‘virtual coffee break’
• Facebook invests additional $100 million to support news industry during the coronavirus crisis
• Updated Covid-19 Impact Study: There IS demand, yet for very different categories
• COVID-19 Impact Survey to provide data about shopping intentions of local households
• Local media traffic spikes 48% in the wake of COVID-19
• No, your newspaper won't give you  COVID-19
• Poyner announces free News University courses to help journalism educators and students (Poynter)
• Tools and Software for Working Remotely (Our Hometown)
• Staying safe — and sane — while practicing social distancing (Daily Journal, Kankakee, Illinois)
• Working from home in the age of pandemic (Damon Kiesow, Missouri School of Journalism)
• Newspapers declared 'essential services,' exempt from San Francisco's Shelter in Place edict
• News publishers perform essential function during COVID-19 health crisis (David Chavern, News Media Alliance)
• Can COVID-19 be transmitted on printed newspapers?  (Paul Boyle, News Media Alliance)
• Flash grants of up to $50K are now available for fact-checkers fighting coronavirus misinformation (Poynter)
• Launching a $1 million grant program to support fact-checkers amid COVID-19 (Facebook Journalism Project)
• How journalists are working together to cover the COVID-19 pandemic (NiemanLab)
• Story ideas, leadership and points to ponder (Dennis Hetzel)
• When should you name COVID-19 patients and other ethical decisions U.S. newsrooms will face this week (Poynter)
• Here are resources to help local newsrooms cover the coronavirus pandemic and adapt to remote work (Lenfest Institute)
• Information and guidance from the World Health Organization
• U.S. coronavirus update: Tracking the outbreak (USA TODAY)
• How to work from home with kids around (Poynter.org)
• Join Seyfarth Shaw's COVID-19 mailing list to stay up-to-date on the latest information on the pandemic, including emerging legal challenges and practical recommendations
• AP offers coronavirus topical guide
• Take Seyfarth Shaw's COVID-19 survey
• Can COVID-19 be transmitted on printed newspapers?