More than a year into the global pandemic, the coronavirus has exploded across India. The spread has been fueled, in part, by possible new variants and the recent holding of mass public events, including political rallies and religious celebrations; vaccination rates, meanwhile, remain low, even as Indian manufacturers have busily churned out doses for residents of other countries. Hospitals have run low on beds and oxygen, and crematoria are overflowing; steel pipes at one such facility in Surat, in Gujarat state, melted from overuse. India has recorded more than three-hundred-thousand new daily cases for six days in a row—smashing the daily record for a single country several times over—and that figure is likely a substantial undercount. So, too, is the official daily death count, which yesterday came close to three thousand—a function of factors ranging from familial shame to political pressure. “It’s a complete massacre of data,” Bhramar Mukherjee, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan, told the New York Times. “We believe the true number of deaths is two to five times what is being reported.” News outlets, from the local to the international, have sent journalists to cremation and burial sites to try and collect more accurate death data, among other perilous assignments. “Some of the best journalists in India covering the COVID devastation are not on Twitter, Insta, etc.,” Rana Ayyub, a prominent Indian journalist, noted overnight. “Away from the din of... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-04-27 12:34:53 UTC ]
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Leaders from 2U, Global Citizen Year, Minerva, and Pearson reveal which elements of the higher-ed ecosystem are getting stronger and which are poised to collapse. For Fast Company’s Shape of Tomorrow series, we’re asking business leaders to share their inside perspective on how the COVID-19 era... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-10-27 07:00:15 UTC ]
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The cuts are the biggest since the surge in employees at the time of the Time Warner acquisition in 2018. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-10-26 17:04:42 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has picked up two books from “utterly hilarious” self-published star Tracy Bloom. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 04:59:19 UTC ]
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Canelo is taking on titles currently released by The Dome Press, a publisher set up by agent and bookseller David Headley. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-21 12:03:08 UTC ]
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“The Way Inn,” “The Terror,” “The Deep” and pretty much anything by Shirley Jackson. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-19 15:34:52 UTC ]
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Deals for big-issue books were still being struck for substantial sums, despite the Frankfurt Book Fair taking place virtually as a result of the pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 16:05:23 UTC ]
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Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has admitted local lockdowns have been “devastating” for sales but says he is confident stores can meet demand in the run-up to Christmas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 14:54:03 UTC ]
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To highlight the publication of the new edition of 'The Cancer Journals' by Penguin Classics, Penguin Random House is partnering with the Black Women’s Health Imperative to connect the real-world impact of Audre Lorde’s work with the community that influenced it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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His memoir recounts his suspicions on Russia and has intriguing comments on Joe Biden. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-09 12:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins has picked up debut writer J S Tennant’s “brilliantly original” history of Cuba. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 05:38:06 UTC ]
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A selection of memoirs and novels that can help connect and lift us through these scary and sad times. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-07 05:22:15 UTC ]
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The Victoria & Albert Museum is closing its dedicated bookshop and making 103 roles redundant across its retail and visitor experience teams as the Covid-19 crisis hits its finances. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 09:58:53 UTC ]
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Scribner is to publish The Decameron Project, an anthology of 29 stories about a modern plague, written by authors including Margaret Atwood, Andrew O’Hagan, Colm Tóibín, Kamila Shamsie, Rachel Kushner and David Mitchell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-02 08:28:47 UTC ]
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According to the dictionary publisher, "stand back" means to take a few steps backward while "stand by" means to be or to get ready to act. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2020-09-30 17:39:42 UTC ]
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Taylor & Francis owner Informa is issuing £640m worth of Euro bonds as part of its Covid-19 action plan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 12:55:05 UTC ]
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Almost two years ago, I bought my mother an Alexa Show. Recently, I’ve been thinking about it and how it played a huge role during my lockdown, alongside other technology. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 03:35:40 UTC ]
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UK staffers at Penguin Random House have already been told they should again work from home if they can, following the step-change in government guidance as coronavirus infection rates rise. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 00:00:21 UTC ]
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Zaffre will publish Reputation, the debut novel by YouTuber Lex Croucher, in July 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 21:16:13 UTC ]
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Robert Galbraith's Troubled Blood (Sphere) and Brian Masters' Dennis Nielsen biography Killing for Company (Cornerstone) have rocketed to the top of the Amazon Charts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 15:55:56 UTC ]
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This November Chatto & Windus will publish a collection of lockdown stories and experiences from BBC Radio 4’s "PM", with a foreword from the programme's presenter Evan Davis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 13:23:06 UTC ]
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