French freelance journalist Hélène Guinhut spent five years saving thousands of euros to make it to the U.S. Her dream was to cover the 2020 presidential race. And she did—for a few months, at least. When COVID hit, she had to head back to France, where she is braving a changing media landscape.

Layoffs. Furloughs. It's becoming harder for many journalists, including freelancers, to pay their bills. Paige Cornwell is a reporter for The Seattle Times. With the help of some others, she created a GoFundMe furlough fund for journalists which has raised more than $60,000.

John Davis is a freelance journalist based in Los Angeles County. He has created a way, in the midst of COVID quarantine mandates, to cover his local community via social distance walks that incorporate hard news.

Kari Cobham is senior associate director of The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism & Media at The Carter Center. She started a Twitter thread on mental health and COVID-19 for journalists and the general public.