A powerful piece by ⁦@juliebosman⁩ on an unfathomable toll that is nearing — the loss of half a million people.

"More Americans have perished from Covid-19 than on the battlefields of World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined." nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/… Mark Buchanan, manager at the Side Door Saloon in Petoskey, Mich., has been thinking of the stool where his friend Larry Cummings used to sit on Monday nights...
“It was like 9:10 every Monday,” Mr. Buchanan said. “We knew that when the door opened, it was Larry walking in.”

As you go to work today realize that millions of Americans would do anything to be in your shoes. We teamed up with news organizations across America to capture joblessness in 2020. Please take a few minutes to read. nytimes.com/interactive/20… Read some of the projects produced by our journalistic partners. Here's one by the Buffalo News: buffalonews.com/news/local/out…

Flying? I took a flight from Newark to Orlando the other day for a family gathering. The airport was not empty but it had an eerie feel. Read about what I saw, and what other Times journalists have seen as they've flown across the country in recent days. nyti.ms/3cRThTi The couple in the lede was actually smooching through their masks. I took a photo of them but missed the shot. Respect to all the photographers out there.

We all know that local newspapers have been going through tough times, so tough that many have closed. What does a newsroom feel like in its final week? ⁦@RichardFausset⁩ takes you along in this beautiful piece. nytimes.com/2019/08/01/us/… From @RichardFausset: “A mock-up of the front page greeted her on the newsroom printer, screaming out a bold, striking headline: FINAL EDITION. She sat at a desk and opened some bills, one of them stamped ‘past due.’”