A new Los Angeles Times editorial project is putting a human face on the loss of life due to the coronavirus pandemic. Launched in early May, The Pandemic’s Toll: Lives Lost in California is an ongoing collection of obituaries of Californians who have died from the virus. The project is headed up by Obituaries Editor Steve Marble, who came up with the idea in collaboration with editors Shani Hilton, Millie Quan and Mitchell Landsberg. Six Times interns will also work exclusively on this project, a result of a collaboration funded by USC and a grant from the Pulitzer Center’s Coronavirus News Collaboration Challenge. “They’re not downbeat stories but pieces about people’s lives, their adventures, their accomplishments and their challenges.”AdvertisementThe project was built by Ryan Murphy, Anthony Pesce, Alex Tatusian and Jennifer Lu.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 13, 2020 20:53 UTC