For our brainstorm, we decided to try to solve around: “How Might We make COVID-19 news less anxiety producing?”
Our simplest idea was what many people have found most effective — that is limiting their media consumption to certain times of day and certain lengths of time so as not to become overwhelmed.
Our wildest idea was thinking about what it was about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that so many people find to be a palatable way to consume this information and whether the news media could adopt any of the tactics that he embodies.