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The coronavirus has closed more than 50 local newsrooms across America. And counting.

At first, the pandemic cost newsrooms jobs and communities critical work. Now it’s starting to end entire newsrooms.

The Tulsa, Oklahoma, skyline is pictured in June 2020. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

We’re tracking layoffs at Lee Enterprises newspapers

10 were laid off Monday at The Tulsa World, and more than 20 in the last two weeks at other newspapers

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What’s the biggest media story of the moment? It’s getting harder every day to say

Plus kudos to a Playboy reporter and ESPN isn't sticking to sports

In this April 1, 2020, photo, a news crew wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns reports outside the Chase Center that will become a makeshift hospital at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in the Queens borough of New York. People desperate for information are more reliant than ever on local media as the coronavirus spreads across the U.S. But newspapers, magazines and digital publishers are feeling the pressure as advertising craters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Here are the newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures caused by the coronavirus

We're updating this list almost daily

University of Miami lab tech Sendy Puerto processes blood samples in the specimen processing lab from study participants. Volunteers are taking part in testing the NIH funded Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Taimy Alvarez)

When can we expect a vaccine for children, an important step in the fight against COVID-19?

Infected children, even if they do not show symptoms, will continue to spread the virus — even if there's an adult vaccine

As we learned in 2016, polls can be misleading and misunderstood. (AP Photos by Evan Vucci and Paul Sancya)

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