Explanatory Journalism is Entering a Golden Age in the Middle of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Harrison Golden, a reporter for WVLA television station, sits alone wearing a mask as he reports outside the Louisiana state senate chamber in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, May 4, 2020. With some in masks and others uncovered, Louisiana lawmakers Monday resumed the final four weeks of a legislative session stalled by the coronavirus, trying to get their arms around the scale of the budget problems caused by the outbreak. The return to the Capitol has caused a new rift between Republicans, who hold the majority and pushed for a restart of work, and Democrats who said it was too risky to have hundreds of people in the building in a state that is one of the nation's hot spots for the COVID-19 disease caused by the virus.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)