WATCH: In New Mexico, a COVID-19 Outbreak in the Navajo Nation

April 10, 2020

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New Mexico PBS correspondent Laura Paskus begins a series of interviews with journalists around the state as they cover COVID-19 in their communities. Noel Smith reports on the Navajo Nation for the Farmington Daily Times. Smith is also a tribal member and has seen her home devastated by a COVID-19 outbreak.

This story is part of a collaboration with New Mexico PBS through FRONTLINE’s Local Journalism Initiative, which is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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