During this crisis, we’re working for you
To our readers,
Quite suddenly, your lives have changed. Your health, or the health of someone you love, could be at risk. Your job seems shakier than just days ago. Your place of worship isn’t having services, your favorite bar has closed, and the gym has locked its doors. And there’s no baseball, no March Madness.
At the Houston Chronicle, we feel it, too.
The coronavirus outbreak has forced the vast majority of our journalists to work out of their homes. We, and our families, share many of your insecurities. But, like many of you, we have work to do.
Each day, our reporters and photojournalists are out in the city and region, in the neigh
borhoods, searching for the stories that can help explain how this pandemic is changing our lives, our businesses, our way of life. They walk the balance between staying safe and providing the information you need.
In these past couple of weeks on our subscriber site, HoustonChronicle.com, our reporters have broken the story that Houston’s bars and restaurants would be closed. They captured the exclusive that Texas’ public schools would
likely be closed. And they reported long before the competition that the Houston Rodeo would be shut down.
We’ve reported deeply on how the crash in oil prices will affect the local economy and conducted telling interviews with local experts. We are providing our daily live breaking news blog available free to all visitors to HoustonChronicle.com.
We know that it’s not just news that you crave. You need information to help you get through all this. Our reporters have tirelessly pursued angles that continue to surprise and engage.
How can I shop for groceries without getting sick? Should I keep my dental appointment? Where can I order takeout? Are there good TV shows to take my mind off of all this? Our map of Texas’ coronavirus cases is updated daily. And we’re asking for readers’ questions, which our reporters will answer.
In our print edition and on HoustonChronicle.com, we are now pulling some of these helpful threads together in regular columns. Next Sunday, we plan to publish a special section focused on how to cope with these unprecedented circumstances. We hope you will find all of this useful.
A word about newspaper delivery during these troubled times: We have no indication from health authorities that the coronavirus can be spread on newsprint. But in an abundance of caution, we have provided gloves to all our press workers and delivery agents. And we are aggressively sanitizing our facilities daily.
Print subscribers have unlimited access to all our up-to-the-minute digital coverage. If you’ve never logged in to HoustonChronicle.com, activate your account at https://subscription.houstonchronicle.com/link. If you have any trouble with your access, please call 713-362-7211.
To receive important coronavirus coverage on your mobile device, download our app on iOS and Android. You should use the same email and password on the app as on the website.
We provide all these news platforms, and we perform all this newsgathering, because we are driven to help you. But we can’t do it without you. Without your continued support as print or digital subscribers, our work would cease. Thank you for your support.