{"id":17438,"date":"2020-06-26T09:52:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T16:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=17438"},"modified":"2020-06-29T10:56:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T17:56:11","slug":"covering-covid-19-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona | In Touch\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/INF18DLbr4o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 26, 2020<\/strong> &#8211; As part of our series of conversations with journalists about their coverage of the novel coronavirus and its impact on their communities, correspondent Laura Paskus checks in with Andrew Oxford of <em>The Arizona Republic<\/em>. Unlike New Mexico \u2013 where Oxford formerly worked \u2013 Arizona did not mandate masks early and quickly emerged from stay-at-home orders, only to see a large spike in cases in recent weeks. Oxford talks about the situation as well as the state government\u2019s approach to the pandemic &#8212; and about the state\u2019s economy and President Trump\u2019s visits to the state.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For More Information:<\/strong>\u202f&nbsp;<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/politics\/arizona\/2020\/06\/23\/third-time-2020-trump-returns-battleground-arizona\/3239919001\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Seeks to Reignite Campaign in Arizona with Speech to Young Conservatives in Phoenix<\/a> \u2013 <em>The Arizona Republic\u202f<\/em>&nbsp;<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/politics\/arizona\/2020\/06\/19\/arizona-budget-better-projected-coronavirus\/3224094001\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Budget Picture Not as Dire as Projected; Cuts to Services May Be Avoided for Now<\/a> \u2013 <em>The Arizona Republic\u202f<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 26, 2020 &#8211; As part of our series of conversations with journalists about their coverage of the novel coronavirus and its impact on their communities, correspondent Laura Paskus checks in with Andrew Oxford of The Arizona Republic. Unlike New Mexico \u2013 where Oxford formerly worked \u2013 Arizona did not mandate masks early and quickly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":17439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3854],"tags":[2793,5314,5315,5312,4351,548,1048,113,4352,1421,5313],"class_list":["post-17438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-touch","tag-andrew-oxford","tag-arizona-budget","tag-arizona-economy","tag-arizona-republic","tag-covid-19","tag-journalism-2","tag-journalists","tag-laura-paskus","tag-novel-coronavirus","tag-president-trump","tag-trump-visits-arizona"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Covering COVID-19 in Arizona - New Mexico In Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona - New Mexico In Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"June 26, 2020 &#8211; As part of our series of conversations with journalists about their coverage of the novel coronavirus and its impact on their communities, correspondent Laura Paskus checks in with Andrew Oxford of The Arizona Republic. Unlike New Mexico \u2013 where Oxford formerly worked \u2013 Arizona did not mandate masks early and quickly&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New Mexico In Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-26T16:52:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-29T17:56:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1352AndrewOxford.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Myah Wilmarth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Myah Wilmarth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Myah Wilmarth\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1e9e7899d475db7fec255f4def0fecc9\"},\"headline\":\"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-26T16:52:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-29T17:56:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/1352AndrewOxford.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Andrew Oxford\",\"Arizona budget\",\"Arizona economy\",\"Arizona Republic\",\"COVID-19\",\"journalism\",\"journalists\",\"Laura Paskus\",\"novel coronavirus\",\"president trump\",\"Trump visits Arizona\"],\"articleSection\":[\"In Touch\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/\",\"name\":\"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona - New Mexico In Focus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/1352AndrewOxford.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-26T16:52:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-29T17:56:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1e9e7899d475db7fec255f4def0fecc9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/1352AndrewOxford.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/1352AndrewOxford.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Aerial view of downtown Phoenix, with superimposed text \\\"THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC\\\".\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Mexico In Focus\",\"description\":\"Involved, Informed, In-depth Journalism\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1e9e7899d475db7fec255f4def0fecc9\",\"name\":\"Myah Wilmarth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8da23173f443f0d7b4de196f42fca2c5efe5a110156a3e8c9bdb8e74726bb6ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8da23173f443f0d7b4de196f42fca2c5efe5a110156a3e8c9bdb8e74726bb6ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8da23173f443f0d7b4de196f42fca2c5efe5a110156a3e8c9bdb8e74726bb6ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Myah Wilmarth\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/author\\\/myah\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona - New Mexico In Focus","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona - New Mexico In Focus","og_description":"June 26, 2020 &#8211; As part of our series of conversations with journalists about their coverage of the novel coronavirus and its impact on their communities, correspondent Laura Paskus checks in with Andrew Oxford of The Arizona Republic. Unlike New Mexico \u2013 where Oxford formerly worked \u2013 Arizona did not mandate masks early and quickly&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/","og_site_name":"New Mexico In Focus","article_published_time":"2020-06-26T16:52:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-29T17:56:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1352AndrewOxford.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Myah Wilmarth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Myah Wilmarth","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/"},"author":{"name":"Myah Wilmarth","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/#\/schema\/person\/1e9e7899d475db7fec255f4def0fecc9"},"headline":"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona","datePublished":"2020-06-26T16:52:31+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-29T17:56:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/"},"wordCount":153,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1352AndrewOxford.jpg","keywords":["Andrew Oxford","Arizona budget","Arizona economy","Arizona Republic","COVID-19","journalism","journalists","Laura Paskus","novel coronavirus","president trump","Trump visits Arizona"],"articleSection":["In Touch"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/","name":"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona - New Mexico In Focus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1352AndrewOxford.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-26T16:52:31+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-29T17:56:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/#\/schema\/person\/1e9e7899d475db7fec255f4def0fecc9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1352AndrewOxford.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1352AndrewOxford.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Aerial view of downtown Phoenix, with superimposed text \"THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC\"."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/covering-covid-19-in-arizona\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Covering COVID-19 in Arizona"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/","name":"New Mexico In Focus","description":"Involved, Informed, In-depth Journalism","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/#\/schema\/person\/1e9e7899d475db7fec255f4def0fecc9","name":"Myah Wilmarth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8da23173f443f0d7b4de196f42fca2c5efe5a110156a3e8c9bdb8e74726bb6ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8da23173f443f0d7b4de196f42fca2c5efe5a110156a3e8c9bdb8e74726bb6ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8da23173f443f0d7b4de196f42fca2c5efe5a110156a3e8c9bdb8e74726bb6ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Myah Wilmarth"},"url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/author\/myah\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17461,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17438\/revisions\/17461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}