Hunger in America advisory

Editors:

On Dec. 7 the AP will publish a project on hunger across the U.S. in the wake of the pandemic and economic crisis. The package includes a data distribution, which has moved and is available to data customers for their own reporting. It also includes a text story and abridged version, photo package and newsroom and online video. These elements will move Monday, Dec. 7 at 10:01 a.m. ET, and are intended for publication in newspapers on Dec. 8.

Hunger in America: At food banks across the U.S., double, even triple the number of people are showing up for boxes of sustenance for their families as the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll. Many of the people going to food banks now are showing up for the first time to fill the gaps amid the economic crisis. Food bank officials now worry they’ll find it even harder to meet the increased demand for food if the end of the year also brings an end to the extra federal money that they’ve been counting on to fill the boxes. 2,500 words. An abridged also will be available.

Data distribution. The Associated Press has received nine quarters of food distribution data from 181 Food Banks operating in Feeding America’s network. The data represents all food disbursed by the food bank, measured in pounds, and covers 48 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico. If you are already enrolled in AP’s data.world platform for data distributions, your newsroom has access. If your news organization is not yet licensed to access our data distribution, please contact AP Digital Sales for enrollment details.

Photos: Photos from food banks and families across the U.S.

Video: Broadcast and online video edits.

Graphics: Visualization of the data collected.

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