In a letter to the chairman of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 14 media associations cited the essential services provided by journalists and urged the committee to include journalists in subsequent phases of priority vaccine distribution.
"To ensure their ability to continue to serve the public in the difficult months ahead," the news media organizations requested that journalists "who are out in the field reporting about health care workers and patients, and meeting with people in essential businesses, covering rallies, protests and public events be considered for inclusion in subsequent phases of vaccine distribution that include Americans providing critical and essential functions in their respective communities."
