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cover is the subject of great internal debate. This
week, it was simple. TIME reports on the people
who shape the world, and the cover often features
the most in uential among them: heads of state,
titans of industry, icons of culture.
Yet today, even the most powerful people in our
society are at the mercy of a virus that knows no rank
and no title. Though some in politics and business
have risen to the occasion, and some countries—like
Taiwan and South Korea—have managed to mitigate
the impact of COVID-19, many governments around
the globe have been on their heels, ignoring years
of warnings about the threat of pandemic and then
wasting precious time in ghting this virus’s spread.
Meanwhile, the kinds of international collaboration
that have helped lead the world through previous
crises are virtually absent.
And so this ght is being waged in large
measure by frontline responders, from the
medical workers risking their lives to the delivery
people and pharmacy employees who aren’t able
to stay in their homes to the coroners who are
confronting wartime body counts. This issue is
dedicated to them.
On the cover, we feature ve courageous
individuals from across di erent regions. Inside,
you’ll nd their stories and those of dozens more
around the world, often in their own words and
illustrated with their own photographs. They are
what in uence looks like today.
While frontline workers face signi cant
danger in their work, reporting alongside
them brings its own set of challenges.
National correspondent Charlotte
Alter spent a shift with Yonkers, N.Y.,
paramedic Alanna Badgley,
and veteran war photographer
Christopher Morris documented
the overwhelming work of coroner
Michael Fowler in Albany, Ga.
We also asked photographer
turned paramedic Danny Kim
to document his harrowing
experience over the course of
a week responding to likely
ON THE COVERS:
FROM TOP: DANNY KIM
FOR TIME (TEANECK, N.J.);
CHRISTOPHER MORRIS—VII
FOR TIME (ALBANY, GA.);
LAUREN LANCASTER FOR
TIME (YONKERS, N.Y.);
ELIZABETH BICK FOR
TIME (DALLAS); LORENZO
MELONI—MAGNUM
PHOTOS FOR TIME
(RAVENNA, ITALY)
COVID-19 patients in New Jersey. “I really want
our voices to be heard,” Kim says. “I want our story
to be told from us directly.”
With TIME’s o ces closed, working remotely
has presented a host of obstacles, not the
least of which includes creating video that is
normally made with access to on-site servers and
equipment. To accompany this issue, working
with creativity and caution, our team created six
rich videos told from the point of view of those
immersed in the ght against this pandemic. Like
the photographs in the magazine, much of the
video footage was taken by the people on the front
lines themselves. You can watch these videos at
time.com/frontline-heroes.
WE ARE ALSO PLEASED to launch a new video
collaboration between TIME and journalist
Katie Couric, who will be interviewing frontline
heroes and working with us to cover the health
and wellness crisis that we’re all confronting
together today.
As we put this issue together, our sta also felt
it was important to look at what those of us who
aren’t on the front line can do to help. Of course,
the most important thing—as many of the rst
responders we spoke to reminded us—is to stay
at home to slow the spread of COVID-19. But
millions around the world are searching for ways
to donate their time or money, and so our team
has put together a list of charities and causes
worth your attention. You’ll nd them at
time.com/giving. You can also sign up there
to be part of the TIME for Giving community
as it grows, and receive periodic updates
on ways to give and stories of those
deserving support.
I hope you’ll join us.
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