A groundbreaking investigative series explores the intersection of journalism and personal experience as a reporter confronts the HIV/AIDS crisis firsthand. The piece examines how one journalist’s own diagnosis shaped their reporting, revealing the emotional and ethical challenges of covering a pandemic while living through it. Through deeply personal accounts and rigorous research, the story challenges conventional boundaries between observer and subject. It offers a rare, intimate look at the human cost of advocacy and the complexities of telling stories that hit too close to home.
‘Covering AIDS and Living It’: When a Reporter Is Part of the Story The New York Times
