Boston Globe package aims to boost vaccination, encourages other papers, public institutions to do the same

Coronavirus vaccination rates and deaths by county as of Aug. 16, 2021.
Boston Globe map; click the image to enlarge it or here for the interactive version.

A special report from The Boston Globe and its collaborators at other news organizations, "The Last Best Shot," aims to educate readers on the coronavirus vaccine and illustrate why getting vaccinated is so important to ending the pandemic. Such a project, and similar efforts, are the responsibility of those with the ear of the public, the editorial board writes.

The package includes charts, an interactive map correlating vaccination rates with deaths, an editorial, myths and facts about coronavirus vaccination, tips on convincing the unvaccinated, testimony from vaccine skeptics who are glad they got vaccinated, and a story on how vaccination blunted the pandemic in a local community. Other newspapers can replicate these elements or cite the Globe's work with permission. Here's how the Globe is highlighting editorials: