Today HOWL presents its esteem awards for the most interesting media headlines and bylines from these ‘Covid times’.
‘Justice of a Poetic Kind’ Award:
Shopper who used team to stockpile $10k of toilet paper, sanitiser refused refund
RNZ, 16thApril 2020
Puns: ‘Oh dear’ Award
Selfish surfer’s behavior far from swell
Stuff, 16thApril 2020
The ‘Not Keep Calm and Carry On’ Award
‘Shambles, chaos, ridiculous’: what the UK papers say about Covid-19 testing
Guardian, 2ndApril
‘Interesting Question’ Award
Coronavirus: Where will be the last place to catch Covid-19?
BBC.COM > News
‘You Should Never Bake Your Covid Heroes’ Award
New Zealand TV presenter ‘deeply sorry’ for her disturbing Jacinda Ardern cake
Guardian, 16thApril
The ‘Say What!’ Award
Coronavirus: German zoo may feed animals to each other
Stuff 16th April
‘The Purr-fect Headline’ Award
You can’t leave that lion there: big cats nap on road in South Africa amid lockdown
Guardian, 17th April
The ‘Headline that I Dream Of’ Award
‘It’s Over!’