An extraordinary time that required extraordinary journalism
2020 will be remembered as the year of the global pandemic.
The microscopic novel coronavirus that originated in China and wreaked havoc around the globe upended life as we knew it in the United States. For Senior Semester journalism students at the University of South Carolina, it meant a shuttered newsroom, weeks-long quarantine, online classes and fear of the unknown.
But this moment in history also presented opportunities to report on a worldwide health pandemic that had not been seen for a century. The students who scattered to their homes in mid-March operated a daily online newsroom that produced a compelling 15-minute broadcast each day and digital stories on the web that revealed the human drama they were witnessing.
The following reports are the culmination of that work. Take a moment to listen and read.
Our Journalists
Alaska
Denali Culver – Anchorage
Connecticut
Leah Kaczmarek – Cheshire
Maryland
Sydney Klawans – Baltimore
Mike Olson – Ellicott City
New Jersey
Liana Lamicella – Toms River
North Carolina
McKenzie Lindberg – Charlotte
Jack Taylor – Charlotte
Lexi Torrence – Charlotte
South Carolina
Mekyla Alvarado – Columbia
Mae Bing – Varnville
Alistair Cameron – Rock Hill
Anya Carney – Columbia
Nicole Gard – Columbia
Molly Godley – Lexington
Todd Heath – Columbia
Naja Hough – Columbia
Maria Jutton – Simpsonville
Savannah Kennedy – Columbia
Joseph Leonard – Lexington
Maddox McKibben-Greene – Fountain Inn
South Carolina
Emma Milner – Laurens
Emma Mondo – Columbia
Phoebe Murray – Columbia
Mercy Myers – Columbia
Cory Michael Peeler – Columbia
Madison Poindexter – Columbia
Chloe Rafferty – Columbia
Will Rioux – Awendaw
Jacob Sloan – Columbia
Landon Stamper – Columbia
Shontis Stewart – Jonesville
Laurryn Thomas – Charleston
