Project

Speaking Out on Coronavirus

All of us at the Pulitzer Center have transitioned to working remotely, while our Campus Consortium partners have migrated to online distance learning. We’re thankful for our ability to stay connected, and yet our flexibility is being tested—daily, hourly, and minute-by-minute. 

For the Pulitzer Center team, Reporting Fellows, Alums, and the university community alike, the transition is a unique one that presents challenges. What does life during a pandemic look like? What's it like to shelter in place or practice social distancing? What are the long-term effects? How do we face the fear and uncertainty? And what makes us laugh? We decided to seek those answers.

Below, members of the Pulitzer Center and the Campus Consortium reflect, report, and record their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you are a member of the Pulitzer Center or the Campus Consortium (or an alum) we welcome your contributions! They may be sent to reportingfellows[at]pulitzercenter.org.

Project image: Local businesses in Madison, Wisconsin prepared to reopen on May 26, 2020. The Orpheum Theater on State. Image by Lawrence Andrea. United States, 2020.

October 26, 2020 | Pulitzer Center

Through the Eyes of Esperanza

Elena Bruess. Translated and Interpreted by Chiara Vercellone.

As a Latinx neighborhood faces the highest rates of COVID-19 in Chicago, a community health center provides a window to the health disparities within the city.

October 02, 2020 | Pulitzer Center

Love in the Year of the Plague

René Sing-Brooks

"These are hard times; hope can easily go sour. We can’t give them that," writes 2020 LaGuardia Community College Fellow René Sing-Brooks in his poem set in pandemic-stricken New York City.