Penn State students returned home for the Spring 2020 semester.
The university's journalism students are reporting on the impact of the coronavirus
from their homes and communities.
Coronavirus safety a scary roller coaster ride for essential worker and his family

Walt Toomer was driving to work at 4 a.m. on Sunday, April 5. He would soon be dressed head-to-toe in protective gear to help disinfect every inch of his company’s warehouse. He felt his first coronavirus symptom in the car that morning. Walt Toomer is my father. He could easily be considered one of the…

Home Delivery

photos and text by Haley Galliano The first order I ever shopped for was at the start of the state-wide shut down in Pennsylvania. I got in the tan 2015 Toyota Sienna I currently drive and decided to take on a job delivering groceries to support myself after the restaurant where I waitress was forced…

One Good Thing

Photojournalism students turn the camera on themselves to reflect on something good that comes from isolating at home. Author Lindsey Toomer Lindsey is a junior double majoring in photojournalism and global and international studies with a minor in French. She is a reporter and photographer for The Daily Collegian and a member of the administrative…

They Love New York

Delicia Daniels 4.01.2020 On the day that the death toll in New York City from COVID-19 exceeded 1,000, Olecia Daniels and her brother, Javon, join hands to create a heart over Queens, New York. Author Lindsey Toomer Lindsey is a junior double majoring in photojournalism and global and international studies with a minor in French….

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Students From Around The World

Curated Instagram images made by Communications students from around the globe documenting their lives during COVID-19.

Best Of
What They Saw
Best Of, Multimedia, Video

What They Saw

Penn State journalism students spent the second half of their semester not in the classroom but locked down in their homes. From there they recorded what they saw and what they and their families have experienced – the lockdowns, the fear, the boredom, the anxiety, and the joy that a whole world has confronted. Their…

Election 2020
Hope alone isn’t enough
Election 2020, MAP, Writing

Hope alone isn’t enough

by Jake Aferiat John Birkner really liked his chances. A former three-term mayor of a suburban New Jersey town, Birkner ran as a Democrat for a seat in the New Jersey State Assembly for the 39th District in 2019, seeking to flip a seat which hadn’t been represented by a Democrat since 1981. Still, that…

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