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Interviewing truckers along the Mass Pike - March 17, 2020
Courtesy of Art Illman / Daily News Photojournalist
In the spring of 2020, I interned as a reporter for The MetroWest Daily News and Milford Daily News.
It was a unique experience, beginning right before COVID-19 hit the United States and lasting into the peak of the pandemic. The photo above was taken after Governor Charlie Baker’s State of Emergency order but prior to the CDC’s public mask advisory.
At MetroWest, I had the opportunity to report first hand on the effects of lockdown and shortages of basic necessities, like food and hand sanitizer. As well as hear the thoughts, fears and hopes of average people coping with the “new normal.”-
This was a sharp contrast from the mostly feel-good stories I was writing earlier in the year.
But throughout my Covid coverage, I was struck by the humanity that still prevailed. From a one-woman candle shop business cutting into her own proceeds to buy lunches for hospital staff, to local garden clubs working to keep their towns vibrant amid dark times.
“I think, once the pandemic ends, we’ll all be much closer,” one grocery store patron told me for an article. Looking back now, I'd say she was right.
Below are some of my stories from the Daily News, readable in full at MetroWest, WickedLocal and other sites. Synopses taken from my original Tweets promoting them.
