Welcome to Contagion Coverage 2020, a Journalism Program website documenting the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and how it’s affecting the Hunter community. During the spring semester, journalism students contributed more than 70 stories in text, video, audio and infographic form. We’ll be showcasing student work again this fall, so please check back regularly for new stories.
We also welcome submissions from any Hunter students, faculty or staff members who wish to share their work about the pandemic. If you’d like to contribute to this site, please email sissel.mccarthy@hunter.cuny.edu.
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Department Hosts First Virtual Graduation
June 14, 2020, By Seon Pollard, The Envoy An opening slideshow to reminisce about times spent together. A chat window…...
A Student’s-Eye Snapshot of COVID-19 Across NYC
June 8, By Hunter College Students, Dateline:CUNY When COVID-19 struck and the city largely shut down, journalism students like the…...
VIDEO: As Those Around Her Died, She Gave Birth During COVID-19
June 3, 2020, By Carol Almonte, City Limits As New York’s COVID-19 cases began to skyrocket in late March, the…...
Death, Tears and ‘Here Comes the Sun’: A Hospital Worker Remembers
June 3, 2020, By Diana Cruz, City Limits The hospital’s overhead speaker crackled. Anticipating a “code blue” for a stroke,…...
AUDIO: A COVID-19 Memory: Quarantined for Ramadan
June 3, 2020, By Edina Music, City Limits Emen Tabit, 26, is a member of the Islamic Bay Ridge Center,…...
COVID-19 and The Struggle Over Tuition
May 28, 2020, By Lauren Hakimi, The Envoy Before the coronavirus wreaked its havoc, Lael Manalo’s days started early and…...
VIDEO: Quarantine Cooking
May 22, 2020, By Hunter News Now When Hunter College shifted to online learning on March 16th, it changed up…...
VIDEO: Hunter News Now’s May 19 Newscast
May 19, 2020, By Hunter News Now In this fourth edition of Hunter News Now: Tribute to the members of the…...
VIDEO: HNN Interview With President Raab
May 19, 2020, By Hunter News Now Hunter President Jennifer Raab wrote an op-ed in the Daily News explaining why…...
VIDEO: Fall 2020 Student Recruitment
May 19, 2020, By Janet Hernandez, Hunter News Now Hunter College is finding new ways to reach out to admitted…...
VIDEO: Student Produces COVID-19 PSAs
May 19, 2020, By Daniil Miller, Hunter News Now A series of public service announcements , filmed & edited by student…...
VIDEO: Tribute to Hunter News Now Students
May 19, 2020, By Hunter News Now From the fourth edition of Hunter News Now, Professor McCarthy’s tribute to HNN students.…...
VIDEO: Mental Health Resources
May 19, 2020, By Hunter News Now Self isolation has put a huge strain on people’s mental health. Learn how…...
VIDEO: Advising Offers Virtual Registration
May 19, 2020, By Srija Rai, Hunter News Now The very first remote spring semester is coming towards the end.…...
VIDEO: HNN Nursing Clinicals
May 19, 2020, By Hunter News Now Check out how nursing students from Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing is doing with…...
VIDEO: Hunter College Presents: Hunter@Home
May 19, 2020, By Colleen Digney, Hunter News Now Distance learning has a whole new meaning for Hunter College. Hunter…...
Here’s What It’s Like to Teach Preschool on Zoom
May 13, 2020, By Greta Belegu, Student Portfolio Before the pandemic hit, Sapir Banil had the stressful job of teaching…...
Reinforcement Needed
May 10, 2020, By Jack McAllister, Student Portfolio How voter advocacy groups are prepared to keep young people engaged and…...
LIVE BLOG: Students Report Live on Coronavirus
May 5, By Students of Urban Health & Environment Reporting Class Students in the Journalism Program’s Urban Health and Environment…...
VIDEO: Hunter Students Stay Strong
May 3, 2020, By Colleen Digney, Hunter News Now Gym closures don’t stop our Hunter Hawks. Hunter Recreation hosts live exercise…...
VIDEO + AUDIO: Bedroom Pop Is On The Rise
May 3, 2020, By Janet Hernandez, Student Portfolio Amid the coronavirus lockdown, singer-songwriter April Levin had to decide whether she…...
Social Distancing Impacts USG Campaign
May 1, 2020, By sumaitahasan, The Envoy As social distancing enters its seventh week, student activities face new challenges, and…...
VIDEO: Getting Camera Ready During Quarantine
April 30, 2020, By Janet Hernandez, Hunter News Now Celebrity makeup artist and brow expert Ramy Gafni visited our Studio News…...
Furry, Feathery Friends Boost Students’ Mental Health During Quarantine
April 30, 2020, By Maria Puerta Hincapie, The Athenian Hunter students are turning to their furry companions for stress and anxiety…...
Hunter Gets Creative During Quarantine
April 29, 2020, By Maria Puerta Hincapie, The Athenian From gardening to sketching to releasing an EP on Spotify, the Hunter…...
VIDEO: USG Presidential Candidates Campaign On Social Media
April 29, 2020, By Afia Eama, Hunter News Now This year’s USG candidates are unable to campaign on campus and…...
VIDEO: Hunter News Now’s Third Newscast
April 29, 2020, By Hunter News Now In this edition of Hunter News Now: Federal Government Financial Assistance, Advising for Students,…...
Home During The Coronavirus Pandemic
April 28, 2020, By Corey Holliday, The Athenian Hunter College moved to distance learning more than a month ago. Students are…...
STORY MAP: Coronavirus Vignettes
April 28, 2020, By Students of Urban Health & Environment Reporting Class Students in the Journalism Program’s Urban Health and…...
State Financial Plan Spells Potential Doom for Higher Ed
April 27, 2020, By Lauren Hakimi, The Envoy New York State plans to cut spending on localities by $8.2 billion…...
College Radio Stations Adapt to Quarantine
April 26, 2020, By Joshebel Ramlakhan, Student Portfolio As colleges across the country have switched to distance learning due to…...
Stuck at Home, Students Bake Away the Blues
April 24, 2020, By Anjor Khadilkar, The Envoy As Hunter students enter another month of distance learning, many students say that…...
COVID-19 Puts Hold on Students’ Futures as Summer Internships Get Canceled
April 24, 2020, By Maria Puerta Hincapie, The Athenian COVID-19 related budget cuts have resulted in the shut down of nearly all…...
Bingo! Hunter Students Use Social Media Game to Reconnect
April 22, 2020, By Natalie Rash, The Envoy Isolated in our respective quarantine locations, Hunter students crave even the slightest bit…...
USG Hosts Town Hall During Coronavirus Pandemic
April 22, 2020, By Melissa Lent, The Envoy USG hosts a town hall meeting at least once a semester, and…...
Seven Predictions for a Post-COVID Society
April 22, 2020, By Sarah Bhawanidin, The Athenian After a month of living in lockdown, the Hunter community can’t help…...
Is There Any Financial Aid To Help Local Newspapers During the Coronavirus?
April 21, 2020, By Professor Sissel McCarthy, News Literacy Matters Your question alludes to a dire situation: local news is…...
Hunter Students Thankful for Laptop Loans, but Weary of Terms
April 20, 2020, By Sarah Bhawanidin, The Athenian Through the end of the semester, Hunter College is lending free laptops to…...
Spring Internships Cut Short Amid Coronavirus Shutdown
April 20, 2020, By Janet Hernandez, The Athenian Just two months into her finance internship at a startup company, Hunter…...
VIDEO: HNN Newscast Two
April 20, 2020, By Hunter News Now In this edition of Hunter News Now: Commencement Ceremony Update, CUNY Recalibration Period,…...
‘DWTS’ Professional Talks About His Quarantine Life
April 19, 2020, By Sima Sadykhov, Student Portfolio Site Just a few weeks ago, professional ballroom dancer Pasha Pashkov, 34, who…...
VIDEO: Hunter College Students Had Three Days To Move Out
April 17, 2020, By Emilia Nygren, Hunter News Now In order to comply with the statewide shutdown in the wake of…...
VIDEO: Hunter’s Essential Workers
April 17, 2020, By Afia Eama, Hunter News Now While New York City is on pause, essential workers continue to travel…...
VIDEO: Students remain Creative during Quarantine
April 17, 2020, by Srija Rai, Hunter News Now The Corona Virus lockdown have shut the schools and the studios not…...
COVID-19 Makes Anxious Students More Anxious
April 17, 2020, By Seon Pollard, The Athenian Before the coronavirus became a pandemic, Sarah Farr experienced mild anxiety. She would…...
Commuting Stole Time from Hunter Students, Quarantine Gave it Back
April 17, 2020, By Kristina Vukaj, The Athenian Hunter College’s commuter students have more time than ever before, now that remote-learning…...
Can MoMA Make Me Care About Getting Dressed Again?
April 16, 2020, By Kalli Siringas, The Athenian As social distancing has most New Yorkers shut inside their homes, popular life…...
VIDEO: Student Jobs in the Era of COVID-19
April 16, 2020, by Seon Pollard, Hunter News Now The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the American job market and…...
Plague and Plague Again, Theater Has Prevailed
April 15, 2020, By John Laudani, Student Portfolio Site Julia Catalano is a 20-year-old junior at Syracuse University and is currently…...
VIDEO: This is our story
April 13, 2020, By Yeesoon Jeon, Documentary Video Production 1 Three women share their personal stories as part of a…...
Pandemic Reporting Requires Remote Interview Smarts
April 13, 2020, by Kalli Siringas, Hunter Journalism With face-to-face reporting still unsafe during the COVID-19 outbreak, remote video interviewing has…...
The Returning Envoy Boosts Readership With COVID-19 Coverage
April 13, 2020, by Rich Mendez, Hunter Journalism The Envoy, an independent student-run news site, is back with a vengeance…...
Hunter Students Help Younger Siblings Transition to Remote Learning
April 10, 2020, By Sarah Bhawanidin, The Athenian Some Hunter students are taking on a bigger workload than their peers by…...
Quarantine Journal: Living With Distance
April 6, 2020, by David Alm & students, The Bridge In these brief vignettes, 15 journalism students at Hunter College offer…...
F-1 Students Face Additional Challenges Due to COVID-19
April 6, 2020, By Mindup Lama, The Athenian On top of transitioning to online learning and uncertainty about internships, international…...
Interning Under A Pandemic, Hunter Students Make Adjustments
April 6, 2020, By Rich Mendez, Hunter Journalism In an informal survey of Hunter students interning in newsrooms this semester,…...
Arts Students Confront Distance Learning Challenges
April 3, 2020, by Melissa Lent, The Envoy When Sam Kim logged onto his first online performance class, he experienced immediate…...
CUNY Students Scramble After COVID-19 Dorm Evictions, Demand Spring Tuition Refunds
April 2, 2020, by Lauren Hakimi, City Limits Across the city, businesses, institutions and individuals have had to make sacrifices to…...
AUDIO: The Next Gen Podcast
April 2020, By Melissa Lent, The Next Gen Podcast Generation Z, defined by the Pew Research Center as those born after…...
A Social Media Pandemic
March 31, 2020, by Sissel McCarthy, News Literacy Matters Misinformation about COVID-19 is still spreading almost as fast as the…...
CUNY Board of Trustees Approves Dormitory Refunds, Student Activity Fee Waiver And CR/NC Policy
March 30, 2020, by Afia Eama, The Envoy The CUNY Board of Trustees approved on Monday motions to refund dormitory fees,…...
Language Flagship Study Abroad Program Cancellations Disrupt Timelines & Upend Plans
Since she was a high school senior four years ago, Sophia Newman had been building towards her year abroad as a college senior. In a matter of weeks, what should have been the culmination of her college career became a rush to escape back home. ...
Students Told to Leave College of Staten Island Dormitory, Vice President Cites Need for Temporary Hospitals
March 24, 2020, by Lauren Hakimi, The Envoy Student-residents at the College of Staten Island’s Dolphin Cove dormitory were told Monday…...
Students Told to Move Out of Brookdale and 79th Street Dorms
March 24, 2020, by Afia Eama, The Envoy Update 3/25: Housing-insecure students will be sent to live at Queens College according…...
CUNY Institutes Recalibration Period and New Grading Policy
March 24, 2020, by Melissa Lent, The Envoy CUNY will undergo a recalibration period beginning March 27 through April 1,…...
Fear Spreads Faster Than the Virus
March 23, 2020, By Mindup Lama, Student Portfolio NEW YORK — Along with President Trump, some people label COVID-19 the…...
AUDIO: Class Is In Session For Seniors
March 23, 2020, By Audrey Henson, Student Portfolio When a majority of Americans imagine what retirement looks like, it often…...
Opinion: CUNY Needs A Universal Pass/Fail System to Protect Vulnerable Students
March 23, 2020, by Andrew Shkreli, The Envoy Anyone proximal to New York understands how severely COVID-19, otherwise known as…...
CUNY Students Maintain Optimism During Unprecedented Pandemic
March 22, 2020, By Richard Mendez, Studio Portfolio On March 11, after student pressure and advice from healthcare experts, students…...
A Running List of Resources for Students During Coronavirus Outbreak
March 20, 2020, by the editors of The Envoy The editors at The Envoy know that during these tough times, students…...
What’s for Lunch During a Quarantine?
March 20, 2020, by David Alm & students, The Bridge As the 275,000 students who attend CUNY’s 26 campuses across New…...
Coronavirus Causes Shift in Student Publications
March 20, 2020, by Melissa Lent, Dateline: CUNY CUNY–Just as Afia Eama finished the final edit on her article about…...
Professional Staff Congress Calls on CUNY to Close Libraries
March 18, 2020, by Lauren Hakimi, The Envoy CUNY’s faculty union, the Professional Staff Congress, is calling on campus libraries…...
Is the News Media Overreacting to the Coronavirus?
It may feel like a constant cascade of news, but the coverage is proportional to what could be the biggest global health crisis in more than a hundred years. And when you consider how much more globally connected we are now than during the flu pandemic of 1918, and how much the world economy relies ...
Following Broadways Lead, Hunter Closes Brecht Production
March 16, 2020, by Kalli Siringas, The Athenian The show must go on: Unless there’s a pandemic. As of 5 p.m.…...
For Struggling Hunter Students, Coronavirus Means Added Financial Pressure
March 16, 2020, by Lauren Hakimi, The Envoy Chloe Carter-Daves isn’t particularly worried about contracting the coronavirus. But she has…...
CUNYAC Cancels Remainder of Sports Season
March 13, 2020, by Afia Eama, The Envoy Winter and spring sports are canceled for the remainder of the semester…...
NYC Public Libraries Suspend All March Events Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
March 12, 2020, by Lauren Hakimi, The Envoy The New York Public Library, the Queens Public Library and the Brooklyn Public…...
Classes Canceled: Governor Cuomo Responds to COVID-19
March 11, 2020, by Mindup Lama, The Athenian All public colleges in New York State will transfer to online-learning only…...
SUNY and CUNY To Suspend In-Person Classes
March 11, 2020, by Afia Eama, The Envoy Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that all SUNY and CUNY schools will…...
Why is there so much conflicting information about the coronavirus, and what should we believe?
February 28, 2020, by Sissel McCarthy, News Literacy Matters While public health officials warn of a pandemic, the internet’s frenzied…...
NYC Patients Test Negative for Coronavirus, but New Yorkers Continue to Fret
February 13, 2020, by Mindup Lama, The Envoy The six New York City residents and one non-resident who were under…...