The COVID Diaries presented by The Breeze and Breeze TV: Recent Episodes
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This series of podcasts take a look at how we're all coping during this global pandemic. We endeavor to bring you a snapshot of the shared struggles we all face as the world battles this disease.
Camryn Finn sat down with high school dance students to see how if they're still pirouetting at home despite the pandemic.
Breeze TV's Sara Banton digs into how farmer's lives are changing because of the pandemic.
The Breeze's Rebecca Bonifacio takes a look at Bergen County, New Jersey, one of the main epicenter's of the COVID pandemic. She spoke with nurses who are surviving and saving lives every day.
This audio package by Breeze TV's Ali Baxter takes a look at Liberty University's response to the COVID pandemic and explores why Liberty took so much heat from local and national media.
This week's episode focuses on the landscape that is changing all around us right now. Our lives for better or worse are online. We took a look at nursing students, baseball coaches, churches, and weddings and how it's all changing right before our eyes. These stories are brought to you by The Breeze and Breeze TV. The two James Madison University student media outlets worked together to create a time capsule of the world we're currently living in.
Later today the main COVID Diaries podcast will drop. Right now though we hear from Ali Baxter. The JMU journalism student talks about a dream three years in the making that was shattered by the outbreak of COVID 19.
Each day leading up to the next COVID Diaries podcast we will be highlighting a personal essay by JMU journalism students. This fifth essay comes from Zach Hill. After spring break Hill had to stay home in Maryland when JMU closed its doors. So he decided to go to work and stepped right into the middle of the pandemic.
Each day leading up to the next COVID Diaries podcast we will be highlighting a personal essay by JMU journalism students. This fourth one comes from Camryn Finn. In this essay, Finn looks back at a surreal spring break trip that ended with the world around her completely changed.
Each day leading up to the next COVID Diaries podcast we will be highlighting a personal essay by JMU journalism students. This third essay comes from Ryann Sheehy. She lost the chance to perform in a show she was cast in after the university shut its doors for the semester.
Each day leading up to the next COVID Diaries podcast we will be highlighting a personal essay by JMU journalism students. This second one comes from Maddy Piovano who has a much different view of COVID 19 from the rest of us. She has suffered from major respiratory issues throughout her life. She talks about the lack of empathy by some during this pandemic and her hope that the world will learn something valuable when this is all over.
The next COVID Diaries podcast will drop late Thursday night. Each day leading up to that we will share personal essays by JMU Students. This first one comes from Bailey Butler, a junior at JMU who is part of the Swimming & Diving Team. In this essay, Bailey talks about how jarring it is to now have a life that is devoid of her passion.
This week's episode focuses on what we've all lost in this time of COVID. We look at what college students, elementary school kids, athletes, and grandma's have missed out on because of the pandemic. These stories are brought to you by The Breeze and Breeze TV. The two James Madison University student media outlets worked together to create a time capsule of the world we're currently living in.