In the first episode of Digital Diaries, travel back in time to the end of March and experience quarantine through the recordings of Amos Pomp, who spent quarantine in his Evanston apartment. Pomp recorded his daily thoughts, feelings, and activities for the first week of Illinois’ stay-at-home order.

How are Evanston’s food pantries responding to a surge in food insecurity due to COVID-19? Hillside Food Pantry’s operations manager explains how the pantry adapted to meet the challenge, and a longtime volunteer walks us through a day at the pantry.

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/28/multimedia/everything-evanston-food-pantries-in-a-pandemic/

When McCormick Professor Jiaxing Huang first heard about the spread of COVID-19 and the lockdown in Wuhan, China, he asked himself what he could do to help. Then, he began developing a new kind of mask.

Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/24/multimedia/audio/brainstorm-unmasking-the-research-behind-covid-19/#photo

The audio editor of The Daily Northwestern explains the concept behind the new podcast Digital Diaries. The first episode will premiere next week. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/23/multimedia/audio/digital-diaries-coming-next-week/

For these Evanston concert venues, not even a global pandemic can stop the beat. Podculture talked to Studio5 and Evanston SPACE about their virtual concert series, and how they’re keeping themselves afloat in a time where in-person concerts aren’t possible anymore.

How has the rise in reports of anti-Asian racism impacted the Northwestern community? Northwestern students share their experiences with and comment on the rise of anti-Asian racism in the time of COVID-19.

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/22/multimedia/defining-safe-the-spread-of-coronavirus-and-anti-asian-racism/

Resources for Asian American students:

NAKASEC Community Resources for COVID-19

NAKASEC Mutual Aid Fund Donations

NU Asian Pacific American Coalition

AAPI Incident Report Form

This isn’t the first time the world has survived a pandemic, and it is possible history will repeat itself. What can the 1918 influenza and HIV tell us about what lies ahead? Listen as Jacob Fulton and Neya Thanikachalam break down the social and historical context of the novel coronavirus.

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/17/top-stories/brainstorm-what-past-pandemics-can-teach-us/

As a stay-at-home order has been issued in the state of Illinois, booksellers have had to find ways to adapt to help promote social distancing. Independent bookstore Bookends & Beginnings started a GoFundMe campaign after the stay-at-home order was issued. Evanston Public Library has transitioned their programming to be all digital during the pandemic.

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/17/multimedia/podculture-turning-the-page-a-new-chapter-in-evanstons-literary-community/

Meet Quadio. It’s Spotify, SoundCloud and LinkedIn all in one, and it’s for college students. We talk to the platform’s co-founder, Joe Welch, and two Northwestern students who are Quadio campus reps. One of them is an artist, the other’s a manager. Both have met collaborators through the app. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/15/multimedia/sound-source-meet-people-and-make-music-all-online/

How do the languages you speak change the way you think? The answer’s surprisingly complicated. Read the full article here: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/04/12/multimedia/audio/brainstorm-multilingualism-and-the-mind/