Coronavirus update: Introducing the COVID Diaries | Sam Hodgson

<p>It’s a complicated time to be a journalist.</p><p>It’s a complicated time to be anyone.</p><p>With strong social-distancing orders in place at all levels of government, we wanted to find a way to check the pulse of the region that wouldn’t contribute in any way to the spread of the coronavirus.</p><p>We turned to video chats -- a medium that so many of us are using more often this past week, whether we’re taking business meetings while working from home or doing “social-distancing happy hours” with friends across the county or the country.</p><p>“COVID-Diaries” introduce you to people across the region who are navigating this thorny new world under unique circumstances.</p><p>Episode 1 will introduce you to Thomas Shaw, who is concerned about the implications of the virus’ spread on his relationship with his wife, who has early-onset Alzheimer’s and lives in a memory care facility. Episode 2 features Daisy Scott, who is trying to run a student newspaper while reckoning with the fact that her final quarter of college has been upended.</p><p>If you’d like to share your story or have ideas for who we should reach out to, email sam.hodgson@sduniontribune.com.</p>