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April 13, 2021

Reflections: COVID-19

March 2021 marked a year since the COVID-19 crisis began to dominate our lives. To mark that milestone, reporters from WFYI, Side Effects Public Media and IPB News are producing a series of non-narrated features that reflect on the pandemic's impact in Indiana and across the Midwest.

This is a collection of those stories.

March 8, 2021

Reflections: How A Year Of COVID-19 Affected America

It's been a year since the COVID-19 crisis started to dominate our lives. To mark that milestone, our journalists revisited their reporting and collected some significant moments.

March 9, 2021

Reflections: Happy To Be Alive After COVID Double-Lung Transplant

In June, Mayra Ramirez became the first U.S. COVID-19 patient to undergo the life-saving procedure. She spoke with Side Effects Public Media about what shes been through in the past year.

March 10, 2021

Reflections: Adapting To Address Food Insecurity

As part of WFYI's series this month marking a year of pandemic, this reflection from President and CEO at Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana John Elliott explores the year in food assistance.

March 15, 2021

Reflections: How COVID Took A Toll On Nurse And Her Family

Agatha Walston, a registered nurse at a long-term care facility in Louisville, was on the front lines when the pandemic hit.

March 16, 2021

Reflections: Doctor On Life And Death With COVID

For the past year, Dr. Lauren Graham has been the COVID-19 coordinator at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell, Iowa. She spoke to Side Effects Public Medias Natalie Krebs about what shes learned one year into the pandemic.

March 17, 2021

Reflections: Struggling To Keep Daycare Doors Open Amid The Pandemic

If some of your students don't stay, how do you afford to continue for the ones that need you? Child care provider Amber Gritter managed to do that during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is part of her story.

Indiana Bus Driver, Instacart Shopper Reflects On Working Through A Pandemic

March 18, 2021

Reflections: Indiana Bus Driver, Instacart Shopper On Working Through A Pandemic

It's been a year of living through the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana. Throughout it, many front-line workers confronted personal fears to keep schools and businesses running. Melissa Rose from Valparaiso was one of them, working both as a bus driver and as a personal shopper for the grocery delivery app, Instacart.

March 22, 2021

Reflections: How This Nurse Found Strength During COVID

April Hendrickson is a resource nurse at University Hospital and Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She spoke with Side Effect's Public Media's Darian Benson about how she found strength in her faith while working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 22, 2021

One Year Of COVID-19 In Indiana

We asked Hoosiers across the state to share their stories with us the people we've lost, the triumphs, the recoveries, and the changes.

March 24, 2021

Essential Worker, Janitor Dennis Osborn Reflects On One Year Of COVID-19

It's been a year of living through the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana. When the Stay-At-Home orders went into effect in 2020, we brought you the stories of essential workers outside of health care who have also put themselves at risk in order to do their jobs. We checked back in with them about their lives -- one year later.

March 26, 2021

Essential Worker, Butcher Juan Ruffin Reflects On One Year Of COVID-19

April 9, 2021

One Year Later, Family Of Southern Indiana's First COVID-19 Case Reflects On His Life

It's been about a year since COVID-19 upended our lives. Now, as more and more people get vaccinated, things are slowly returning to normal. And for one Midwestern family, that offers an unusual opportunity to honor a loved one -- with a long-awaited memorial service.

April 12, 2021

Despite Online Learning Challenges, Families Find Some Value In A Year At Home

This time last year, students had been sent home for spring break -- and many just now came back to the classroom full time. Remote learning presented challenges, but some say they managed to find value in the changes forced onto their lives.

April 13, 2021

What's It Been Like To Be A Teacher During A Year Of COVID-19?

This time last year, as the pandemic took root across the country, teachers pivoted and grappled with questions they never considered.

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