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A Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism Project

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    Recovery in the time of COVID
    Sean Riedel
    • May 1, 2021
    • 16 min

    Recovery in the time of COVID

    Everyone is welcome. You can sit anywhere you’d like. The wooden chairs are arranged in a circle, so everyone can see one another. There...
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    Finding flat Earth
    Kate Pezzulli
    • Apr 29, 2021
    • 15 min

    Finding flat Earth

    COVID HOAX. Those were the words written in the parking lot of the Walmart in chalk. A man who matched the description of Patrick Burke...
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    Virtual Learning: A process as tough as Stone
    Peyton McCutchen
    • Apr 28, 2021
    • 9 min

    Virtual Learning: A process as tough as Stone

    Just two weeks before the 2020 school year began, the ever-familiar Texas heat could be felt beating down around anything that dared to...
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    On being a journalist during the pandemic: A survival story
    Brielle Thomas
    • Apr 28, 2021
    • 8 min

    On being a journalist during the pandemic: A survival story

    It was a Sunday evening in May when Kyle Martin’s phone rang. He looked to see who it was — it was his boss. “That’s strange,” he thought...
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    Keeping the doors open: A private-school principal confronts the pandemic
    Megan Martinez
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 7 min

    Keeping the doors open: A private-school principal confronts the pandemic

    Ana Silva sits in her office—the principal’s office—at St. Pius X School in El Paso, Texas. Artwork hangs on the white walls in the small...
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    Women at war with COVID: A tale of three health care workers
    Cydne Robinson
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 10 min

    Women at war with COVID: A tale of three health care workers

    "9-1-1 operator. What’s your emergency?” “Don’t hang up, help is on the way!” The ambulance swerves past traffic, its lights blind, its...
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    Coronavirus: From the crib to the club
    Rebecca Najera
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 16 min

    Coronavirus: From the crib to the club

    The lights are low while Jamie Foxx’s “Blame It” echoes throughout both floors of Dallas’ newest Spearmint Rhino club, which has only...
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    A distant farewell behind the wall
    John Fernando Munoz M.
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 7 min

    A distant farewell behind the wall

    Taurino and Silvia rest in peace beneath a Californian pepper tree in San Diego. Three of their sons, their three daughters-in-law, and...
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    As COVID ravages the local music scene, one couple struggles to keep playing
    Marcus Sykes
    • Apr 24, 2021
    • 5 min

    As COVID ravages the local music scene, one couple struggles to keep playing

    Little did a three-year-old girl whose voice hit harmonic notes like few others and a seven-year-old boy performing in his first piano...
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    When the world stood still
    Peyton McCutchen
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    When the world stood still

    Mom. Dad. Sister. Emma. Grace. Bethany. Kids. In my head, I repeat the list, inhaling slowly with one name, exhaling with the next. I...
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    No easy feat: Managing ADHD in quarantine
    Brielle Thomas
    • Apr 18, 2021
    • 6 min

    No easy feat: Managing ADHD in quarantine

    It was a Tuesday morning in April. I was enveloped in my bed sheets like a caterpillar in a cocoon. I had been staring at the ceiling for...
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    Derby funk never smelled so good
    Kate Pezzulli
    • Apr 18, 2021
    • 5 min

    Derby funk never smelled so good

    There’s nothing like the smell of roller derby. The “derby funk” we call it. It permeates your skin at the knees, elbows, and wrists and...
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    Self-care
    Maggie Toerner
    • Apr 18, 2021
    • 5 min

    Self-care

    I turn the bathtub faucet to hot and plug the drain. The ritual begins. I light my three candles, each occupying a corner of the tub. One...
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     Out of paper, out of stock
    Sarah Hayner
    • Apr 17, 2021
    • 3 min

    Out of paper, out of stock

    A line of 20 or so people stand outside the grocery store in Stephenville, Texas as I walk up to the front door. All eyes are watching...
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    In search of the elusive COVID vaccine
    Marcus Sykes
    • Apr 17, 2021
    • 6 min

    In search of the elusive COVID vaccine

    My phone rings. I forgot to put it on silent while I was studying. I pick up. “Hello,” I answer. It’s my mother. “I just wanted to call...
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    Lulu and me: A dog's pandemic journey
    Megan Martinez
    • Apr 17, 2021
    • 6 min

    Lulu and me: A dog's pandemic journey

    She sits next to me on my left side—her usual spot—quietly licking, licking, licking. Her movements are deliberate and methodical. “Lulu,...
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    Finding your own path
    Cydne Robinson
    • Apr 17, 2021
    • 5 min

    Finding your own path

    I lie in an empty room. I match the ceiling fan movements, twisting and turning in bed. My body won’t let me sleep. In just a few short...
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    Fleeing the virus: An immigrant's tale
    John Fernando Munoz M.
    • Apr 17, 2021
    • 6 min

    Fleeing the virus: An immigrant's tale

    "No sir, you cannot board the plane!" The voice of the Korean Airlines manager at Beijing International Airport sounded firm ,...
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    Legally uncertain: Applying to law school during the pandemic
    Brianna Adams
    • Apr 16, 2021
    • 9 min

    Legally uncertain: Applying to law school during the pandemic

    There are five minutes left on the timer. I shut off my meditation playlist on Pandora, set the thermostat to a comfortable 68 degrees...
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