COVID Diaries Colorado: A Day in the Pandemic
- (Photo credit: Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
About the Project
The Work
Adilene Guajardo, Denver7 – thedenverchannel.com Cat Garcia had been waiting for the call from the nurses at the neonatal intensive care unit, hoping to hear good news about her baby...
Liam Adams, MetroWest Newspapers – thebrightonblade.com Capt. Colin Brunt climbed into Brighton Fire Rescue Tower 51, a 46-foot long fire truck with a ladder. Trailed by his colleagues in Engine...
Victoria Carodine, 5280 – 5280.com In a building that can hold up to 200 praying together, Imam Muhammad Kolila was alone as he prayed the Salat al-‘asr, one of Islam’s...
Kevin Vaughan, 9NEWS – 9news.com Arapahoe County coroner Dr. Kelly Lear was at home, in jeans and a turtleneck instead of her usual scrubs, handling the administrative tasks that go...
Jennifer Brown, Colorado Sun – coloradosun.com Nolan Christopher Dreher’s parents tucked him into his car seat in the back of their Toyota Highlander and drove snowy roads from Steamboat Springs...
Andrew Kenney, CPR News – cpr.org The self-storage yard was empty when Dawna Numbers arrived. The rain had paused, so the 48-year-old moved quickly to load her clothes in plastic...
Claire Cleveland, CPR News – cpr.org It was another quiet day in the E.R., and the nurses gathered as they do every afternoon to discuss adjusting their schedules. This is a...
Scott Condon, The Aspen Times – aspentimes.com Fabiola Grajales waited for the nose swab that would tell her whether she was finally free of the coronavirus and able to be...
Jan Wondra, Ark Valley Voice – arkvalleyvoice.com The vehicles pulled into the parking lot on the west side of the school. Michelle Cunningham was there in a surgical mask and gloves,...
Conrad Swanson, The Denver Post – denverpost.com Speaking in a basement room of a mostly quiet City and County building, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock told a dozen Emergency Operations Center staff...
Jesse Paul, Colorado Sun – coloradosun.com The president of the United States was on the line again. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, elected in 2014 as a rising star in the...
Kelley Griffin, CPR News – cpr.org Dr. Peter Stubenrauch reviewed patients’ charts with his medical team during morning rounds and once again weighed the tradeoffs of long-term ventilator use. Patients...
Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat – co.chalkbeat.org Dressed in purple scrub pants and a coordinated print top, Catherine Scott started her work day with a spray bottle of bleach solution, wiping down...
COVID Diaries Colorado: A Day in the Pandemic
This project was made possible through collaboration between newsrooms and journalists across the state, who are active partners in the Colorado News Collaborative, or COLab.
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