Coronavirus outbreak shifts focus for student journalists across the nation
The coronavirus outbreak has ushered in an era of complete uncertainty around the nation. Schools and businesses across the United States have either gone to a skeleton crew or completely ceased operation, including Cleveland State University in Cuyahoga County, one of Ohio’s virus epicenters. As this time of uncertainty persists, students can look to their college newspapers.
Various university newspapers have been on the cutting edge of covering the coronavirus outbreak. Even remotely, news outlets like the Yale Daily News and the University of Florida’s The Alligator continue to cover the virus outbreak in the places where it is hurting people the most.
This mass shift to online publication presents an opportunity for student journalists to stay on the cutting edge of news while staying at home.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Associate College Press board member and director of student publications at Western Kentucky University Chuck Clark said, “It really seems like all across the country, student journalists are rising to the occasion on covering something that’s just unprecedented, and something that directly affects them.”
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to shift the way the world operates day by day, news outlets continue to uncover more and more to keep that world informed. Student newspapers, although most are no longer in print, strive to keep their universities informed online.
Outlets such as the University of North Carolina’s Daily Tar Heel and the University of Virginia’s The Cavalier Daily have gone online-first after reporting coronavirus cases. Cleveland State University’s The Cleveland Stater is now following suit with campus shut down for the semester.
Although the virus is yet to peak in the United States, dwindling cases in China and South Korea may provide a light at the end of the tunnel. Shutting down university campuses may be the right thing to do to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and, with any luck, student newspapers like The Cleveland Stater will be back in print, and in full force, by this fall.
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