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.
A Timeline of COVID-19 In Indiana
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.
Watch: A Year Of COVID-19 In Indiana
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.
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
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.
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.
