Data visualization

Contagion on campus

Colleges across the country are reopening as COVID-19 cases near 8 million. Is there a way to do that safely?

By Jackson Dyal, Jacob Kemp, Savannah Miller, and Isaac Stephens

Photo essay

The grassroots battle against food insecurity in Boston

As community fridges continue to pop up across the nation, Boston residents are coming together to address food insecurity across the city

By Kelly Fleming, Chelsea Henderson, Ivy Saltsman, and Taraneh Tabib-Azar

Video

What would defunding the police look like?

Activists, police, and criminal justice experts on how defunding the police could work in Boston

By Petrina Danardatu, Stephen Dunmore, Ilana Gersten, and Madison Neuner

Data visualization

Is your college really safe?

A full analysis of the safety protocols of Boston colleges

By Rachel Cerato, Matt Levin, Nolan Piccola, Margherita Pierettiand Alexis Santoro

Photo essay

Urban green space has never been more essential

In the low-income largely minority community of Roxbury, this essential resource may be lost even as it’s expanded elsewhere in Boston

By Julia Carlin, Cameron Woods, Isabella Walsh, and Bill Wu

Video

Nowhere to go

The Homeless, a Virus and an Overwhelmed City

By Avery Bleichfeld, Susanna Maize, Asher Rappaport, and Ananya Sankar

Data visualization

To bubble or not to bubble?

How professional sports are trying to play in the age of the pandemic

By Saiesha Hardasani, Mike Puzzanghera, Yuvraj Ruia, and Valeria Vazquez

Photo essay

Can independent music survive?

Independent venues across Boston have struggled to remain open due during the COVID-19 pandemicn

By Jordan Baron, Oriana Dominguez, Anne Probert, and Helen Snow

Video

Projecting the future

At local independent movie houses, the spirit of the cinema has lived on thanks to unique and innovative changes

By Desmond Lafave, Seamus McAvoy, Grace McNamara, and Sophia Reynolds

Data visualization

A pandemic portrait of teachers in Massachusetts

Although most state guidelines now call for enforced social distancing practices and mask-wearing indoors, outbreaks at public schools across the US paint a risky picture for educators

By Sam Cronin, Matt Hersey, Kate Lauro, and Stella Westlake

Photo essay

Teaching and learning music during a pandemic

How music students and professors are adapting to an unprecedented situation

By Kelly Chan, Marisa Goolgasian, Charlise Koch, and Chris Triunfo

Video

Boston’s Secondhand Clothing Stores Prove Resilient Amidst a Global Pandemic

Online marketing coupled with the rising popularity of sustainable shopping has made Boston's consignment shops a bright spot among small businesses

By Nia Beckett, Sofia Noorouzi, Hannah Sammut, and Anthony Tranchina

Contagion on campus

Colleges across the country are reopening as COVID-19 cases near 8 million. Is there a way to do that safely?

The grassroots battle against food insecurity in Boston

As community fridges continue to pop up across the nation, Boston residents are coming together to address food insecurity across the city

What would defunding the police look like?

Activists, police, and criminal justice experts on how defunding the police could work in Boston

Is your college really safe?

A full analysis of the safety protocols of Boston colleges

Urban green space has never been more essential

In the low-income largely minority community of Roxbury, this essential resource may be lost even as it’s expanded elsewhere in Boston

Nowhere to go

The Homeless, a Virus and an Overwhelmed City

To bubble or not to bubble?

How professional sports are trying to play in the age of the pandemic

Can independent music survive?

Independent venues across Boston have struggled to remain open due during the COVID-19 pandemicn

Projecting the future

At local independent movie houses, the spirit of the cinema has lived on thanks to unique and innovative changes

A pandemic portrait of teachers in Massachusetts

Although most state guidelines now call for enforced social distancing practices and mask-wearing indoors, outbreaks at public schools across the US paint a risky picture for educators

Teaching and learning music during a pandemic

How music students and professors are adapting to an unprecedented situation

Boston’s Secondhand Clothing Stores Prove Resilient Amidst a Global Pandemic

Online marketing coupled with the rising popularity of sustainable shopping has made Boston's consignment shops a bright spot among small businesses

WHAT’S ESSENTIAL? was produced by students in the Northeastern University School of Journalism. © 2020