Coronavirus update: Introducing the COVID Diaries | Sam Hodgson

It’s a complicated time to be a journalist.It’s a complicated time to be anyone.With strong social-distancing orders in place at all levels of government, we wanted to find a way to check the pulse of the region that wouldn’t contribute in any way to the spread of the coronavirus.We turned to video chats -- a medium that so many of us are using more often this past week, whether we’re taking business meetings while working from home or doing “social-distancing happy hours” with friends across the county or the country.“COVID-Diaries” introduce you to people across the region who are navigating this thorny new world under unique circumstances.Episode 1 will introduce you to Thomas Shaw, who is concerned about the implications of the virus’ spread on his relationship with his wife, who has early-onset Alzheimer’s and lives in a memory care facility. Episode 2 features Daisy Scott, who is trying to run a student newspaper while reckoning with the fact that her final quarter of college has been upended.If you’d like to share your story or have ideas for who we should reach out to, email [email protected].