USA Today Network partnership stories
Students in professor of practice Kelley French‘s spring 2020 Story Mechanics course published 17 stories in USA Today Network publications through a partnership between The Media School and the network.
Caroline Anders, junior
- “6 gunshots, 5 surgeries, weeks of rehab: An Indianapolis teen struggles to return to class” in IndyStar
- “In this together: Her 5-year-old was dying. She was quarantined. A race against time.” in USA Today
Christine Fernando, senior
- “Stunned by coronavirus, a college town slowly awakens to a surreal new normal” in USA Today and IndyStar
- “IU says more than 250,000 students’ grades were potentially searchable before leak was closed” in IndyStar
- “Coronavirus wrecks Girl Scout cookie season, so scouts get creative” in USA Today, IndyStar and the Louisville Courier-Journal
- “Indiana high school seniors grieve rites of passage lost to coronavirus” in IndyStar
- “IU deploys its 3D printers to help make protective masks for fight against coronavirus” in IndyStar
- “Grandpa got the car ready. Then the coronavirus came, and now she has to wait to drive it.” in IndyStar
Ellen Hine, junior
- “Through the window, a different world” in USA Today
- “A new kind of grief: Family members separated by coronavirus deal with loss alone” in IndyStar
Autumn Schoolman, senior
- “Hey kids, coronavirus has changed everything. Here’s what you need to know.” in USA Today
- “‘It keeps getting hotter and wetter’: Indiana farmer doesn’t need science to tell him climate change is to blame” in IndyStar
Madison Smalstig, sophomore
- “Once upon a time, coronavirus tried to ruin story hour, but Granzo and Theezy found a way” in USA Today
- “95-year-old Texas woman won’t let coronavirus wreck her birthday” in USA Today
- “Pajama Day, weird hats and pop-song parodies: How one Indy nursing home cheered residents” in IndyStar
Christine Stephenson, senior
- “While coronavirus creates new challenges for adoptions, a family forms anyway” in USA Today, the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Des Moines Register