Stimulus recipients consider spending or saving their checks
By Ruiqi Chen Medill Reports As stimulus checks hit bank accounts around the country, some financially secure recipients want to use their portion to support struggling local businesses, but financial advisors are urging caution. Congress’s initial $2 trillion economic stimulus package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, was passed in late March as […]
Weathering the storm: Live streaming with no events
By Yousef Nasser Medill Reports When former Washington Post high school sports writer B.J. Koubaroulis realized that media consumption habits were changing, he decided to start his own business. Named Synthesis Multimedia Productions, Koubaroulis’s company specializes in the digital production of live sporting events. However, as a result of COVID-19, there are no longer any […]
TikTok Tawa: How a Stanford baseball player has gone viral amid COVID-19
By Dave Peck Medill Reports If you asked Stanford’s Tim Tawa, he’d tell you the key to TikTok is combining what you know with what you see. Since March, Tawa has been home getting swings in alongside lifelong friend and former teammate Will Matthiessen, who also played for the Cardinal before being drafted by the […]
It’s common to become allergic to a food item as an adult
By Anne Snabes Medill Reports Nearly 11% of adults in the U.S. are allergic to at least one type of food, according to Northwestern University research published last year. The researchers found that almost half of adults with food allergies acquired at least one allergy during adulthood. Ruchi Gupta, a pediatrician and director of the […]
A look at the NFL’s virtual offseason
By Evan Brooks Medill Reports While COVID-19 continues to affect the sports world, the NFL is moving forward with a virtual offseason. The organization is giving teams a chance to meet and get ready for the season online. Photo at top: New England Patriots #51 Ja’Whaun Bentley celebrates on the field. (Eric Adler/Patriots)
Naples faces challenges with re-opening beach
By Samone Blair Medill Reports The City of Naples re-opened its beach for the second time Wednesday after an emergency closure due to large crowds of beachgoers, many of whom were presumed to be from other areas of Florida. Naples City Council voted Monday to re-open the beach again but with new restrictions aimed to […]
For North Texas, 2019-20 basketball will forever be a lost season
Joshua Skinner Medill Reports They were arguably the best basketball team in North Texas history. After starting the season 2-5, the Mean Green stormed to a 14-4 conference record and the No. 1 overall seed in the Conference USA tournament. At the very least, they were guaranteed a spot in the NIT. At best, they’d […]
The cost of not shopping around
By Kari Mcmahon Medill Reports Alyce Barry, a 68-year-old retiree from Evanston, stopped going to the grocery store in early March. As the coronavirus outbreak started to take hold in the U.S., she looked for alternate options. At first, Barry tried online grocery delivery but faced long wait times. Since her 73-year-old husband has chronic […]
Travelers struggle to get refunds after canceling flights amid coronavirus pandemic
By Henry Ren Medill Reports Genie Schwartz canceled her late April flight from West Haven, Connecticut, to Wilmington, North Carolina, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged Connecticut residents to eliminate non-essential travels in late March. She then called American Airlines to refund her $400 airfare, only to be offered a travel voucher […]
COVID-19: Stories From Across America
By Evan Brooks Medill Reports In this May 3-10 special report, COVID-19: Stories from across America, Medill Reports looks at how the global pandemic is affecting businesses, graduates, festivals, and students in the United States. We take you on a journey across the country from Maryland to Arizona as we examine the world and how […]