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COVID-19

COVID-19: Malvern Church Adapts to Pandemic While Building New Sanctuary

October 12, 2020 Blake Barstar

With COVID and construction, @greatvalleypresbyterian uses its fellowship hall, cemetery, chapel room, and parking lot to bring people together during uncertain times

Arts and Entertainment

COVID-19: Musicians, Production Pros Struggle Over Future of Live Concerts

September 2, 2020 Michael Vigilante

As social distancing restrictions make large gatherings difficult, people who earn their money working live events worry about what the rest of 2020 and early 2021 hold for them.

Business

COVID-19: Tattoo Parlors Persist Because of Customers

August 24, 2020 Carolyn Potts

Used to dealing with the possible spread of infection, several tattoo parlors in the region have instituted new policies and practices in order to stay open.

Business

COVID-19: Hourly Restaurant Workers Discuss Being Hit Hard by the Pandemic

August 14, 2020 Lauren Savana

Ten individuals share their personal experiences of losing their job during COVID-19. They talk about the difficulties applying for unemployment, their day-to-day lives without jobs, and the anxiety they felt when restaurants reopened for outdoor dining.

COVID-19

COVID-19: Data Shows Coronavirus Hit Philadelphia’s Browner, Poorer Neighborhoods Hardest

August 12, 2020 Colin P Evans

PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com compared COVID-19 case, hospitalization and death data from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to demographic data from the Census Bureau to see exactly who and where the coronavirus has hit hardest.

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City Hall

City Hall: Officials Say City’s Post-COVID Economy Must Be More Equitable

August 11, 2020 Miles Wall

In a hearing on Philadelphia’s path towards economic recovery, testimony from officials stressed plans to make the new economy more fair.

Animals

COVID-19: Main Line Animal Rescue Continues to Shelter and Adopt Animals

July 29, 2020 Carolyn Potts

During the past several months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a way of dealing with the isolation of social distancing, some families have been welcoming new furry friends into their homes.

Arts and Entertainment

COVID-19: Artists Remember Philadelphians Who Have Died Through Portraiture

July 27, 2020 Miles Wall

The Trouble I’ve Seen project strives to remember those lost to the pandemic through art.

COVID-19

Podcast: Talking Mental Health, COVID-19 in Sports Media

July 24, 2020 Benjamin Medland

Matt Desmond and Alec Palmer have built a support network among sports media professionals, offering a safe space to talk about the professions stresses and uncertainties in the wake of coronavirus.

COVID-19

COVID-19: Artists and Musicians Kept the Music Going at Delaware County Quarantine Open Mic

July 20, 2020 Megan Milligan

Our special reporting on COVID-19 may focus on communities outside Philadelphia because many of our student journalists are now temporarily located outside of the city. Instead, our reporters will cover how the coronavirus is impacting

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