Martha Irvine, national writer and all-formats journalist, Chicago, produced a creative and innovative package that gave young people around the world an opportunity to tell their own stories during the pandemic. Using contacts inside and outside the AP, Irvine asked people, ages 16 to 24, to talk about their experiences and film a bit about their lives. Her story, with the video compilation as the centerpiece, revealed the concerns the subjects have in common, as well as their unique circumstances.
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Pandemic life through the global lens youths’ videos
The AP asked young people across the globe to use their phones to film video logs about life in the age of coronavirus. They had much in common from anxiety about the state of the world and falling behind in school to missing friends and worries about people in their family getting sick. But their experiences also were also unique to their location, health status and access to resources.
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