COVID Between the Coasts

In 2020, some of the biggest stories of the year came out of our usually quiet region. While those stories are important, we could tell that national news outlets weren't interested in telling authentic stories of the pandemic's impact in the Midwest during this historic time.

WNIN and the University of Evansville collaborated on a seven month research and reporting project to find those authentic stories. What we learned is that while the pandemic is a natural disaster, the depth of the crisis it caused in the Midwest is pretty much our own fault.