Author: Los Angeles Press Club

By Stephanie Lai An alarm went off in my dorm, I was jolted awake. Hundreds of notifications flooded my phone. I had two days to leave campus and return home across the country, while reporting and editing stories for my school paper. My parents, who recently returned home from China and had not yet finished their 14 day self quarantine, were terrified. New York City was the epicenter of coronavirus cases in the U.S., and my school already had a confirmed case and one student death. I tried not to…

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By Lyric Niv If I’m being perfectly honest, I’ve been waiting for an excuse to stay inside all day for weeks on end since I was a kid, doing nothing save watching documentaries about big cat traffickers and blindly shoving popcorn kernels into my mouth as I lay on my bed wearing the same clothing for the past three days. I didn’t think it a sign of introversion, though, so much as it was a profound longing to escape the rigmarole of monotonous high school classes, in which my teachers…

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By Steven Vargas Judge’s Comments: There was so much effort put into this piece from content, writing, editing and shooting and music. The laser focus of one student who chronicles not only how isolation has changed the dedication to his craft, but how it has changed around the world through his interview with another dancer — the take away that for 45 minutes you are able to leave the chaos of COVID behind is powerful. The self-portraits of a dancer and video of him dancing alone only make this video…

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Photography by Morgan Lieberman Click to enlarge! Like everyone else, when the statewide lockdown began, I had no idea how I would react and respond to the upcoming weeks in isolation. As a current freelancer, there is already a certain level of social and physical hibernation that exists when I am in between assignments for several days or focused on business housekeeping that requires me to hunker down on my computer. Where we choose freelancing for the flexibility in our schedule and being able to be our own boss, often…

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Photography by Esther Spektor Judge’s Comments: Humor is the driving force in these images, illustrating time on our hands and time in suspense. Very artistic. Click to enlarge!

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Photography by Diana Lejins Judge’s Comments: Selected documents of our times that we all can relate to. Click to enlarge!

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Photography by Osceola Refetoff Judge’s Comments: Our new world is framed through these emotionally charged images. They convey distance and desolation with great power. Click to enlarge!

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By Preity Upala We are living in interesting times indeed. Perhaps the most challenging, perplexing and fearful times ever in our history. We are in the Twilight zone in many ways. The Covid19 Pandemic has affected our planet like nothing else ever has before. Just goes to show no matter how rich, successful or powerful you are and even if you are living in the greatest country in the world at the best time in history, our entire existence is at stake and with our every move now controlled by…

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By Felicia Tomasko So I’ll start out by saying that I’m a yoga teacher and yoga practitioner as well as a writer, journalist, magazine editor. Quarantine has been an interesting time. I already do some of my work from home, so the whole WFH, setting up for video, and dressing for the videoconference call—that’s familiar to me. The challenges for me have come in the interactions with the outer world, including wearing a mask, pulling away from other people, and dealing with the realities of being in the media business…

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By C. Tillman A looming grey cloud coming from off in the distance. I remember wishing this wasn’t going to be bad. It was though- even worse. Then it began-sharing what I read and what I heard on CNN (clown’s nemesis). Clown, you ask- well we shall save that for the follow up article, should I write another. Covid-19, arrival date January 15, 2020 (3 months, 1 week and 2 days ago). What you were doing when you learned? Did you take it seriously? Where on the scale did you…

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