Student journalists nationwide are innovating to cover COVID-19

As COVID-19 continues to spread, many local newspapers have been forced to close due to loss of revenue. Gannet, the company whose papers include the Des Moines Register and the Iowa City Press-Citizen, recently announced furloughs at more than 100 of their newspapers, requiring certain employees making more than $38,000 annually to take one week of unpaid leave. College newspapers, however, are often volunteer-based student-run outlets with no such financial constraints, leaving them an important news source for communities nationwide […]