Tag: Zoom

Reporters want return to in-person public meetings in Illinois. For now, virtual meetings remain

Reporter Kallie Cox has sat through more school board meetings, city council meetings and community forums for the Southern Illinoisan and Daily Egyptian newspapers than she can count.  But the last time she attended a meeting in person was a year ago. At the forum, there was a whiteboard, and after the meeting was over,…

Lessons learned from teaching journalism during the pandemic

During the height of the pandemic, New York University journalism professor Yvonne Latty had to teach some of her students on Zoom and others in the classroom at the same time. Her glasses fogged up while wearing  a mask. So she got contacts. She had to also consider how much she spoke as her mouth…