A Mask on the Mountains: Dimensions of COVID in Appalachia

This year, Appalshop invited seven young people to produce audio pieces through the Summer Documentary Institute, all on the same subject — COVID-19. Their work aired in July on WMMT 88.7 FM, and the reception has already been tremendous.

These works are now available to stream:

Two Branches: Sports vs. a Pandemic by Sean Hall

You're meeting so many people. You don't know if they have coronavirus. So when you go to practice, you think 'Should I even be here? Am I going to hurt somebody?

Behind Closed Doors (During a Pandemic) by Jamie Shepherd

We heard from survivors, "I've been so isolated for such a period of time and no one else has laid eyes on me that either I leave right now and get help, or I'm going to get killed."

Foster Care in a Pandemic World by Hannah Adams

With no social workers going in, you can't see what's going on in that home.

A Prepaid Call for Help: Prisons in a Pandemic by Madison Buchanan

I have yet to have access to chemicals to sanitize my cell, nor to have my ill-fitting sneeze guard washed regularly ... I am constantly subjected to exposure.

Symptom of Slavery: Racism in Healthcare During a Pandemic by Abby Enfuse

Obviously there's going to be a disparity in [COVID-19] treatment and testing because that that happens where? In hospitals. Where are hospitals? Not in black neighborhoods.

College Students in a Pandemic by Nikole Lee

When I think about when I had to leave college, that's what I think about: it sucked.

 Cancelled Culture by Alyssa Helton

A whole string of cancelations of various events and gatherings and get-togethers ... it was like a string of dominoes falling.