Dear KCSB listeners and Daily Nexus readers,
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, UC Santa Barbara and Isla Vista community members have had to adjust almost all aspects of their lives to help mitigate the spread of the virus.
As Isla Vista slowly re-opens, KCSB and the Daily Nexus have decided to work together to document the ways in which our community has changed over the past 18 months. Beginning August 2, we will be releasing a new series, “Unmasking Isla Vista: A COVID-19 Community Archive.”
This collaborative, multimedia series is made up of six components which will be released over the span of six weeks beginning August 2: Human Struggle, University & Students, Testing & Vaccines, Local Businesses & Essential Workers, Community Reflection and Community Activism.
Each component will feature community experts and leaders such as the Isla Vista Community Services District President and Director Spencer Brandt and Santa Barbara County Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso.
Each component will be presented as a Daily Nexus article, KCSB radio segment and KCSB newsletter. These various components will be published every Monday throughout the six-week series.
In addition to presenting content in three different formats, KCSB and the Daily Nexus will be featuring several multimedia elements including art, graphics, data, photography and video.
This page will be updated with each new segment upon its release date. We hope you will join us in reading and listening to “Unmasking Isla Vista: A COVID-19 Community Archive.”
– KCSB and Daily Nexus journalists
Unmasking Isla Vista: Human Struggle
Human Struggle article
Human Struggle podcast episode
Human Struggle newsletter
Unmasking Isla Vista: University & Students
University & Students article
University & Students podcast episode
University & Students newsletter
Unmasking Isla Vista: Testing & Vaccines
Testing & Vaccines article
Testing & Vaccines podcast
Testing & Vaccines newsletter
Unmasking Isla Vista: Local Businesses & Essential Workers
Local Businesses & Essential Workers article
Local Businesses & Essential Workers podcast
Local Businesses & Essential Workers newsletter
Unmasking Isla Vista: Community Reflection
Community Reflection Daily Nexus video
Community Reflection podcast episode
Community Reflection newsletter
Unmasking Isla Vista: Community Activism
Community Activism Daily Nexus article
Community Activism podcast episode
Community Activism newsletter
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Thanks to the following people for contributing to “Unmasking Isla Vista: A COVID-19 Community Archive.”
Daily Nexus Journalists: Sindhu Ananthavel, Atmika Iyer, Holly Rusch, Asumi Shuda and Katherine Swartz
KCSB Journalists: Alexandra Goldberg, Daniel Huecias, Pia Ramos, Ashley Rusch, Yulene Teagle and Jennifer Yoshikoshi
Daily Nexus Videographers: Evan Cacatian and Juliana Zappitell
Daily Nexus Artists and Graphic Creators: Hannah Appel, Luca Disbrow, Emerson Domingo, Daniella Gomez, Alex Rudolph and Kelly Yan
KCSB Artists: Madeline Miller and Shirley Wang
Daily Nexus Photographers: Pia Ramos and Kaiyi Yang