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QUINN: Hi Everyone, my name is Quinn Douglas and I’m a multimedia journalist here at the University of Iowa. Over the past semester, we’ve done a lot in terms of news coverage, covering the coronavirus pandemic in Iowa City, and in my case, Central Iowa and across the great state of Iowa. Over the next couple minutes, I’m going to show you some of my best work covering this coronavirus here in the early part of the year 2020.
Effects of COVID-19 on High School Track
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The coronavirus hasn’t just wreaked havoc on professional sports, the high school level has been halted just as quickly. The Madrid Tigers were aiming for a state championship on the oval before the shutdown, but coaches are holding out hope. DITV’s Quinn Douglas has more from Central Iowa.
QUINN: The Jungle in Madrid is known for two big things by athletes and coaches across the state of Iowa. (:05)
QUINN: It’s Football… (:01)
QUINN: And it’s track and field.. (:02)
QUINN: However, the COVID-19 virus put the brakes on a promising track season at Madrid, but while they can’t meet face to face, head coach Steve Perkins has still been able to communicate workouts with his athletes. (:11)
PERKINS: “You know we’ve just communicated through email and we have the Remind101 app through conversation with texts and we can get information out to kids.” (:11)
QUINN: While the season is suspended, the IHSAA is shooting for a May 1st return date for schools and spring athletics. But a large chunk of the season has still been lost, and for Perkins, who’s squad was in contention for a state title, the group he feels worst for is his athletes. (:15)
PERKINS: “When you have a roster like that it stinks for your seniors, it stinks for your team, I think any coach would say that, it doesn’t matter where they’re at in the country right now. Everybody’s dealing with the same situation. We’re just hoping things can turn around.” (:14)
QUINN: If the season were to resume on May 1st, Madrid would host a Class 1A State Qualifying Meet on May 28th and State Track and Field would take place from June 4th to June 6th
Reporting from Madrid, Iowa, Quinn Douglas, DITV. (:15)
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Housing COVID: The Coronavirus Effect on the Real Estate Market
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Economic troubles have not just reared it’s ugly head towards small businesses throughout the Coronavirus pandemic. The real estate market is feeling pressure not seen in over decade. KRUI’s Quinn Douglas has more from Central Iowa.
QUINN: Across the country the real estate market has been on a downward slope thanks to the coronavirus. According to the Treasury department last Thursday, new home sales in the US are down 15.4%, the biggest decline since July 2013. However, Quad Cities mortgage lender Louie Wickett has seen no change and even some growth in the state of Iowa. (:20)
Louie Wickett: “I think the local markets in Des Moines was actually up for the month of March, which obviously is surprising with everything going on. I will say, I feel like in the Quad Cities, the purchase market has slowed a little bit.” (:17)
QUINN: Wickett also noted that current trends in the real estate market are a reflection that is based off of the work people put in over the past 60 to 90 days. With Iowa’s delayed peak in coronavirus cases, Wickett says the real estate market could move in two possible directions once things begin to tone down. (:17)
Louie Wickett: “One of two things is gonna happen, you know. It’s gonna get stretched so thin, that it really does shock it and slow it down. Or we pop out of this thing quicker and the real estate world is gonna boom again. Because there’s a lot of people waiting on the sidelines right now, waiting to list their house or to go look for a new house.” (:28)
QUINN: March sales data has shown that even with the expected drop in total number of home sales, home values held steady. Unfortunately, many economists believe that the worst is yet to come.
Reporting from Madrid, Iowa, Quinn Douglas, KRUI News (:16)
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Eat Sleep Study
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It’s the time of year where mid-term exams begin to wreak havoc across college campuses. KRUI News reporter Quinn Douglas takes a look at how you can find the perfect place to cram for those exams.
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Studying is one of the more dreaded things about life in college. It can consume you for weeks at a time, but fortunately there are many places on the campus of the University of Iowa that you can study at.
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The Resource Center in the Adler Journalism Building behind me is a great example of a modern college study space. It’s one of the hundreds of apt study spaces across the campus here in Iowa City.
QUINN:
The Main Library is at the center of the studying universe in Iowa City. The five-floor building provides a myriad of places to find a quiet study space to help students prepare for their next exam. While it is an unwritten rule, the agreement is that the higher you go up in the library, the quieter it gets. But quiet isn’t always what people are looking for in a study space.
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“Personally I love a good natural lighting. I love a place where I might run into people I know. I like caffeine close by, maybe a Red Bull, I like to have a couple of those while I’m studying. So I would probably say natural lighting, people and coffee is what’s good for me.”
QUINN:
The Adler Resource Center is one of those places where you can find all three of those qualities. They offer coffee and hot cocoa and have always have goodies available for snacks. It’s become a popular place for many students to study at.
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It’s hard to find anywhere on campus that doesn’t offer accommodations such as snacks and drinks and don’t try to make students feel as comfortable as they can while cramming for that big exam.
Reporting from the Adler Journalism Building. Quinn Douglas, KRUI News.
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