Package 4: Housing COVID: The Coronavirus Effect on the Real Estate Market
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Anchor Lead:
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)
TRT: 1:40
Package 3: Effect of COVID-19 on High School Track:
Anchor Lead:
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)
TRT: (1:35)
Press Conference Exercise
Anchor Lede:
Cities in Eastern Iowa are preparing for likely spring flooding due to the heavy snowbank in northern parts of the country, DITV’s Quinn Douglas has more at Iowa City City Hall.
VO/SOT (10 seconds)
My name is Mazahir Salih, M-A-Z-A-H-I-R, Salih, S-A-L-I-H, and I am the mayor pro tem of Iowa City.
VO (29 seconds)
Mazahir Salih met with the press in Iowa City today due to the outlook of likely flooding coming this spring
Flooding has become synonymous with spring and summer in Iowa for the better part of the last 3 decades. Historic flooding in the summer’s of 1993 and 2008 left an indelible mark on the state.
2008 hit Iowa City the hardest, laying waste to a large chunk of the University of Iowa campus, including the Iowa Memorial Union and countless other buildings that have since been vacated
Zahir said that while the City Council has not talked about the issue of flooding, she believes Iowa City is much better equipped to handle it this time around.
VO/SOT: (16 seconds)
I know there is a big plan there for flooding. After that, they have really created a bigger plan to be ready for flooding to be coming again. Right now, we did not talk, at least as a council, we did not talk about preparation for flooding or anything right now.
Anchor Tag:
National Weather Service forecasters are calling for a 95% chance of flooding along the Mississippi River this spring due to the heavy snowbank and they expect the same along the Iowa river.
VO/SOT test run
VO Script
I’m studying Journalism and Mass Communication and I have a minor in international studies. I’m originally from Los Angeles and I moved to Iowa when I was 8 years old. I currently live in Cedar Rapids and I went to elementary, middle school and high school there and I went to the University of Iowa in 2016.
I have one younger brother and he is now 16 and he’s going to be a senior next year.
VO/SOT Script
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.
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.
There are many other places you can get a quiet study session in as well. One of the newer and popular places to get to is the Voxman Music Building at the intersection of Burlington and Clinton in downtown Iowa City. A spacious view of downtown and it’s proximity to local coffee shops make it a relaxing place to help retain knowledge from class.
Of course there’s always the ol’ reliable, the Iowa Memorial Union, which features studying areas and even classrooms you can rent out for a large group study session. While maybe not as conveniently located as some of the other spots mentioned, it’s definitely an effective place to get studying done.
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