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David Waters

David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.

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The Pandemic

Dine in or Carry out? 5 public health experts share how they’re living through COVID-19

What daily precautions are infectious disease docs taking and why?

David WatersJuly 25, 2020

Treadwell Elementary School kindergartners (in a file photo) dance. “The reality of reopening school buildings and college campuses is that any missteps could cost lives, particularly among our most vulnerable students and in Black, brown and poor communities,” said Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)

Treadwell Elementary School kindergartners (in a file photo) dance. “The reality of reopening school buildings and college campuses is that any missteps could cost lives, particularly among our most vulnerable students and in Black, brown and poor communities,” said Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)

Education

What happens when a Student or teacher tests positive for COVID-19? Schools’ Plans are vague

Memphis area school districts defer details to understaffed health dept.

David WatersJuly 22, 2020

Volunteers from Collierville First Baptist Church cheer for Collierville High School graduates driving through to pick up their caps and gowns at the school on May 7. “Going to school can expose children to greater health risks, but so can staying home,” said Le Bonheur Children's Hospital pediatrician Jason Yaun. “Many parents are facing very difficult choices.” (Daily Memphian file)

Volunteers from Collierville First Baptist Church cheer for Collierville High School graduates driving through to pick up their caps and gowns at the school on May 7. “Going to school can expose children to greater health risks, but so can staying home,” said Le Bonheur Children's Hospital pediatrician Jason Yaun. “Many parents are facing very difficult choices.” (Daily Memphian file)

Memphis Kids

COVID-19 Catch-22: Study of chronic trauma says some memphis kids may be safer at school

Children of poverty, trauma, face adverse childhood experiences and virus

David WatersJuly 11, 2020

On January 27th, 2020, Grounded launched a pilot curriculum program at East High School in Memphis, bringing artists, luminaries and partners together with over 500 students, faculty and staff members. The entire school loaded into buses and took a field trip to Malco Paradiso to view Grounded’s unreleased film, “Me and the Light.” After the screening, The Grounded team spent the entire day with the students at East High connecting with them, engaging in discussion and sharing their own forms of creative expression. To close the day’s events, East High students participated in a movement arts exercise to promote peace led by Memphis Jookers Lil Buck and Marico “Dr. Rico” Flake. (Photo by Andrea Morales)

On January 27th, 2020, Grounded launched a pilot curriculum program at East High School in Memphis, bringing artists, luminaries and partners together with over 500 students, faculty and staff members. The entire school loaded into buses and took a field trip to Malco Paradiso to view Grounded’s unreleased film, “Me and the Light.” After the screening, The Grounded team spent the entire day with the students at East High connecting with them, engaging in discussion and sharing their own forms of creative expression. To close the day’s events, East High students participated in a movement arts exercise to promote peace led by Memphis Jookers Lil Buck and Marico “Dr. Rico” Flake. (Photo by Andrea Morales)

Education

Lil Buck, Drumma Boy, other artists help East High students ‘Be What a Bullet Can’t Be’

Music, film stars help teacher, students with online learning in pandemic

David WatersJune 21, 2020

A Team Rubicon volunteer from Boston holds a COVID-19 test in the emergency room of the Kayenta Health Center on the Navajo reservation in Kayenta, Ariz., on April 23, 2020. The Navajo reservation has some of the highest rates of coronavirus in the country. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A Team Rubicon volunteer from Boston holds a COVID-19 test in the emergency room of the Kayenta Health Center on the Navajo reservation in Kayenta, Ariz., on April 23, 2020. The Navajo reservation has some of the highest rates of coronavirus in the country. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Faith

Memphis woman moves to Navajo Nation to battle COVID-19: ‘It’s not what I do but why’

Public health official follows science and faith to center of pandemic

David WatersJune 7, 2020

A clutch of small crosses; since the beginning of the local COVID-19 outbreak, more than 100 people have lost their lives. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)

A clutch of small crosses; since the beginning of the local COVID-19 outbreak, more than 100 people have lost their lives. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)

The Pandemic

Portraits of a Pandemic: the stories behind the stats of first 100 shelby County victims

COVID-19 deaths include couple married 58 years, minister, ICU nurse

David WatersMay 28, 2020

Amari Ajamu (middle), along with sister Nzinga Ajamu (left), celebrates his Stax Music Academy graduation with a car parade from family and friends on Monday, May 18, 2020. Ajamu, a miracle baby born three months premature 18 years ago, will become a fourth-generation student at Grambling in the fall. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Amari Ajamu (middle), along with sister Nzinga Ajamu (left), celebrates his Stax Music Academy graduation with a car parade from family and friends on Monday, May 18, 2020. Ajamu, a miracle baby born three months premature 18 years ago, will become a fourth-generation student at Grambling in the fall. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Education

Family loudly, proudly celebrates their fourth-generation Grambling University student

Stax Music Academy grad bound for famed marching band

David WatersMay 19, 2020

National Guard medics and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center staff collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at the Christ Community testing site in Hickory Hill on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

National Guard medics and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center staff collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at the Christ Community testing site in Hickory Hill on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

The Pandemic

So many numbers, so few answers create a confusing picture of COVID-19 in Memphis

Daily ebb, flow of numbers masks rising tide of cases, deaths

David WatersMay 13, 2020

Rebecca and Brooks Ramsey (Submitted)

Rebecca and Brooks Ramsey (Submitted)

Faith

courageous memphis minister, Brooks Ramsey, dies shortly after losing his wife of 75 years

Stood by MLK in Albany, Ga., against segregation in Memphis

David WatersMay 5, 2020

Cynthia Sharp walks around Hyde Lake in Shelby Farms Park May 1, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Cynthia Sharp walks around Hyde Lake in Shelby Farms Park May 1, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

The Pandemic

Biggest worry for task force members isn’t reopening too soon; it’s reopening badly

Clusters, outbreaks, policy changes, and other challenges in managing pandemic

David WatersMay 4, 2020

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