Aftermath: Puerto Ricans Rebuild After Maria

01/23/2019

The Aftermath team is excited to share that our multimedia project is a Interactive Innovation Awards Finalist for Student innovation!
On March 9, we'll be showcasing our website for SXSW attendees for a chance to win the SXSW People’s Choice Award. See you in Austin, TX!

Learn more about the award and conference here: http://ow.ly/5ylF30mBxpH

09/17/2018

One year ago today, Hurricane María began its destruction in the Atlantic and hit Puerto Rico just a few days later, worsening the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma just a couple weeks prior.

We would like to honor the thousands of lives lost due to these catastrophic storms and all of the survivors whose lives and communities have been forever changed.

Last night, our team was honored to take home The David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award for a Large Newsroom at the Online News Association Awards in Austin, Texas. We are excited to continue expanding the audience of our work and the people and stories they represent.

We are incredibly thankful to have the chance to continue sharing these important stories of loss and recovery, of pain and perseverance. We are so appreciative of all of the amazing Puerto Ricans who opened up their hearts to our team of student journalists.

These stories would not have gained the traction they have without our friends at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, our engaged and supportive social media followers, the UNC School of Media and Journalism, the HuffPost and so many others.

08/17/2018

Happy Friday! Our final installment of Aftermath is live on the HuffPost: "Hurricane María Has Renewed Puerto Rico’s Fight Against Coal Ash"

Written by Katie Rice Aubrey Patti, Darian Woehr, Alexis Fairbanks and Kaitlin Harlow.
Graphics by Peyton Chance and Connie Jin.
Contributions from UPR student Cristina Arroyo.

We're so grateful for this opportunity thanks to a great partnership between the UNC School of Media and Journalism and the HuffPost. We appreciate all of the support from those who have supported us along the way as we've worked to share the important stories of Puerto Ricans leading their communities to recovery and new opportunities.

If you missed an article, visit https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/puerto-rico. Our stories are the latest five on the page.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-coal-ash_us_5b5f4b83e4b0de86f499951d

The disastrous hurricane spread ash from landfills into the air and groundwater of the island, giving new momentum to groups fighting for a future withou...

08/16/2018

The fourth story in our series on the
HuffPost is up!

Great work by our power team Jasmin Herrera, Ruijia Zhang, Rob Gourley and Avery Williams and photographers Kaitlin Harlow and Alexis Fairbanks. As always, this project wouldn't be the same without the help of our friends at the University of Puerto Rico. Thanks to Cristina Seda and Nahmyr Zayas for their contributions.

In a partnership with the UNC School of Media and Journalism and HuffPost, our five Aftermath stories will be published on huffingtonpost.com throughout the week. One more story goes live tomorrow. If you've missed the other three, check them out at https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/puerto-rico

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bringing-the-light-in-puerto-rico-after-last-years-horrific-hurricane-season_us_5b5f4f94e4b0de86f4999a6b

After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans started taking their fallen electrical grid into their own hands

08/15/2018

Another day, another article in the HuffPost!

Today's article features the work of our ecology story team, Kaia Findlay, Alice Ann, Gabrielle Palacio, Elle Sommerville, photographers Alexis Fairbanks and Kaitlin Harlow and our University of Puerto Rico contributors, Hyam Colón, Denelys Estevez and David Ramos.

This is the third article published in partnership with the UNC School of Media and Journalism and HuffPost. The remaining two stories will be shared on Thursday and Friday.

After the storm, Puerto Rico’s forests performed incredible feats of recovery. What can humans learn from that?

08/14/2018

We have some more great news to share! Aftermath is a 2018 Online Journalism Awards finalist. We're in the running for the David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award in the Large Newsroom category. 🎉

Thanks, Online News Association!

UNC School of Media and Journalism

Meet the finalists for the 2018 OJAs. Winners will be announced at the Online News Association Conference and Awards Banquet on Sept. 15, in Austin, TX.

08/14/2018

Our second Aftermath story, Rooted in El Caño, is now up on HuffPost!

Through a partnership with the UNC School of Media and Journalism, each day this week HuffPost will be publishing one story from our five-story project.

The UNC students who produced the piece include Maria Elena Vizcaino Garcia, Nathan Klima, Matt Couch, Madison Walls, Justin Wynn, Kaitlin Harlow and Alexis Fairbanks with contributions made University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras students.

Neighbors of a strangled channel in the heart of San Juan look for relief.

08/13/2018

We've got an exciting update to share!
HuffPost will be publishing the five Aftermath stories created by our team of UNC School of Media and Journalism students on their website. Each day this week, another story will be published.

First up: The Healing Brigade, featuring the work of Danielle Chemtob, Hanna Davison, Alex Kormann, MaryRachel Bulkeley and Alexis Fairbanks.

With their community in crisis, Puerto Ricans are stepping up to care for those who have been forgotten. One organization is turning desperation into hope.

05/10/2018

The health team from the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill screening of Aftermath in April and volunteers from Iniciativas de Paz, an organization featured in the health story, at last night's screening at University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.

Two great nights of sharing important stories of the Puerto Rican-led efforts to recover, rebuild and create a sustainable future for the island.

https://aftermath.unc.edu/pages/health

05/07/2018

Thanks to the the Town of Chapel Hill for sharing our work in the May issue of The Tar Heel Citizen Times:
http://www.icontact-archive.com/NRFHXV2qWXCTGcxFtE6Gt_HqRRpyXdRi?w=3

We appreciate the support from our Chapel Hill community!

The Tar Heel Citizen Times is your resource for off-campus student living. Every month we prepare you to live successfully with information on parking, resident permits, trash, neighbors, safety and other community tips! The Tar Heel Citizen Times is sponsored by the Town of Chapel Hill and UNC-Chap...

04/30/2018

Cristina, a nurse for the Iniciativa Comunitaria health brigade, does a check up on Luis Cortez in front of his home in Aguada. He has not received any form of medical examination in years and cries after his family expresses concern and support for him.

More ➡️aftermath.unc.edu/pages/health

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04/28/2018

Ian Pagán Roig credits his farm’s preservation to a philosophy of sustainability, self-reliance, and resilience.

Learn more about how Puerto Rican farmers are bouncing back after María ➡️ aftermath.unc.edu/pages/ecology

📷: Kaitlin Harlow