Behind the Screen is a multimedia project produced by the 2020 Dow Jones News Fund interns that explores the strains, inequity of resources and challenges that come with remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The interns attended a nine-day online training program led by Michael Wong and his colleagues at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. Training covered video, audio, photography, social media, audience engagement and web design. They worked together for another two weeks to showcase their storytelling skills by producing Behind the Screen.

The 2020 digital media interns and their project roles:

Olivia Ali, reporter and graphic designer
Kendra Brown, social media and web designer
Ashleigh Garrison, reporter
Wessam Hazaymeh,  photographer, social media and web designer
Aiyana Ishmael, reporter, copy editor and social media
Jessica Koernig, video reporter
Mariana Labbate, web designer, photographer, copy editor
Daniella Medina, managing editor
Lauren Mitchell, graphic designer
Amy Nakamura, reporter and graphic designer
Osmanee Offre, video editor
Mariya Parkhomchuk, reporter
Erika Peters, copy editor and web designer
Omar Rashad, reporter
Kevin Sanchez Farez, reporter, social media and graphic designer

Learn more about each intern here.