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While many Austinites fiddle their days away stuck at home, a sizable group of less fortunate souls must continue their struggle for survival on the streets. The irony in this picture speaks to me as the man on the right leans against a sign asking people to stay home and slow the spread, with all his worldly belongings in the suitcase to his left. The homeless population has felt the toll of this virus as much as, or more than any of us. Photo by Caleb Melville.

Austin streets silenced by COVID-19

May 22, 2020

NOTE-ABLE ENDEAVORS: My dad has a series of sticky notes covering one wall, a few windows, and the center table. There are many different moving parts to running a business and the simplest way to keep track of all these different factors is to write them down on sticky notes and put them in easy places to remind him. Systems like this are used frequently to improve work efficiency throughout many different industries but they are usually digitized; I have never seen anybody use actual sticky notes other than him. I don’t see how it is any better than just putting them into some form of “reminders” app but it seems to increase his productivity so I trust his process. Photo by Angus Sewell McCann.

Home, (office) suite, home

May 14, 2020

FINDING A PLACE TO WORK: My dad's an architect, and since the stay-at-home order, he hasn't been able to go into his office. Because our house is small, he built himself a desk in his room, so he could have his own space to work. He's always very resourceful, so he was able to build a desk out of an old art table and some pieces of wood he had lying around. Photo by Kate Boyle.

Balancing work and family in COVID-19 times

May 5, 2020

TO GRANDMA'S HOUSE WE GO: At the beginning of the quarantine, my mom ordered masks online for me, herself, my dad and my grandma. We wear these masks anytime we are going outside to do anything. This picture was taken outside of my grandma's apartment before we delivered her some groceries. Photo by Jolie Gabriel.

As in the comic books, these heroes wear masks

April 28, 2020

ZOOM TIME! For a kindergartner, it’s very difficult to find ways to learn while practicing social distancing and having two working parents. The solution to this? Well, obviously a Zoom class. Here my little brother joined his first Zoom on a Tuesday morning. He waves to his fellow classmates through the screen after not seeing them for weeks. Photo by Anna Garcia.

An inside look at distance learning

April 23, 2020

PLAY FIGHTING: My grandpa and my brother are a lot a like, so they get along really well. Sometimes though, they like to start play fighting for no reason. Photo by Lily Brode.

Stay-home order creates chances to bond

April 21, 2020

The news last month was bad for the Circuit of the Americas as the ban on public gatherings made it impossible for the venue (like all venues in Austin) to host gatherings due to fear of spreading the coronavirus. COTA announced on March 15 that it was closing down and letting its staff go. The closure made photojournalism student Addison Phillips's December photo essay about the Cars and Coffee monthly event at COTA all the more poignant so we thought we'd share it as today's Tuesday Top 10. If you can't go to the race track and hang out with car lovers in person, then you can do it here virtually on the Shield Online. So ladies and gentleman, start you engines and raise your coffee mugs as we take you back to the days when COTA hosted Cars and Coffee every month. Photo by Addison Phillips.

Meeting at COTA for Cars and Coffee

April 14, 2020

SPEEDY SPREAD:
On March 24, city and county officials issued a stay-home order to blunt the spread of the coronavirus. Local stores have also taken action to keep customers safe and stop the spread of COVID-19, At H-E-B, only about 10 customers were allowed in a store at one time, and the store placed foot marks outside the story to help customers maintain social distance (six feet away) from the next person in line. Photo by Risa Darlington-Horta.

Capturing images of Austin in the COVID-19 era

April 9, 2020

Susan Ashton and her son walk the hallway to her math classroom late this morning. Ashton brought her son with her in order help her bring home school supplies so she can work from home to conduct online classes. Ashton said she brought home an office chair, a printer and a document camera. While she was on campus, school officials received word of the city of Austin's stay at home order which prevent citizens from leaving their homes for non-essential activities beginning at midnight tonight. Prior to the order, teachers were able to come to campus today, five at a time if they had signed up for a 30-minute time slot the day before.

The last #dayinthelifeatmac for a while

March 24, 2020

In pre-COVID-19 times, the Drag just west of campus would have been teeming with UT students returning from spring break, but on the Sunday that would have brought the regularly scheduled spring break to a close, the street was shut down and devoid of traffic. Photo by Elisha Scott.

A Sunday stroll on a desolate campus

March 24, 2020

Model: Mary Roe
Designer: Clara Stein
Photo by Scarlett Houser

Looking back through our ‘Scrapbook’

March 17, 2020

Pilot John Blossom-Boyd fuels for the first half of his journey. Altogether, the fuel comes out to around $100, but Blossom-Boyd doesn’t mind. “Flying is important to me because it embodies freedom in its purest form,” he said. “Not even gravity can hold you.” Photo by Anna Nagle.

It’s better than walking

March 10, 2020

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