小萝莉影视 during the coronavirus pandemic

Covering the news during the coronavirus pandemic is different than anything 小萝莉影视 has experienced. Never in 小萝莉影视’s history have so many people worked off-site. Here’s a look at staffers and how they’re doing their jobs. Not everyone who works in the newsroom is pictured.

Read how coronavirus changed how 小萝莉影视 brings you news

Man wearing a face mask, operates equipment in radio studio.

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小萝莉影视 Anchor Kyle Cooper runs the on-air studio board, playing all of the elements that one of the midday anchors who is working from home cannot, such as sounders, live interviews and commercials. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

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Depending on the shift, a skeleton crew remains at 小萝莉影视’s studios. Seen in these photos are Assistant Editor Andrea Cambron, Afternoon Drive Editor Mike Jakaitis, Midday Editor Joslyn Chesson and Midday Anchor Mark Lewis. Since this photo of Lewis was taken, he now works from home. (小萝莉影视)

Male radio news anchor behind the mic, live on-air.n the 小萝莉影视 traffic center.

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小萝莉影视 Morning Drive Anchor Bruce Alan, seen here updating listeners with the latest news and information on the coronavirus pandemic, continues to come into the studios. He uses his face mask when he isn’t broadcasting. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

Female radio news anchor working from home

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小萝莉影视 Morning Drive Anchor Joan Jones is one of 小萝莉影视’s familiar voices who is working remotely. She has retrofitted a closet. She communicates with her editor back at the studio by cellphone and an intercom system. (小萝莉影视/Joan Jones)

WTOP Anchor Debra Feinstein in front of her broadcast position inside her closet.

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小萝莉影视 Anchor Debra Feinstein works out of her closet using a remote access unit, her computer and cellphone. Back at the studio, another staffer pushes buttons that ensure traffic, weather, sports, business and a host of other things get on the air. (小萝莉影视/Debra Feinstein)

WTOP Afternoon Anchor Shawn Anderson using the newsroom's Purell station.

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One of the new things inside the 小萝莉影视 newsroom is the hand sanitizer dispenser. In addition to people sitting farther apart, those in the newsroom are constantly sanitizing. 小萝莉影视 Afternoon Anchor Shawn Anderson is seen here. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

Female journalist smiling next to a laptop computer and microphone.

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小萝莉影视 Afternoon Anchor Hillary Howard prepares to broadcast live from her home. She said she is grateful to colleague 小萝莉影视 Reporter/Anchor Mike Murillo for his help in setting up her work-from-home studio. (小萝莉影视/Hillary Howard)

Empty desks and chairs in the 小萝莉影视 newsroom.

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小萝莉影视 continues to provide the news, traffic and weather information you depend on, but we’ve had to make some adjustments to how we operate due to the coronavirus pandemic. The majority of our staffers currently work from home 鈥� including much of the web team, whose section of the office stands empty. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

Nearly empty workstations in the 小萝莉影视 newsroom.

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Before the coronavirus, many of these 小萝莉影视 newsroom workstations would be shared by people working different shifts. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

A series of four work-from-home setups used 小萝莉影视 journalists.

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Many 小萝莉影视 staffers, such as Business Reporter Jeff Clabaugh, Storm Team4 Meteorologist Matt Ritter, Reporter/Anchor Mike Murillo and Digital Editor Will Vitka, have slight variations of their work-from-home setups. Murillo was the first anchor to broadcast from home. (小萝莉影视)

<p>小萝莉影视’s Megan Cloherty works with her nephew on her lap. (小萝莉影视/Megan Cloherty)</p>

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小萝莉影视’s Megan Cloherty works with her nephew on her lap. She finds working from home challenging.聽“Before the pandemic, I was accustomed to filing from the field. But working from home is a totally different animal. In our house, we are balancing childcare and trying to work around each other鈥檚 work demands. I鈥檝e had to get used to watching press conferences on a live stream and calling in to ask my questions on a delay. We are getting a lot of great stories from community members who are sharing their new normal – what鈥檚 working and what鈥檚 not. It has been fun to break out of crime and courts reporting for a bit and tell different stories,” she writes in an email. (小萝莉影视/Megan Cloherty)

小萝莉影视’s Megan Cloherty works with her nephew on her lap. (小萝莉影视/Megan Cloherty)

WTOP Reporter Kristi King at her home workstation.

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小萝莉影视 reporters, including Kristi King, work from home. The cushions and other items facing Kristi are used when she goes live on the air and when she records. If not for these creative sound barriers, King would sound hollow or like she was speaking from inside a “tin can.” (小萝莉影视/Kristi King)

WTOP General Manager and Senior Vice President Joel Oxley in front of 小萝莉影视's main studio.

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小萝莉影视 General Manager and Senior Vice President Joel Oxley speaks during a March 27 staff meeting, held over a conference call. Not seen in the photo is an intercom where staff members call in so they can talk with their co-workers and hear what’s going on in the newsroom. (小萝莉影视/Colleen Kelleher)

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小萝莉影视 Director of 小萝莉影视 and Programming Julia Ziegler, seen here in her office participating in a conference call, comes into the office most days. Managers 鈥� Darci Marchese, Jared Ruderman and Pat Brogan 鈥� sometimes work at home and sometimes work in the office. Craig Schwalb, 小萝莉影视’s new Director of Content Integration and Operations, has yet to meet the staff in person. He just moved here from the New York City area. For the first couple of weeks of his new job, Schwalb worked remotely, answering listener emails from what was jokingly known among the managers as the “Princeton Junction bureau.” (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

WTOP Senior Digital Editor Colleen Kelleher wearing her face mask while working.

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小萝莉影视 Senior Digital Editor Colleen Kelleher typically does not work in an actual office, but she filled in for her recently promoted boss, Digital 小萝莉影视 Director Sarah Beth Hensley, who has been on maternity leave since February. Hensley returned to work April 14. Kelleher, who has been at 小萝莉影视 coordinating how to cover the pandemic and other stories online as well as cross-training Matt Small to work on 小萝莉影视.com, returned to her normal early morning web editing shift when Hensley returned. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

Male journalist at newsroom workstation.

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小萝莉影视 Writer Brandon Millman, is part of the skeleton crew still working in the 小萝莉影视 newsroom. In addition to writing for the morning drive anchors, Millman has been doing some in-house reporting and running the on-air studio board for anchors broadcasting from home. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

WTOP Writer/Digital Editor Jack Pointer working from home, in the company of his dog.... (小萝莉影视/Jack Pointer)

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小萝莉影视 Writer/Digital Editor Jack Pointer divides his time during the week either writing for the afternoon drive anchors from his sofa or writing and editing web articles. His dog Matilda is bored with having him around so much. (小萝莉影视/Jack Pointer)

Female journalist working in the 小萝莉影视 newsroom.

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小萝莉影视 Assistant Editor Adisa Hargett-Robinson wears a face mask and gloves as she prepares material for air. Hargett-Robinson started with 小萝莉影视 in March, just as coronavirus really started to become a problem locally. She has not known what it is like to work in the newsroom in precoronavirus conditions. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

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小萝莉影视 Assistant Editor Alicia Abelson, seen here wearing a face mask, coordinates with colleagues working in the newsroom and at home. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

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小萝莉影视 Traffic Reporter Jack Taylor said he finds it “super cool” to realize all of his old home equipment would allow him to broadcast live remotely, with the addition of new software. What he does not have is screens showing dozens of streaming cameras. Taylor said what he has really missing is “the co-workers, my traffic team, teamwork in one room. I love it from home but interaction! Please personal interactions!” he wrote in an email. (小萝莉影视/Jack Taylor)

WTOP Traffic Reporter Mary DePompa answers a call to the 小萝莉影视 Traffic Center from her home studio. (小萝莉影视/Mary DePompa)

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小萝莉影视 Traffic Reporter Mary DePompa answers a call to the 小萝莉影视 Traffic Center from her home studio. (小萝莉影视/Mary DePompa)

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小萝莉影视 Traffic Reporter Reada Kessler, seen here in the 小萝莉影视 Traffic Center, prepares to update listeners on road conditions. She wears her face mask when not broadcasting. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

Male journalist updating information in the 小萝莉影视 traffic center.

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小萝莉影视 Traffic Reporter Rob Stallworth, seen here wearing a face mask, updates the latest traffic information. Someone is always in the 小萝莉影视 Traffic Center. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

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Jacob Kerr works on editing audio in operations. He takes in audio from reporters, weather and various networks. Should an Emergency Alert System message need to go out, Kerr is ready to handle it. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

WTOP's Chris Cichon with his microphone at home.

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Chris Cichon also works in operations, but is doing it from home. He also does weekend sports from home. (小萝莉影视/Chris Cichon)

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Each studio undergoes a detailed cleaning before another anchor gets behind the microphone. 小萝莉影视 Technical Operations/Engineering Assistant Zach Shore, seen here cleaning the main studio, comes into work to help troubleshoot any number of problems that can arise in-house and off-site. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

Cleaning supplies on a table in the 小萝莉影视 newsroom.

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People still working in the 小萝莉影视 newsroom clean their areas before and after each shift with what’s been dubbed the “corona cleaner.” (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

Boxes of cleaning supplies stored on the floor.

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It takes a large stock of cleaning supplies, some of it seen here, to keep 小萝莉影视’s “24/7-365” news operation humming. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

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小萝莉影视 no longer lets employees bring in food to share with their co-workers, something that was very common before the pandemic. For those still coming in, a refrigerator and freezer are stocked with healthy foods. And, then there’s a good bit of junk food to keep everybody happy. (小萝莉影视/Matt Small)

Matt Small

Matt joined 小萝莉影视小萝莉影视 at the start of 2020, after contributing to Washington鈥檚 top news outlet as an Associated Press journalist for nearly 18 years.

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