In 2021, I conceptualized and designed a timeline that tracks COVID-19’s rampage through Texas over the the first year of the pandemic. It takes you through the growing death toll, the policy decisions made in response that often influenced its course, and the stories of some of the Texans claimed by the virus.
The weight of their deaths fell unevenly across the state — the people who died were disproportionately Hispanic, and border towns with heavily Hispanic populations were among the hardest hit in the nation over the course of the year. Nursing home residents made up one in five deaths. And the virus mostly killed people 60 years or older in a state where the median age is 35.
In most cases, loved ones couldn't gather and mourn together. We wanted to capture and honor their lives, while also looking back at the timeline of that first year.
The Society of News Design awarded the project with a bronze medal.
The weight of their deaths fell unevenly across the state — the people who died were disproportionately Hispanic, and border towns with heavily Hispanic populations were among the hardest hit in the nation over the course of the year. Nursing home residents made up one in five deaths. And the virus mostly killed people 60 years or older in a state where the median age is 35.
In most cases, loved ones couldn't gather and mourn together. We wanted to capture and honor their lives, while also looking back at the timeline of that first year.
The Society of News Design awarded the project with a bronze medal.
