Amherst Wire

Sev Ohanian: How YouTube fame turned into producing “Judas and the Black Messiah”

At first, he made a few videos with his friends from school. Now, he's working with the likes of Daniel Kaluuya, Zendaya and Michael B. Jordan.

Aaron Vincent Facundo, TV/Film Editor • June 19, 2021

He started out as a student journalist, but now he's making movies for the entire world. Storytelling is not just Sev Ohanian's passion, it's his entire life.

Pandemic Politics: Compromise Candidates

Are young organizers pushing their centrist candidates to the left?

Julia Donohue, Managing Editor • May 13, 2021

It's very difficult to see beyond, black and white politics, when, you know, you follow your heart out, you were not paid. You went out there in a pandemic, and your person's not doing the things that they said that they were going to do.

Pandemic Politics: Unpaid Internships

Youth organizers dive into the injustice of unpaid progressive campaign labor

Julia Donohue, Managing Editor • May 13, 2021

I think if you're bringing someone on and an official role, like as an intern, and you're not paying them, I think that absolutely damages the credibility of any progressive institution, because it makes it inherently elitist, and that exacerbates racial and economic inequalities.

Looking Back: Getting the vaccine, figure skating, mourning a loss and marriage in the time of Covid-19

Four students reflect on life the past year during the coronavirus pandemic

Kate Katz, Shyamaa Khan, Samantha Simons and Chelsea Staub , Contributors • May 13, 2021

Editor's note: The following stories are the second part of Looking Back, a two-part series of first-person blog posts looking back at life the past year. The series is produced by Professor Steve Fox's Journalism 300 course in the Journalism Department at UMass Amherst.

The idea of finding love online isn’t so far-fetched anymore

In March 2020 Caitlyn swiped right. It’s been a whirlwind ever since

Elizabeth Sheridan, Contributor • May 13, 2021

In March of 2020 Caitlyn swiped right. It’s been a whirlwind ever since.

An oral history of UMass’s only remote school year

A first-year student versus a senior's experience

Rebecca Duffy, Campus News Editor • May 13, 2021

A first-year student versus a senior's experience.

Looking Back: Corona lungs, pandemic time warp and Zoom University

Three students reflect on life the past year during the coronavirus pandemic

Jess Galvin, Catherine Hurley and Kaci Madden , Contributors • May 7, 2021

The following stories are the first part of Looking Back, a two-part series of first-person blog posts looking back at life the past year produced by Professor Steve Fox's Journalism 300 course in the Journalism Department at UMass Amherst.

Netflix’s “This Is a Robbery” Director Colin Barnicle decodes the greatest art heist of all time

“This Is a Robbery” explores the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s unsolved 1990 robbery

Julia Donohue, Managing Editor • May 7, 2021

“You hear, ‘Oh, you can't move the art because it's very iconic,' but it's only iconic if people know what it is. If there's no coverage on it, and all the pictures are in black and white, when they are covered, then they're not iconic, and they can be moved.”

Inside SmashUMA: the past, present and future of smash

A peek into the famous platform fighters club here at UMass

Ethan Brayall-Brown, Writer • May 7, 2021

SmashUMA is a university club that was approved by the Registered Student Organization back in 2013 with the intention of just getting a group to play some smash. But with COVID-19, arguably the most fun part of the game was taken away; the in-person couch play.

Was It Wicked? : This Is a Robbery

A Massachusetts podcast featuring filmmakers from the Bay State

Julia Donohue, Managing Editor • May 7, 2021

Tune in for the first ever episode of our new Massachusetts film podcast "Was It Wicked?" hosted by Julia Donohue.

Was this the worst semester in UMass History?

Students mental health collapses as the third virtual semester comes to a close

Julia Donohue, Managing Editor • May 6, 2021

“I’ve been failing most of my classes since and the only outreach I’ve received is from my advisors telling me my grades suck."

The do’s and don’ts of dating during a pandemic

Taylor Lee, Writer • May 6, 2021

These couples and individuals who are active in the dating scene help to shed light on what it is like to be dating, or in a relationship during the pandemic. From the obstacles they faced to learning what works, their experiences may help others looking to explore relationships.