"The Zoom rooms and online forums of the pandemic lack the excitement of political activism in person, resulting in a drop in political club engagement." Illustration published on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021.

Zach Van Arsdale was the head of the multimedia department from August 2020 to May 2022, shaping design and multimedia storytelling at The State Press in addition to designing article experiences, illustrations and taking photographs. He has previously worked for The Howard Center of Investigative Journalism and on the Carnegie-Knight News21 project: "Unmasking America."
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