MA Digital Journalism Final Multimedia Project: On Hold
The frustration of an endless droning dial tone plagued many people during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. “I rang many times before getting through on the helplines”, several women told UK-based domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid in a survey. Any chance they had to call a helpline during this time was limited. Ten UK helplines reported sharp hikes in calls and obstacles during the pandemic. They provided a closer look into the impact of the pandemic on their services and the survivors they support. I built the website with HTML5 and CSS and the charts with Flourish and Datawrapper. I interviewed UK helpline managers and one survivor of domestic abuse for the article. I also collected statistics of the calls to the helplines during the pandemic, which I included in the charts.
