Sin Luz: Life without Power is an immersive video interactive produced by The Washington Post. It tells the story of Puerto Rico’s apagón, or “super blackout,” the longest and largest major power outage in modern U.S. history. Without electricity, there is no reliable source of clean water. School is out, indefinitely. Health care is fraught. Small businesses are faltering. The tasks of daily life are both exhausting and dangerous. There is nothing to do but wait, and no one can say when the lights will come back on.
Reporting/translation: Arelis R. Hernández
Reporting/videography: Zoeann Murphy
Reporting/videography: Whitney Leaming
Design/development: Emily Yount
Design/development/drone footage/photogrammetry: Seth Blanchard
Graphics: Armand Emamdjomeh
Graphics: Lauren Tierney
Drone footage/photogrammetry: Jorge Ribas
Drone footage/photogrammetry: Kolin Pope
Drone footage/photogrammetry: Hector Santos Guia
Editing: Reem Akkad
Editing: Kat Downs
Editing: Ann Gerhart
Translation: Paula Duran Rehbein
Icons: Victoria Fogg
Icons: Joanne Lee
Special thanks: Joa Rodríguez
Special thanks: Mardelis Jusino Ortiz
