| Responsible coverage of COVID-19 in the Caribbean - 13/07/2020 |
| Guyana National Broadcasting Authority |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | The Americas | Guyana |
| As newsrooms across the Caribbean continue to face the challenge of COVID-19, how are they adapting to maintain effective, responsible and ethical journalism during the crisis? With no end in sight, the coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of over 560,000 people so far. During any crisis, access to accurate, fair, balanced and reliable information is key to saving lives and mitigating loss. Journalists are also tasked with looking at the bigger picture, while reporting and relating how the pandemic is affecting the people in their locality. Effective and responsible reporting is essential to preventing prejudice and panic, protecting people’s right to privacy and also to holding governments to account. |
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