In this unprecedented time, taking care of your well-being isn’t selfish — it’s essential, said veteran reporter and journalism educator Elaine Monaghan during a webinar Tuesday with Patrick Butler, ICFJ’s Vice President for Content and Community, as part of ICFJ’s Global Health Crisis Reporting Forum.
En un reciente seminario online realizado en el marco del Global Health Crisis Reporting Forum de ICFJ, el psicólogo Jorge Bruce −miembro de la International Psychoanalytical Association − explicó de qué forma la pandemia de COVID-19 y las medidas para mitigar su propagación afectan la salud mental de las personas, por qué los periodistas están especialmente expuestos y cómo podemos informar sobre algunos de los problemas relacionados con esta causa.
Cases of COVID-19 are rising in Africa, after the continent was initially spared of the pandemic in its early days. So far, 53 countries have reported cases of the disease, and governments continue to roll out measures to halt the spread. Media organizations on the continent are also ramping up their coverage. Here are some reporting resources that can help journalists on the continent cover the pandemic.
En un seminario online realizado en el marco del Global Health Crisis Reporting Forum de ICFJ, el Dr. Gabriel Rada − fundador de la Fundación Epistemonikos y director de Cochrane Chile y del Centro de Evidencia de la Universidad Católica de Chile − explicó de qué forma se puede comprender la calidad de la evidencia científica y cómo informar con rigor al respecto, sin caer en anuncios apresurados ni tergiversar datos científicos.
Journalists and advocates cannot afford to wait until the COVID-19 crisis slows to address the growing restrictions on media freedom cropping up around the world, media freedom experts said during an ICFJ webinar Thursday.
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism are launching a joint study on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for journalism. This collaborative global research project aims to map the impact of the crisis on journalism and how journalists are responding to it.
The year 2020 was tipped as a super-year for the environment, one with a packed line-up of key political meetings and developments around biodiversity, climate change and oceans. Now, as political momentum and people’s priorities have shifted to responding to COVID-19, journalists should consider where and how to cover that other existential threat we are facing: the climate crisis.
Journalists are often on the frontlines of some of the world’s most challenging events, from crime scenes and road accidents to natural disasters and wars. Now, journalists around the world are working overtime to cover the COVID-19 pandemic.