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Coronavirus: Reporting Covid-19

20/03/2021 GMT

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We speak to journalists who have spent the past year reporting on the pandemic

We speak to journalists who have spent the past year reporting on the coronavirus pandemic.

During the last year hundreds of people across the globe have shared their experiences on the programme about living during a pandemic. This time, we view this challenging situation through a journalist’s lens. 

Reporters from India, Brazil, the United States, Italy, South Africa, Rwanda and New Zealand share, with host Nuala McGovern, what it’s like to work on possibly the most important story of their careers. 

They reveal the difficulties of obtaining accurate information, the influence of governments, and how they now deal with misinformation. They also talk about the challenges of telling a story that people often don’t want to hear, about personal abuse on social media inlucding death threats.

(Photo: Healthcare workers from Prague Ambulance Service transport a Covid-19 patient to Semily Hospital after transfer from overloaded Ceska Lipa Hospital, Czech Republic, 18 March 2021. Credit: Martin Divisek/EPA)

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