6 useful resources for journalists covering Covid-19

With a global pandemic spreading throughout the world, journalists are under increasing pressure to report accurate and relevant news for the masses. Often when covering a crisis, those on the reporting frontlines compromise their physical safety and mental health. To show some solidarity, the Advocacy Assembly team curated a list of useful resources from other organisations leading the way on this. 

• Committee to Protect Journalists Safety Advisory for reporters covering coronavirus (Safety advice from CPJ)
• How journalists can fight stress from covering Coronavirus (Good advice from Poynter)
• Pulitzer Center Coronavirus News Collaboration Challenge (Grant opportunity)
• Hearken’s Addressing Critical Questions During a Crisis (Hearken’s Presentation)
• COVID resources for newsrooms (Hearken’s Resources)
• Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (Realtime tracking of the Coronavirus)

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