July 13, 2020 – African Centre for Media Excellence

Death by Covid-19, a eulogy for journalism as we knew it

By David Lumu It had been coming for many years. But the Covid-19 pandemic put a fine point on the impending Armageddon that hovers over the horizon of good old journalism as we have known it. It struck a deathly blow to media house revenues, highlighting just how feeble our livelihoods are; it allowed the […]

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Coronavirus media coverage must avoid the mistakes of the Aids pandemic in Africa

Ludek Stavinoha, University of East Anglia As COVID-19 becomes the most intensely covered virus in history, there are important lessons to be drawn from the media’s reporting of another global pandemic: HIV/Aids. Whose lives the world deems worthy of saving depends, at least partly, on the stories that journalists tell. This was one of the […]

Posted On : July 13, 2020 Published By : Guest Writer

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Death by Covid-19, a eulogy for journalism as we knew it

Coronavirus media coverage must avoid the mistakes of the Aids pandemic in Africa

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