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Role Of Media During COVID-19: 2nd Wave in Bangladesh
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ROLE OF MEDIA DURING COVID-19 AHM Bazlur Rahman | CEO | Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication
The challenges of covering COVID-19 Journalists across the country face unprecedented challenges to report the COVID-19 with Accurately, Balance, Fairness & Safely. • Safety while reporting the story • Verification of facts & Check again • Content production • Combating fake news with Social Media The challenge for journalists is ensuring their stories are based on truth, not opinions & science, not speculation.
The Role of Media More Focus of affected communities through an equity lens for adapting/coping/surviving with the new normal situation Focus on enhanced capabilities of Journalists for exercising new normal and building resilience Further focus of accelerate of ICT applications for benefitting people in all aspects of life Revisit about public access to reliable and timely information through media for countering infodemic and keeping lives & livelihood easy
Need: Further Focus - Develop Media Guideline about COVID-19 Covering - Financial journalism Pandemic-related reporting skills / Emphasis on Mental health and wellbeing Providing Content Production support to the Media about COVID-19 Vaccine Education Protection and Technical Cooperation for - - -
AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR Chief Executive Officer Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) Policy Research Fellow Shaping the Future of Media, Information & Culture in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution(4th IR) ceo@bnnrc.net | bnnrcbd@gmail.com | http://www.bnnrc.net