31.Write a report on the spread of pandemic in your city
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused staggering loss of life and, over the course of just a few weeks, triggered an unprecedented global shutdown. The scale of the disaster and the astonishing pace of its advance have underscored the urgent need for accurate, informative reporting about the new coronavirus. It has also tested the endurance of the journalists who are reporting the unfolding catastrophe, whether they are veteran health and science reporters or relative newcomers. “Nothing that has come before in the infectious-diseases beat is remotely as huge as this story,” says Helen Branswell, longtime infectious-diseases reporter at STAT. For many reporters, the coronavirus beat has become nearly a 24/7 job.
To document some of the challenges that reporting on COVID-19 has raised, The Open Notebook invited five journalists who are reporting from the front lines in various capacities to spend about a week reflecting on their experiences, including how they’re finding sources and keeping up on the daily torrent of new developments; the skills they’ve found most essential for pandemic reporting; and their efforts to take care of their own health and understand their role in the developing crisis. “I think about my very, very small part in all of this, and about trying to do the best work I can,” says Mark Johnson, health and science reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “If I do my work well, I hope people will know more and be less afraid.”
From March 25–31, five reporters participated in our “COVID-19 Reporting Diaries” project:
The Tamil Nadu government’s order intensifying the lockdown in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruppur and Salem from April 26 briefly convulsed these cities with panic, threatening to undo the gains achieved from avoiding crowding, maintaining physical distancing and preparing the public for a calibrated exit from restrictions. If the idea was to halt the rising rate of infections, which cumulatively touched 1,821 on April 25, the government’s announcement of a ‘complete lockdown’ was counterproductive. Thousands crowded grocery stores, vegetable shops and petrol pumps to stock up, many ignoring safety norms. Anxiety over access to essential goods, particularly among people who do not store articles for long periods, triggered panic buying. Confusion also marked the issue of new passes for delivery agents in places such as Madurai, attracting massive crowds.