Question

Most or any inspiring,
Q4. Prepare a digital news report on the pandemic Covid 19 discussing how India is
fighting with this pandemic.
Important Guidelines
Assume the role of a reporter.
Speak with clarity
Use your creativity to make report interesting
The report should be of maximum 2-3 minute​

Answer 1

Answer:

On March 11, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic. He said: “Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, leading to unnecessary suffering and death.” What are the lessons that this important declaration holds for journalism? How can journalists arrive at a tone and tenor in reporting the health crisis that neither creates unwarranted panic nor underplays the gravity of the situation?

I have been closely monitoring every report on the spread of the virus and its aftermath in this newspaper over the past three weeks. In my opinion, the language used in explainers and reports seems to work well in informing readers without generating anxiety. The explainers on March 15 — “Is the global economy headed for recession?” and “How does soap use help in tackling COVID-19?” — were carried along with news reports on the spread of the virus.

Tools to evaluate reports

The idea of this column is not to praise The Hindu’s coverage, but to seek feedback on what aspects of its reports worked, what aspects need improvement, and where the paper failed to meet the journalistic standards that I spoke of in my column, “Journalism in the time of an epidemic” (February 10). For the benefit of the readers, I would like to share some of the tools that I use to evaluate reporting on this pandemic, which started as an epidemic.