BBC News boss tells viewers coverage will ‘look a bit different’ during pandemic
The BBC‘s director of news has warned viewers that things will “look and sound a bit different” while the corporation adapts…
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Shaun Lintern interview: The Independent’s health writer on covering coronavirus (+video)
“At a time of national crisis you don’t suspend journalism, in fact it becomes even more important.” This is the…
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BBC News puts restructure threatening 450 jobs on hold for Covid-19 crisis
Plans to cut 450 jobs in BBC News have been put on hold as the corporation faces up to the…
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RSF claims press freedom in China could have helped avoid Covid-19 pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic might have been avoided and thousands of lives saved if China had a free press, according to…
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Julian Assange fails in bid to be released from prison amid coronavirus pandemic
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been refused bail despite claiming he is vulnerable to a coronavirus outbreak in jail. The 48-year-old…
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JPI Media suspends local print titles as advertising plummets during pandemic
JPI Media has suspended 12 local print titles amid a “substantial reduction” in advertising and concerns over home deliveries under…
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Going viral: How the world’s press is responding to the coronavirus pandemic
“We’re not just fighting an epidemic, we’re fighting an infodemic” – World Health Organisation director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. While the…
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Coronavirus: Publishers offer free delivery as newsagents classed ‘essential’ businesses
Newsagents and corner shops were designated an essential service by the Government last night in a “comforting” move for the…
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