Through their work, the news media has attempted to hold governments to account and translate public health information into a format that audiences can make sense of and apply to their daily lives. Fonte: Medium. Leia todo o texto aqui.
Covid-19 / Scientific Journals One big change brought on by Covid-19 is that virtually all the scientific research being produced about it is free to read. Anyone can access the many preliminary findings that scholars are posting on “preprint servers.” Data are shared openly via…
Infections / Mobility Organized crime is changing its trafficking routes, under the cover of COVID-19. Timber smugglers in the Amazon are boosting their trade in the absence of supervision. Unemployment and alcohol dependency rates are jumping, and climate change continues…
COVID-19 / Newspapers David Erickson got the call directly from the publisher of the Missoulian, the Montana newspaper where he works as a reporter writing about business and housing. You might as well hear it first so you can break the news,…
Social media / Platforms Last week was a big news week. The pandemic rolled on as the U.S. exceeded 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. Unemployment got worse. Minneapolis police started a national firestorm with the death in custody of a black…
Open access / Research findings During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and publishers have pulled together to publish their outputs at an unprecedented rate. So, how have they responded? And how will this change research culture and the way findings are disseminated…
Facebook / Covid-19 Misinformation As Facebook uses artificial intelligence to moderate Covid-19 misinformation, marketers continue to grapple with how to advertise around the crisis both on and off the platform. Fonte: Forbes Leia todo o texto Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/martyswant/2020/05/14/as-facebook-moderates-covid-19-misinformation-with-ai-advertisers-navigate-brand-safety-during-the-crisis/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=social&utm_content=3346388400&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesTechTwitter&fbclid=IwAR3MKWNN6yH76rRwJ8IiieG8eGZaUKOF5oTrdoZlWklEwNzQm33ZB139zvE#2af1a42c5f47 Leia outros textos aqui
Misinformation / Pandemic Fact-checking and verification were already crucial skills for journalists before the COVID-19 pandemic came along, thanks in part to the rise of Donald Trump and the alt-right’s weaponization of social media. But the coronavirus has made fact-checking and…
Public health / COVID-19 Black Americans appear to have a higher risk of COVID-19 infection compared with other racial groups, preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show. Fonte: Journalist's Resource Leia todo o texto Link: https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health/public-health-messaging-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR2fZL5OHRLQeWcdkzY8mFxjF8qSmAXa0UPWTqKY9r6r-tDSFdHosBIGO3k Leia outros…
