COVID-19 Resources and Guides
Reporting on Complex Issues
Guidelines: Reporting on Clinical Trials:
Tips for reporters to keep in mind when covering the challenging scientific aspect of this public health emergency. This guide includes 8 simple steps to help journalists to understand the role and limitations of clinical trials.
Connect:COVID-19
A weekly digest launched through the H2H Network to provide guidance to journalists in SE Asia. This bulletin contains quality resources and fact-checked information designed to combat misinformation in the COVID-19 crisis.
New Realities of Reporting
Tools for News Reporting during Social Distancing
With many workplaces in semi or total lockdown in response to COVID-19, many journalists are adjusting to the new reality of working from home. This affects the way journalists report on their communities. How do we ensure that community voices are still at the center of reporting?
Guidance: How Media Can Support their Audience during Ramadan
From our H2H project: As the transmission of COVID-19 is facilitated by close contact between people, what advice should journalists give their readers and viewers for being safe from COVID-19 during Ramadan?
Rumor Tracking
Rumor Guidance: Unproven Treatments
The drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been talked about a lot lately. This guide discusses the latest research on the drugs and their implications for treating COVID-19.
Rumor: Are Patients Immune after Recovering from COVID-19?
This report takes you through the latest research on the issue of immunity after recovery, and provides guidance on how to report on this challenging question.
Reporting on Rumors: Is COVID-19 Airborne?
This guide explains the science behind what we know so far about COVID-19 and how it is transmitted, and gives advice on how journalists should report on it.
Social Media Rumor Bulletin
Internews is working with Translators without Borders and Standby Task Force to collect and analyze rumors and misinformation related to COVID-19 in this bi-weekly bulletin.
Humanitarian Response
In the Loop
This bi-weekly humanitarian feedback newsletter is produced to inform organizations and local authorities delivering services to refugees, returnees and host communities in Kenya's informal settlements. Current issues address information about COVID-19.