1.
Br J Gen Pract
; 70(698): 451, 2020 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-854205
Subject(s)
Communications Media , Coronavirus Infections , Information Dissemination , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral , Social Perception , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Communications Media/ethics , Communications Media/standards , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/psychology , Fear , Humans , Information Dissemination/ethics , Information Dissemination/methods , Mortality , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/psychology , SARS-CoV-2 , Social Responsibility
2.
AMA J Ethics
; 22(1): E55-60, 2020 01 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-326348
ABSTRACT
Journalists have long covered outbreaks of infectious disease. In the history of global health journalism-from the 1721 Boston smallpox epidemic to the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak in China and Singapore and to recent outbreaks of Ebola in West Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo-newsrooms have wielded their power both responsibly and irresponsibly. This article examines journalism practice during the 2013-2016 Ebola epidemic and recommends strategies for improving epidemic reporting.