Towards an Ethics of Inclusivity, Fairness, and Balance in the Age of Pandemics

ABSTRACT

According to White (2010), any departure from such norms should be unimaginable given the public's need to trust in journalists' devotion to communicating truth. According to Mawarire's (2020) study on ethics in the African media, vulnerable groups and marginalized communities have not received equitable and balanced coverage during the pandemic. According to the U.N., journalism ethics are similar to human rights, universal and inalienable, interconnected and linked. [...]journalistic accuracy, fairness, and truth should be required universally by media practitioners, regardless of nationality [8]. [...]newsrooms are forced to operate on a tight budget, unable to fulfil their information and watchdog roles properly.