Notícias

THE NEW YORK TIMES – 11/05/2020

Gina Kolata

An infectious outbreak can conclude in more ways than one, historians say. But for whom does it end, and who gets to decide?

ADEPA – 09/05/2020

Con el impulso de ADEPA, ocho agencias de comunicación colaboraron en la creación de mensajes de concientización que se difundieron durante la cuarentena en los diarios y portales de noticias, canales y programas informativos, y en radios de todo el país. A través de ellos, las empresas periodísticas lograron unir sus voces para transmitir sus valores como servicio para la comunidad, como productores de noticias seguras y de calidad, y como garantes del derecho a informarse. 

RSF – 11/05/2020

At a time when the media are playing a crucial role in publishing reliable information about the Covid-19 epidemic, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by the increase in online harassment of journalists in all parts of the world, often at the behest of politicians and political parties, and calls on digital platforms to step up their efforts to protect journalists.

THE WASHINGTON POST – 10/05/2020

Emily Davies

After waking up on a recent Monday, Ron Dudley pulled on his Washington Nationals jersey and walked down his street, past a bus stop where he had slept one night, and stopped in front of Trader Joe’s for the first time in three weeks.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – 11/05/2020

Nicole Sperling

Downloads of the $1.8 billion short-form streaming app, meant for phones, are paltry. “I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus,” Mr. Katzenberg said. “Everything.”

GALLUP – 11/05/2020

JEFFREY M. JONES

The novel coronavirus pandemic has spawned what the World Health Organization is calling an “infodemic,” an overabundance of information — some of it false — about COVID-19. Americans divide evenly over whether it is harder or easier to be well-informed about the coronavirus because of easy access to a wide variety of information sources. Fifty-eight percent believe they are well-informed about the virus. Separately, 36% indicate they feel overwhelmed.

THE WASHINGTON POST – 10/05/2020

Margaret Sullivan

Comparing the number of deaths from covid-19 to those caused by car crashes never made any sense. But the gimmick caught on anyway.
“We don’t shut down our economy because tens of thousands of people die on the highways,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). “It’s a risk we accept so we can move about.” President Trump also took up the bogus argument while deploying his trademark exaggeration, insisting that car-related deaths are “far greater than any numbers we’re talking about.”

THE WASHINGTON POST – 11/05/2020

Erik Wemple

How does all that nonsense and speculation on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” affect real life?
“60 Minutes” on Sunday night provided a case study.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – 09/05/2020

Vivian Wang and Edward Wong

The Trump administration is imposing 90-day limits on work visas for Chinese journalists, raising the threat of further retaliation by the Chinese government.

THE ECONOMIST – 07/05/2020

Patriotism is fertile ground for an ancient form of journalism