Media freedom and independence in times of COVID-19

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Article
    Publication Date:
    2020
    URL:
    https://en.unesco.org/news/media-freedom-and-independence-times-covid-19
    Published:
    International: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11692
    Subject Term:
    accuracy, coverage, credibility (sources), freedom of press, gender, information issues, journalism, journalists, media, media effectiveness, reporting, scientific communication, role, diseases, risk journalism, social media, independence, and fake news
    Notes:
    2 pages., Online from organization website., In an online event, United Nations leaders and others emphasize importance of free, independent, fact-based journalism at the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2020."I takes journalism to communicate the findings of scientists and disseminate real and reliable information and counter fake news that is dangerous to people's lives and to efforts to contain the spread of the (COVID-19) pandemic."

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