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Impact
02 Apr. 2020

Fighting Corona and the lies in its wake

On social media people were trying to identify the ethnicity of Sri Lanka's first Covid-19 victim. The story quickly spawned and factcheckers from the NAD network took note.

Blog
01 Apr. 2020

Media in Pakistan: responding to COVID-19 challenges with innovation

Reporting on the coronavirus in one of the most press restrictive environments in the world is a challenge - but it also opens up for new opportunities in local media.

Impact
01 Apr. 2020

“The world is sitting at home, and the world is listening”

In the middle of the coronavirus crisis Lebanese media Daraj are seeing a growing hunger for solution-oriented journalism. From their home offices Alia Ibrahim and the rest of the team are working around the clock to keep people informed and to find new ways to restore the public’s faith in journalism

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