With the arrival of vaccines against COVID-19, journalists, communicators and the fact-checking community around the world have tried their best to cover the vaccination efforts and help the general public understand the current stage of the global pandemic that took hold one year ago.
However, just as with the coronavirus last year, the vaccines have brought their own sets of challenges for reporters and editors needing to explain their development, efficacy, side effects, distribution and more to societies eager for reliable information.
That’s why the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering the new course,
“Covering the COVID-19 vaccine: What journalists need to know,” which will run from March 29 - April 25 2021 and will be offered in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
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In this photo from 18 October 2017, members of the press and EU representatives participate in a vigil in Brussels, Belgium, in memory of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered on 16 October of that same year. The journalist was investigating the so-called Panama Papers and corruption cases in her country.
(Mauro Bottaro/EC-Audiovisual Service
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3 March 2021
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In this photo from 18 October 2017, members of the press and EU representatives participate in a vigil in Brussels, Belgium, in memory of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered on 16 October of that same year. The journalist was investigating the so-called Panama Papers and corruption cases in her country.