Stephen Gitagama, CEO, Nation Media Group, Kenya As a media company that operates in four countries, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, we are facing multiple challenges. The first and foremost challenge for us is to keep our staff safe and healthy. We have some 10 Hazmut suits and some other personal protective equipment, which our reporters and […]

Chen Ying-Che, Assistant to the President, United Daily News, Taiwan. To talk about the COVID-19 epidemic and news coverage in Taiwan, it is important to understand the relationship between mainland China and Taiwan first. During the Chinese New Year, many Taiwanese who work, live and study in mainland China come back to Taiwan for the most important […]

Hiroshi Komatsu, Editor-in-Chief, The Mainichi Shimbun, Japan I think there are three challenges for journalists to cover the Coronavirus. First, we are not able to have an enough access to those who are infected or the hot spot where the “overshoot” occurred like Wuhan in China, mainly because we take the safety of journalists into consideration. Consequently, […]

Ken Woosuk Choi, Editor of Future Planning Desk, The Chosun Ilbo, South Korea At Chosun Ilbo, the management has imposed strict guidelines for reporters. Newsgathering is done over telephone. Staff have been asked to remain at home and only go out to buy groceries and other essentials. Meanwhile, we feel that trust in the newspaper is […]