Guest editorial




Beyond fear: Reflections on Covid coverage by scholars and practitioners, by John Mair




Journalism that serves the public



Pandemic brings out the ethical in journalism, by Dorothy Byrne
Reporting on the pandemic: The ethical challenges facing journalists, by Tina Bettels-Schwabbauer and Paula Kennedy
Issues and limitations in data journalism covering the Covid-19 pandemic: The Italian case, by Philip Di Salvo
Research design for a comparative analysis of the media coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, by Joan Pedro-Caranana, Tabe Bergman and Juan Antonio Carbonell-Asins




Science, risk and misinformation



'Find me a four-year-old child' Journalistic ethics in a time of plague, by Brian Winston
Infoxication, infodemics and disinformation: The disinfodemic in the Covid-19 crisis in Spain, by Cristina Lopez Garcia
Countering coronavirus disinformation: Which strategies work and which don't?, by Alex Connock
From a 'culture of fear' to a 'culture of hope' Media as agent for social change in times of pandemic, by Fabiola Ortiz dos Santos




Further international perspectives on the challenges facing media



From domestic epidemic to world pandemic: News coverage about Covid-19 in China, by Zhan Zhang
Arabic narratives: A study of Gulf Press coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, by Ahmed Mansoori and Muhammed Musa
Balancing privacy and the right to information in Covid-19 reporting in Kenya, by Levi Obonyo and Lydia Ouma Radoli
Reporting coronavirus responsibly - across the globe, by Catriona Bonfiglioli