Media Orgs Ramp Up Coverage of Coronavirus, Determine Protocol for Staffers

Limiting nonessential travel for employees

The coronavirus story is one that is so demanding, and changing so quickly, that news organizations have been tasked with being on the forefront of the conversation to not only inform readers as best they can, but also prepare their newsrooms and sales team on the best way to conduct business in the face of the facts as they know them.

The virus is moving faster than conversation.

In talking through just how quickly the story, as well as the planning, evolves, Evelyn Webster, The Guardian US and Australia CEO, started to say that coverage, and (in effect) guidance on how to prepare for it is changing by the day, but has to catch herself.

“It’s changing by the minute,” Webster said.

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