Workshop on Role Of Media During COVID-19: Second Wave National Institute of Mass Communication(NIMC) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh AHM Bazlur Rahman | CEO |BNNRC Policy Research Fellow Shaping the Future of Media, Information & Culture in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution(4th IR) bnnrcbd@gmail.com | www.bnnrc.net

1. WORKSHOPONROLEOFMEDIADURING
COVID-19:SECONDWAVE
NATIONALINSTITUTEOFMASS
COMMUNICATION(NIMC)
MINISTRYOFINFORMATION&
BROADCASTING
AHM Bazlur Rahman | CEO |BNNRC
Policy Research Fellow
Shaping the Future of Media, Information & Culture in the Era of
the Fourth Industrial Revolution(4th IR)
bnnrcbd@gmail.com | www.bnnrc.net

2. The challenges of covering COVID-19
Journalists across the country face unprecedented challenges to
report the COVID-19 with Accurately, Balance, Fairness & Safely.
• Safety while reporting the story
• Verification of facts & Check again
• Content production
• Combating fake news with Social Media
The challenge for journalists is ensuring their stories are based on
truth, not opinions & science, not speculation.

5. The Role of Media
More Focus of affected communities through an equity lens for
adapting/coping/surviving with the new normal situation
Focus on enhanced capabilities of Journalists for exercising new normal
and building resilience
Further focus of accelerate of ICT applications for benefitting people in all
aspects of life
Revisit about public access to reliable and timely information through
media for countering infodemic and keeping lives & livelihood easy

6. Need: Further Focus
- Develop Media Guideline about COVID-19 Covering
- Financial Protection and Technical Cooperation for
journalism
- Pandemic-related reporting skills / Emphasis on Mental
health and wellbeing
- Providing Content Production support to the Media about
COVID-19
- Vaccine Education

7. AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
Policy Research Fellow
Shaping the Future of Media, Information & Culture
in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution(4th IR)
ceo@bnnrc.net | bnnrcbd@gmail.com | http://www.bnnrc.net