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Apr 7, 2020 11 tweets 35 min read
1. The novel coronavirus pandemic is making great demands of journalists, forcing us to work extra long hours, go out in the field to report not always with adequate consideration given to safety, and put our families at extra risk. #MentalhealthduringCovid19 #lka #Covid_19 2. As we keep going with no known end in sight, so do our levels of stress and anxiety. The following are important tips for journalists to recognise and take a proactive approach to their mental health.

#MentalHealth #MentalhealthduringCovid19 #MentalHealthforJournalists #lka
Apr 2, 2020 11 tweets 16 min read
1. Ethical journalism lies at the core of good journalism. Particularly at a time of unprecedented crisis, it is the responsibility of all journalists to adhere to the core principles of truth and accuracy, fairness and impartiality, humanity, accountability and independence. 2. Here are some tips on combatting discriminatory rhetoric, misinformation and disinformation whilst covering the novel coronavirus pandemic.
#CoronaRacism
#StopRacism
#RacismIsStupid
Mar 27, 2020 7 tweets 12 min read
ගෝලීය වසංගතයක් තුල වුවත්, ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට ක්ෂේත්‍රයට ගොස් තොරතුරු සෙවීමට සිදුවේ . කථාව ආවරණය කරන අතරතුර මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට තම ආරකෂාව තහවුරු කර ගැනීමට  උපදෙස් කිහිපයක් මෙන්න. #LKA #Covid19 #CoronaVirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronaOutbreakLK #COVID #Covid_19 #PandemicReporting ගෝලීය වසංගතයක් තුල වුවත්, ජනමාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට ක්ෂේත්‍රයට ගොස් තොරතුරු සෙවීමට සිදුවේ . කථාව ආවරණය කරන අතරතුර මාධ්‍යවේදීන්ට තම ආරකෂාව තහවුරු කර ගැනීමට  උපදෙස් කිහිපයක් මෙන්න. #LKA #Covid19 #CoronaVirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronaOutbreakLK #COVID #Covid_19 #PandemicReporting
Mar 26, 2020 11 tweets 23 min read
ගෝලීය COVID-19 වසංගතය පුවත්පත් කලාව ඇතුළු සමාජයේ සියලුම ක්‍රියාකාරකම් කෙරෙහි බලපායි. වසංගත අර්බුදයක් ආවරණය කිරීමේදී ඔබ සැලකිල්ලට ගත යුතු උපදෙස් 10 ක් මෙන්න. #LKA #Covid19 #CoronaVirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronaOutbreakLK #COVID #Covid_19 #PandemicReporting #JournalismTips #LKA #Covid19 #CoronaVirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronaOutbreakLK #COVID #Covid_19 #PandemicReporting #JournalismTips #COVID19Reporting
Mar 24, 2020 7 tweets 14 min read
In a global outbreak of disease, journalists will be required to go to the field, increasing their risk of being infected. Here are some quick tips for journalists to keep safe while covering the story #LKA #Covid19 #PandemicReporting #JournalismTips #SafetyTipsForJournalists #LKA #Covid19 #CoronaVirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronaOutbreakLK #COVID #Covid_19 #PandemicReporting #JournalismTips #COVID19Reporting  #SafetyTipsForJournalists
Mar 23, 2020 11 tweets 21 min read
Good journalism is critical at a time of crisis. Here are 10 tips to take into account when covering a pandemic crisis while also taking care of yourself. #LKA #Covid19 #CoronaVirus #CoronaOutbreakLK #COVID #Covid_19 #PandemicReporting #JournalismTips #COVID19Reporting #lka #COVIDー19 #COVID19LK #CoronaOutbreak #JournalismTips #pandemic