The year 2020 was a turbulent to say the least, and a global study on journalism revealed that the year's events changed how journalists approach their posts and content, with 33.3 percent of journalists worldwide saying that they now look for topics addressing how to promote diversity, inclusion, and equality. Additionally, 36.5 percent reported spending time looking for positive examples of how companies and communities help others. The COVID-19 pandemic also had a major effect on journalism, with 45.5 percent of respondents looking for new perspectives on reporting about the outbreak. This comes as no surprise given that the study also found that feeling fatigued by COVID-19 reporting was the biggest challenge journalists faced in 2020.
Ways in which events of 2020 influenced journalists' approaches to their posts and content worldwide as of March 2021
Question: How have the events of 2020 influenced your approach to posts/content?
The following countries were included in the survey: United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
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Cision. (May 7, 2021). Ways in which events of 2020 influenced journalists' approaches to their posts and content worldwide as of March 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235457/journalists-approaches-to-content-worldwide/
Cision. "Ways in which events of 2020 influenced journalists' approaches to their posts and content worldwide as of March 2021." Chart. May 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235457/journalists-approaches-to-content-worldwide/
Cision. (2021). Ways in which events of 2020 influenced journalists' approaches to their posts and content worldwide as of March 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235457/journalists-approaches-to-content-worldwide/
Cision. "Ways in Which Events of 2020 Influenced Journalists' Approaches to Their Posts and Content Worldwide as of March 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235457/journalists-approaches-to-content-worldwide/
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Ways in which events of 2020 influenced journalists' approaches to their posts and content worldwide as of March 2021 [Graph], Cision, May 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1235457/journalists-approaches-to-content-worldwide/
