Excess and speed of information

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of Brazilian journalists

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.2426

Keywords:

Science journalism, COVID-19, Pandemic, Preprint

Abstract

In this article, we analyze the perception of Brazilian journalists who cover science on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their work. The study was conducted through an online survey with 26 professionals: 14 women and 12 men, most of them over 40 years old, with varied experiences in scientific journalism and who work in media outlets or autonomously in the states of PR, RJ and SP. Among the main changes of this period are the increase in the production of articles and the need to adopt strategies to find reliable scientific information, many of them published fastly or as a preprint (without peer review).

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Luisa Massarani, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Doutora pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação, Gestão e Difusão em Biociências da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Coordenadora do Instituto Nacional de Comunicação Pública da Ciência e Tecnologia e pesquisadora da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz (COC/Fiocruz).

Luiz Felipe Fernandes Neves, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Doutorando em Ensino em Biociências e Saúde pelo Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC/Fiocruz) na linha de pesquisa Divulgação, Popularização e Jornalismo Científico. Mestre em Comunicação pela Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). Jornalista na Secretaria de Comunicação da UFG.

Carla Maria da Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação, Gestão e Difusão e Biociências do Instituto de Bioquímica Médica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

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Massarani, L., Neves, L. F. F., & da Silva, C. M. (2022). Excess and speed of information: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of Brazilian journalists. E-Compós, 25. https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.2426

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