Nigerian Newsrooms Under COVID-19 Lockdown

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dc.contributor.authorABUBAKRE, FATIMA
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-27T13:08:07Z
dc.date.available2023-06-27T13:08:07Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractA global pandemic garners a great deal of media attention. The COVID-19 crisis is no exception. It was distinctive because more than a third of the world’s population had to undergo quarantine in the first quarter of 2020 which had far-reaching social effects. This study provides a historical overview of Nigerian newspapers and explores how the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria impacted upon the newsrooms of mainstream media organizations. It draws on interviews with heads of newsrooms and mid-management staff from six elite newspapers in the country. Findings reveal that although the pandemic was economically challenging for news organizations, they had no choice but to stay in business, providing information to the public during lockdown and the protests which followed. This took a toll on journalists whose work was impeded by mob and police actions and had broader implications for news production and the survival of news organizations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationABUBAKRE, F. (2021). Nigerian newsrooms under COVID-19 lockdown. The Political Economy of Communication, 9(1), 41–62.en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN: 2357-1705
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/11367
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPolitical Economy section of the International Association of Media Communication Research (IAMCR)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries9;1
dc.subjectCOVID-19, lockdown, journalists, Nigeria, #EndSARSen_US
dc.titleNigerian Newsrooms Under COVID-19 Lockdownen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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