National media workers covering Corona ... awareness and mobilization efforts to keep pace with various procedures

Provincial-Sana

For most Syrians, mobile phones are no longer ringing in the morning to wake them up to go to work, but this does not include workers in national media institutions, where their central role in addressing the Corona virus and the risks and difficulties that this presents to citizens from its official sources highlights and clarifies government procedures and clarifies them.

Enas Al-Safan, correspondent in the internal news department of the SANA agency, indicated that since the beginning of recording cases of Corona virus infection in neighboring countries, all the agency's staff, especially the editors working in the Internal News Service and the provinces and photographers, have been mobilized in terms of preparing information materials to spread awareness among citizens about the mechanism to address the virus And the importance of adhering to the measures taken by the government to maintain public health.

The conditions and nature of journalistic work imposes itself to perform the duty according to Al-Safan, who is the mother of a sixth-grade child who spends with her colleagues in Sana long hours in continuous work throughout the 24 hours to keep up with the efforts of ministries, hospital supplies, health centers, quarantine and medical isolation in various governorates and deal with any news Urgent You see that the mission of the journalist multiplies during crises and exceptional circumstances to provide reliable information from its official sources and refute the rumors.

SANA correspondent in Aleppo Qusai Razzouk confirmed that since the beginning of the government’s plan to tackle the Corona virus, daily coverage is being made of all the measures that the governorate and the concerned authorities are taking, monitoring awareness campaigns and sterilization in the main streets, homes and public bodies, pointing to the importance of performing the media message and addressing rumors that have multiplied on social media pages.

Everyone can stay in the house except the journalist, as it is his duty to continue to work, whatever the circumstances, and the risk factor is high, according to the photographer at the agency Kanna Othman, who pointed to the double efforts that are being made to transfer the true image and educate the citizens, indicating that when preparing any field report on hospital facilities and stone centers Sanitary The full precautions are taken from wearing masks, gloves and sterilization.

The variety of methods used by the media plays an important role in communicating the required educational messages, according to Muhannad Al-Jishi Al-Montier in the Sanaa Photography Department, who explained that his work revolves around designing short video clips of no more than two minutes that contain awareness messages about ways to address the virus by moving away from gatherings through nice fees Attractive colors help to understand scientific facts in an easy way.

From the Syrian channel, the reporter, Ahmed and Nus, alternates with his colleagues to cover the periods of work, which has become according to the shift system, and indicates that during this stage, it revolves around a major aspect of raising people's awareness of the seriousness of the virus and the necessary preventive and health measures, indicating that all precautionary measures are taken when preparing articles and press reports.

Corona initiatives and community solidarity with government efforts such as rehabilitation of hospitals and quarantine centers will remain out of the eyes of citizens unless they are monitored by camera lenses, according to the correspondent in the Syrian channel Hadia Shamsat, which drew to the educational role played by field programs and reports in guiding citizens on how to deal with the virus and show the extent of The seriousness of this epidemic.

Keeping pace with the voluntary and awareness-raising initiatives to help citizens under these circumstances has had a major aspect in media coverage, according to the Syrian channel correspondent in Aleppo, Fouad Izmirli, stating that the role of the media is to be present where it is necessary to spread awareness and perform the message to the fullest.

Do not underestimate or intimidate this idea, Firas Al-Ahmad, correspondent of Sama Channel in Daraa, summarized the role of the media in coverage related to the Corona virus, pointing to the need to raise awareness of the obligation to adhere to government measures, the most important of which is to stay at home and not go out except for the most urgent necessity, which is confirmed by his colleague, the channel’s correspondent in Latakia, Basem Abbas, who believes that I have The media today is an additional task related to educating people about the danger of not adhering to the decision to prevent gatherings and crowding, in addition to their mission in describing reality and possessing logic to persuade citizens not to gather and follow safety measures to prevent the spread of the virus.

The role of the media is no less important than the role of medical cadres and the Internal Security Forces, where everyone is an integrated team working to tackle the Corona virus, according to media figure Maysa Salman from the radio and television center in Tartous, noting that what is required from the media today is to take all safety, precaution and caution when performing its supreme mission in educating citizens And inform them of new developments with regard to dealing with this epidemic.

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