Working in the Era of Covid-19 Pandemic: Measuring the Effects of COVID-19 on Media Professionals

Abstract

In the end of second decade of 21st century, people of the world have faced a new challenge of pandemic named coronavirus. The start of the disease was China but soon this disease captured the whole world as a wild fire. The spread of this disease affected every field of life and caused strict lockdown in the world for many months even now the fear of the coronavirus exists in every state of the world. Where this disease affected other fields, there, this pandemic also affected media organizations that are only source of information and knowledge for the masses. The aim of the current research study was to know about the effects of Covid-19 on media professional who are working round the clock and informing public. Using the method of survey, researchers collected data from media professionals about their job during pandemic days using self-designed questionnaire. Findings of the study was exposed that media professionals preformed their duties during pandemic days and study concluded that media professionals perform their duties as per routine. Study suggested that media organizations should take it seriously to facilitate their employees to become safe their employees from this dangerous disease of Covid-19.