Speed and accuracy : how a medium market television news operation fact-checked information on covid-19 vaccine.
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News of emergency use COVID-19 vaccines dominated headlines in December 2020. Many people had questions surrounding the vaccine. Is it safe? Is it effective? Will it cause damaging side effects? Local TV news operations were challenged with providing information rooted in science, making sure bad information or misinformation did not make it into the newscast, the news operations' website, or social media platforms. This research focuses on one medium market television news operation, and how the decisionmakers at this station reported on the COVID-19 vaccine, and how they fact-checked the information. It will include interviews with eleven people in a variety of roles including: data mining producer, social media manager, assignment manager, assignment editor, producer, veteran reporter, two anchors, a digital editor, and a consumer investigative reporter. Through the semi-structured interviews with the subjects, the research will look for common routines, systems or processes that could be replicated as "best practices" for use in future emergencies where science rather than opinion is required for the public good.
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