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Must Follow Health Beat Reporting Tips to Cover COVID-19 News

The world novel Coronavirus is new to the world, but health beat reporting is not. There are some professional journalists, who spent their whole life in health reporting and they are very much aware of what to do and what to not in this field. However, some journalist has started covering the COVID 19 news because it is the demand of the time. This type of journalist is prone to make some mistakes due to a lack of knowledge. 

Here are the top tips compiled from various industry experts on health beat reporting:

1. Consolidate your Vocabulary 

Words matter and in health reporting they make a huge difference. Thus, be really conscious about the usage of words in your reports. For example, some people call the COVID-19 epidemic and some call it the pandemic. Both terms represent different things and thus, using the term based on the context is mandatory. Thus, in health beat reporting, you must have the consolidated vocabulary to use it in the right place.

2. Health First

In the past few months, the importance of health beat reporting has increased more than ever before. Thus, more and more journalists have started joining this group.

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