Los periodistas cuencanos frente a la divulgación de la Covid-19 desde un enfoque médico científico

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Abstract: The objective is to know how the journalists of the bowl work withscientific and medicalinformation prior to its dissemination, also to determine the relevance of journalism to combatdisinformation, to identify the needs of training in subjects related to scientific journalism as aspecialty of the profession.A mixedmethodology is applied, in order to know the experience of journalists in the coverageof the pandemic, as well as what the media production on the subject reflects.Among the most relevant results, we observed that the journalists of the bowl are strivingtofind suitable sources to talk about medicine and science, but there are limitations, due to thelack of training in medical and scientific subjects, a limited approach was given to transcriptionof what sources indicate and in other cases to the use ofgovernment sources to discussmedical issues.The conclusions point to the need for journalists to prepare for health and science issues.Future research could extend it to a macro environment to have a more accurate coverage ofscience and health issuesin the country.