During the coronavirus pandemic we have all been finding new ways of connecting. The restrictions required to restrict the transmission of COVID-19 have had a profound effect on how we travel, shop, socialise, study, work and worship. These restrictions have also had an impact on the world of journalism. The pandemic has affected every facet of society, which means that journalists covering politics and sports, business and the arts, cookery and tourism, have been getting used to repeatedly typing the words “lockdown”, “testing” and “quarantine”. The fact that everything stopped during lockdown did not mean there was nothing to report. Indeed, there has been a surfeit of news, as print, broadcast and online reporters have attempted to convey the impact of the virus on the NHS, the High Street, schools, theatres, cinemas, hotels, airlines and the transport system.
