Everything in Canada changed with the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses have closed. Thousands of employees have lost their jobs, at least temporarily.
Companies that could continue to function by adjusting their workforce quickly assigned their staff to work from home. This is what has happened in Canada’s television news industry, too.
Almost overnight, the way journalists research, record and report the news has been altered as television broadcasters try to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
What does it mean for Global News journalists who normally work in the field? “We do far fewer interviews in person. We use our computers, we send cameras and do it over the phone,” said Mike Drolet, a senior broadcast reporter with Global National