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During an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, “as rumors surface, communications experts rebut them with accurate information via WhatsApp or local radio.”
Sure, keeping an audience’s attention is a challenge. But Frontline has always operated under the premise that it has to keep people from changing the channel.
“When there is no existing infrastructure that is stable for any kind of media, we thought, let’s come back to good old radio.”
Following the blueprint of Syria Deeply, the new Ebola-focused site hopes to deliver context and coherence in covering the spread and treatment of the virus.