reporters without borders says it is impossible to know how many journalists were exposed to go but while going about their work the organization says at least 3 reporters died after contracting the virus let's get more now with christiane mir he's the director of reporters without borders in germany and samir york as ation we've just seen has released this report showing that more than 50 journalists have been killed this year it's the fewest in almost a decade but most of them in countries not classified as war zones which appears to be a growing trend what explains that yeah exactly that is a most very trend 10 years ago when we published our end year round up most of the journalists have been killed in war zones and this really already has changed dramatically that actually 2 surge of all journalists are now kilt income trees which are all fish will eat in peace but this number actually correlates with the

number of refugee journalists so in the same time where's number of refugee generalists increased the number of journalists have actually which have been killed in countries it peace has been increased as well even if as a total number has decreased but its investigative journalists who are working in countries as peace say are most beatrice when it comes to press freedom and safety for working what parts of the world countries are regions are most concerning for you. unflushed really always mexico is on the top but india pakistan syria afghanistan ozzy country which which is a most very difficult as well to work on all these just all of these countries are as i said countries which are officially at peace the countries where journalists work on environmental pollution on organized crime and all all tropics

where actually they can get dangerous for all people who actually earn money wisc crime one money with organized crime now most people of course not reporters are not involved in the media what is the connection between safety and freedom for people in the media and for societies at large. and he exists year of call it 90 dramatically i seek showed us how important press freedom independent information is take the example of cheat china and compare it with germany i mean in germany we had a discussion like it as a european countries as well how to tackle this virus whether to open or to reopen 'd society to open or reopen shops and so it was a quite controversial discussion but this discussion has been transported by media whereas in china we have one communist single state and one communist single party

wants to dictate and which is actually imprisoned and journalists who actually questioning the policy of the states just 28 document where something didn't actually take the example from the yesterday printed joe young in china she just questioned actually we were in icing debts the issue of debt the task of a journalist to document just the reality and so this is why actually is a year of corona showed us so important so so much how important press freedom is. question your director of reporters without borders in germany thanks for your time and. powerful earthquake has struck central croatia killing at least one person a young girl and injuring many others the epicenter was 50 kilometers southeast of the capital's a grab with tremors felt in neighboring countries. has

the dust settles a dramatic rescue. one of many. people across croatia caught off guard by the massive earthquake. the money they make if you need them. and some suffered the consequences. hardest hit was the town of between. the army and rescue workers spent hours searching for residents trapped under the debris from collapsed roofs and entire buildings. it is the 2nd earthquake in a row on monday and fight for in 2 quake already hit the region moreover this is the 3rd massive earthquake in croatia this year. residents

are rattled and distressed. about. this man who confronted the croatian prime minister during his visit of the hardest hit areas. but this year is ending just as it began we are experiencing a very similar situation here as after the earthquake in march and as i grabbed the girls we are putting all of the state services at the citizens disposal the army and the national guard are on duty in both of the hardest hit towns katrina and sees that all are true but the unit will still see. this series of aftershocks led residents to spend most of the day outside too fearful to remain indoors these nursing home residents were evacuated and forced to brave the cold. others huddled on the streets. not an ideal situation in times of corona but for those still in

shock it's seemingly safer option. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines right now u.s. vice president elect obama has received her 1st dose of the modena vaccine against covert 19 it's one of 2 shots currently authorized in the united states last week president elect joe biden was an ocular with the beyond tech pfizer vaccine harrison biden hoped to boost confidence in the jabs as they are gradually rolled out across the country. and lawmakers in the u.s. house of representatives have overwhelmingly voted to override president donald trump's veto of a defense funding bill they've also voted to increase pandemic relief to $2000.00 per adult that moves debate to the republican controlled senate which is split on whether to approve further pandemic release. of. south african president cyril ramaphosa has reintroduced

a ban on alcohol sales and ordered the closure of all bars to contain a resurgence of the corona virus president opposes says said reckless behavior that contributed to the most recent spike is putting pressure on hospital emergency units. after more than 40 years as part of different versions of the european union the united kingdom is fully on its own starting january 1st more than 1000000 british citizen still live in the e.u. and they may feel the consequences of brecht's it the most so been talking to some of them across the block where focusing on 4 british migrant communities in amsterdam the french ports of alone and today our brussels bureau chief alexander phenomenon is in chantilly about an hour's drive north of paris. with its racecourse and chateau until he has been

a visitor magnet for decades today so so many brits have settled in the area there's even a cricket club an english shop. is standing by for us. alexandra there she is in a very festive scene behind her tell us a little bit about this piece of britain you seem to have found in france. well yes indeed to we are in the end the english shop here and you can buy even products like this for example caps like this one i was told are best sellers here and we are joined by the owner of this shop carolyn deafen tame thank you for having asked her this evening here so tell us more about your shop but this shop exist since now 25 years and i bought it about 5 years ago now nearly and the sun has been very

nice to have it to insist now but with the brakes it as you know it's will be quite complicated. for the food you mostly because the rest is coming by boxes and carriers but for the food i'm going once summoned in england so i don't know how it'll do for the future if the price is going to be the taxes the. song that's it for the moment so you're actually able to go there and buy food or products you know you would probably need to order them. probably i'll be obliged to order them but the problem is i go and find some fresh food and the freshman when you buy it on the website is very expensive so this is will be probably a big problem so for the moment i don't know how or manage maybe i'll be able to continue as i used to do it. as i said to people we wait and see so i have to check

about it this we see so many beautiful products here and doesn't tell us who is buying them just the members of the british community of the train yes there is a big. british community about 200 families live here but a lot of french of course people come also here to buy a lot of different stuff gifts and. and there are for food but i do also the key room so this is the heart of my activity for the moment unfortunately no but i hope to do it again very soon because of the damage yes you are half british half french what do you think what impact breck's it will this case the parts from the european union will have on the community here really i don't know. i come speak for them because i know french my mother is english but for the moment i don't for

you know what will happen for them so let's hope for the best thank you for having us here. from us from ashanti tomorrow we're heading north to talk to fishermen about how they feel about the end of the transition period. right alexandra enjoying her little shop of britishness there and d.-w. has much more on the as much more on the new u.k. e.u. trade relationship in our documentary more bitter than sweet our correspondents talk about who they see as being brecht's its biggest winners and losers that's available now on our you tube channel w news now legendary french fashion designer pierre cardon has died at the age of $98.00 a master of outdoor in the 1950 s. and sixty's he was celebrated for his visionary creations and for bringing parisian

chic to the masses during a career that spanned 70 years i don't was born in italy emigrated to france as a child. that's all for now for me and some of us a t w well i'm william blue craft join us more of the top of the search for. the fight against the corona virus 10 damage. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update those 19 specials. on t w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all be. trying to just 3 of the topics covered in the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like

any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at the. science. coronavirus pandemic shutting the stores in new york city but be on tuesday some moving in. the bad news can seem endless but i mean it's the depression people are trying to find solace in. august there are not only for us the should people see. a means to see if they can school said they told him you can. you can celebrate this space with all the soul

or just the changes you move. but it also brings foot traffic to the area it helps a rounding stores that are struggling to make rent payments it's a symbiosis or. arts and business together they're coping with bad news in a city that desperately needs good news especially now people seen it get this and . it's natural they're still here still fight in. the collaboration of landlords businesses and artist in new york shows how important it is to cling to positive things especially in times of crises. alone welcome to our club united special here and g.w. news i want to get good to have you with us how do you feel today well these days it's not easy to find that silver lining on the horizon right especially when you get bombarded with bad news day in day out it's time for the media to do better

india record number of cases on sunday hundreds of ellison's. recent described as nonstop bad news is the world really in such a thoroughly terrible state for countries in the region. that of course the current coronavirus pandemic is indeed an extraordinary global crisis. but if you take a longer term view you see there have been many positive trends infant mortality has never been lower. and the number of people killed in natural disasters has been averaging downwards on top still we often get the impression things are just getting worse and worse myself included even though as a journalist i don't just consume news but also help shape it. why are we more sensitive to bad news doesn't have something to do with the brain i'm on my way to

see neuroscientist martin. she has researched precisely these questions. at him from hour to me on the brain. process is negative news faster better and more intensively than positive or neutral news or to us we also remember it better the same terms of evolutionary biology and processing negative information better than positive information has been helpful was it because in the age of the saber check tiger and woolly mammoth missing a piece of bad news might well mean that's it for you how. studies have shown that test subjects from different parts of the world became more excited and occurred as soon as they were shown bad news regardless of their looking shit and culture. many media outlets use this effect to their advantage negative headlines sell more copies and get more clicks me. studies show that the media are publishing more and

more of that news especially online. just about how is it a problem if the media revel in bad news. and absolutely is worse than foremost and makes us all have negative expectations so we go through life with the worldview in which we assume the world is worse than it really is left us. was the impact of media reports can be extremely strong take the boston marathon bomb attack in 2013 for example some people who followed the news obsessive stressed and frightened and others who had been physically present. so what does this mean hazardous elsa's my 1st of all it makes people less likely to take action you might think the realisation that we all have a worldview that's too negative would actually prompt people to become more active

but many psychological studies have shown that that is precisely not the case and so i just what's more it can promote chronic stress we know that chronic stress can be a factor in many diseases including diabetes. cardiovascular diseases have clear and mental illnesses such as depression how can be depressed when you doubt it then. look at. the coronavirus pandemic is a good example after months of bad news many people have grown weary of the crisis they feel helpless and wish things would go back to normal. as a journalist i have to consider whether i might be contributing to other people having a misguided view of the world what can the media do better. well that's the big question let's bring in alric hogger rope founder and c.e.o. of the constructive institute in journalism for tomorrow in denmark good to have you with us how do you cope with all the bad news. i try to

see the world and my news with both eyes closed looking for the problems but also feel that you are. the problem and the way forward. not everybody is capable of doing it and we certainly learned that bad news sell better than good news it seems in the media then it's all down to profit what could prompt media outlets to take a different approach. just a standard that is a big misunderstanding the american courts the 5th bleeds it leads it turns out not to be true ask people on the street in berlin or elsewhere in the world do you need more news you need faster news they would most like you said no i'm drumming it but i need something i need something to trust i do need journalism but i knew you needed me journalism that is passionate but also give me a full picture of the world that is what people want they want not more information

but they need navigation stories about where we are what we come from but especially moving ahead so the idea that it's only fear that we should took tap into it that we've been doing in the news industry for years with telling people in the field that it's breaking news here something bad might happen here an appalling screening reship everything is going to hell what's here that has been our strategy and it has turned out that people turned their back on us they got overwhelmed and they didn't want to pay for it so if we think about it we should know listen to psychologists who say yes fear is very strong and as you said it comes down from the stone age but hope you speak of it that's the reason why people get up and you know we still don't and we remiss not to look into that absolute but we still have to obviously it's a journalist's job to report the truth and the truth isn't always beautiful yes and sadly a lot of bad things happen in the world so how can you as a responsible journalist strike the right balance reporting the truth but not

adding to people's anxiety. yeah and we should not we should not give people false hope we our job is not should put a smile on people's faces we have the information to trust and we should remember that but we should we should see both the problems and then we should take one step further instead of just just looking for another story another problem we can't tap people on still don't is it you also have to watch this this could also be dangerous we should stick to the problem and ask the constructive questions pointing to the future asking now what and how if we have a problem what have other countries done that we can learn from that some things as they come to say i don't think that's a prospect office aleutians give people a helping hand and with half a minute to go is there anything positive in this current crisis the pandemic that we as dennis can take away from there's a lot one of them for me and i don't have to spend 2 days going to billin to talk

to you for 5 minutes i could stay here we have learned more and more to do that also in meeting in that in the business world we have learned a lot of things in denmark for instance we should know and but people don't know that less people have died in denmark in 2020 then in the last 10 years every year why because people don't get the flu all right well that's that's in good news indeed only god are all there founder and c.e.o. of the constructive institute journalism for tomorrow thank you so much you're welcome. let time now for your questions over to a science correspondent eric williams. how are we supposed to deal with coronavirus fatigue when restrictions are being reimposed. this isn't a science question it's a personal one but pandemic fatigue is affecting so many people all over the world

but i wanted to spend a couple of minutes sharing my own thoughts on it here in germany where it gets dark and cold in the winter a lot of people are really dreading the next few months even though compared to many other european countries things are rationally going pretty well here so far but it feels like they're balanced on the edge of a knife and it wouldn't take much to tip the scales and slide the country into some some pretty dark territory so for me at least in addition to just being heartily sick of pandemic restrictions there's also an underlying layer of fear that never really goes away and getting through the next few months will be easier if i can lessen that what helps me personally keep my fear somewhat at bay is is this focusing on the science which is not to say that it provides crystal clear

answers all the time science is messy and what it seems to be saying can often change over time just look at what it now says about mask wearing for example compared to a year ago but the fact that ideas can change based on new have events is not a a weakness it's actually science has great strains and look at how far it's brought us less than a year after the 1st reported cases of this sometimes deadly fast spreading disease what we've learned about trade. being at has steadily lowered faith tella the rates among those who catch it and and there's a good possibility we'll see large scale vaccination against cove at 19 next year and that's amazing because it shows we aren't helpless even if we are afraid and exhausted by the whole pandemic thing i at least and know hopeful that if we can only hold out for a few more months things will look different and 2021 in

a nutshell i battle my own pandemic city by reminding myself of how far we've already come and with hope for where i think we're going to be in the not too distant future. i'm out sit stay safe and prosecute.

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