‘The instinct is to throw yourself at it with everything you’ve got’: Hill journos, bureau chiefs weigh in on covering COVID-19 pandemic

‘You need to look at what the facts are in front of you and make decisions quickly,’ says PPG president Jordan Press. ‘Nothing like I’ve ever seen,’ says CBC reporter David Cochrane.

Parliament Hill media, pictured on March 17, 2020, outside Rideau Cottage where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been holding his daily press briefings since he's been in self-isolation since March 12. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

March 23, 2020

As the fallout from the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to derail business plans, investment portfolios and family planning across the country, Parliamentary Press Gallery reporters and Ottawa bureau chiefs are grappling with the challenge—and obligation—of kee...

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