For the past few weeks, Voice of America has had to bring news and information to our audiences while keeping in mind the health and safety of our staff as the world grapples with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. More than 80 percent of our staff have been working remotely and despite the difficulties, VOA has not dropped any of our news programing. The following is collection of images documenting VOA employees rising the challenge of bringing news and information in more than 40 languages to our weekly audience of more than 280 million people weekly in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
VOA Adapts to COVID-19 Challenges
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VOA Korean reporter, Seeyoung Kim, turned a closet full of clothes into a soundproofed studio and makeshift recording booth in order to muffle background noise.
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Arman Tarjimanyan, reporter for VOA’s Armenian service, improvised a green screen in his home with a $1 green, plastic tablecloth taped to the wall to record stand-up news segments
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Transforming his living room into a self-isolation studio for live TV interviews to affiliate stations in Bosnia, VOA’s Bosnian service journalist, Dino Jahic, uses his ironing board to double as an anchor desk to set up an in-home camera on his laptop for live broadcasts.
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Transforming his living room into a self-isolation studio for live TV interviews to affiliate stations in Bosnia, VOA’s Bosnian service journalist, Dino Jahic, uses his ironing board to double as an anchor desk to set up an in-home camera on his laptop for live broadcasts.