How South China Morning Post’s video team stayed agile while covering COVID-19 working from home

SCMP’s video team switched to remote working arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic, and quickly pivoted to more streamlined workflows in order to maintain output.

During the height of the pandemic, the team created COVID-related videos viewers in order to provide viewers with relevant and helpful content, while prioritising team members’ safety and well-being when producing news stories.

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Travellers queue up at the departure hall of Shenzhen Bay Port. Officials warned of rather long waits for Covid-19 tests at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point, urging travellers to avoid going there until later in the day. 10JUL22 SCMP / Sam Tsang

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Published: 4:46pm, 13 Jul 2022

This article was originally published on INMA’s ‘Audio & Video Innovations’ Blog on 4 April, 2020.

Written by: Mat Booth, Director of Video, SCMP

How does a video team for a news organisation effectively cover the pandemic and its effects, while being caught in its grips like everyone else, forcing everyone to work from home? In the midst of this difficult time, we’ve tried to meet the challenges head on. Here’s how my team and I have approached this so far for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.

The coronavirus pandemic is hopefully a once-in-a-lifetime crisis. It has left thousands of people dead and will likely have infected millions of people around the world by the time it is over.

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