Covid Impact on Media Houses: Objective journalism key to survival Speakers say at ANN webinar Photo: Collected The Daily Star/ANN The Daily Star/ANN Amid shrinking space for press freedom and changing consumers' habits during Covid-19 pandemic, good old-fashioned, objective journalism is the key to survival for media houses, speakers said in a webinar organised by Asia News Network (ANN) on Wednesday. The online conference titled 'Covid-19 and Impacts on the Media' was attended by ANN members as well as academics from reputed universities. "Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on global development rarely seen in history,' said Zhou Shuchun, Standing Committee member of the CPPCC National Committee and publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily, in his opening remark.