Coverage of corona related news in print media of Uttar Pradesh in India

This paper examines the print media coverage to corona related news in Hindi newspapers published in state of Uttar Pradesh in India. The study does analysis of Corona related news published on the front page of four Hindi dailies during the national lockdown. The study also tries to analyse the advertisements was appeals published on the front page related to Covid 19.. Content analysis shows that the information related to corona is not properly covered by the print media, news items printed on front page of Amar Ujala was more as compared to Hindustan, Dainik Jagran and Navbharat Times (NBT). Also that Navbharat Times (NBT) published maximum appeals related to Corona on the front page. The findings of the study also suggest that print media should translate technical and difficult terminologies for public as health experts often use technical terms in their communication which are difficult to understand by the reader and also provide a wordbook which contains meanings of such terms.