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In 14 years of The Listening Post, there has never been a story like the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people infected, the number of countries affected, and the amount of coverage the story attracted - all were unprecedented. We led with coverage of the pandemic for 12 straight weeks. We have never come close to that with any other story. On this special edition of our programme, we look back at how the pandemic story grew - moving from country to country, and exposing the failings of various governments and their leaders. So many societal issues have been raised in the process, ranging from public health to personal privacy. You will also see how our programme had to adapt to life under lockdown - and the way journalists everywhere did - to stay safe. With the first of the vaccines just being rolled out and so many countries feeling the effects of a second wave, the pandemic remains the biggest news story on the planet.  Prepare for more cases, more coverage and more examination of the way the COVID-19 is reported, here at The Listening Post. Contributors: Mary Hui - Reporter, Quartz Katrina Yu - China correspondent, Al Jazeera English Muyi Xiao - Visual editor, China File Maria Repnikova - Assistant professor, Georgia State University Charles Seife - Professor of health journalism, New York University Kayla Gogarty - Senior researcher, Media Matters for America Joanne Kenen - Executive health care editor, Politico Albert Fox Cahn - Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Michael Birnhack - Professor of law, University of Tel Aviv Jon Allsop - Writer, Columbia Journalism Review newsletter Maggie Koerth - Senior science reporter, FiveThirtyEight John Ioannidis - Professor, Stanford University John Allen Paulos - Professor of mathematics, Temple University Phil Booth - Coordinator, MedConfidential Cori Crider – Director, Foxglove Andrew Fishman - Managing editor, The Intercept Brasil Leonardo Custódio - Postdoctoral researcher, Åbo Akademi University Barkha Dutt - Editor, Mojo Arfa Khanum Sherwani - Senior editor, The Wire - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/