Feedback meetings with the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services. Analysis of the Zimbabwe Media Commission counter- proposed Media Governance Bill. Countrywide consultative and feedback meetings with media practitioners in the 10 provinces in Zimbabwe. Results/Impact Endorsement of co-regulation of the media by the industry’s players. More than 200 signatures were garnered in support of co-regulation of the media following nationwide consultative meetings. MEDIA SUPPORT During the period under review MISA Zimbabwe produced a pandemic reporting handbook and trained journalists on reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic. This increased the media’s understanding of pandemics and Covid-19 in particular and was key in countering fake news about the pandemic. One of its major highlights was the buy-in from the World Health Organisation (WHO) which participated in the training. Having set the pace as the lead media training organisation on reporting on COVID-19, the Gender and Media Connect invited MISA Zimbabwe to conduct similar trainings for female journalists who were also trained with the assistance of WHO. The training also had a journalism mentorship component under the tutelage of editors Cris Chinaka and Kholwani Nyathi of Zimfact and The Standard, respectively, which commenced in March 2021. The two seasoned journalists assisted media practitioners in coming up with informative, analytical and in-depth stories on Covid-19. 19