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Coronavirus Update

The Coronavirus Update is a series of podcasts produced by the German public radio station NDR. Its format is very simple: the host of the broadcast discusses the latest developments around the virus, including new scientific publications and political questions, with the virologist Professor Drosten, a specialist for this type of virus. The content is very deep, scientific and absolutely not easy to understand. Each of the episodes lasts about 45 minutes. At the beginning of the crisis, NDR published one new episode per day, while currently the frequency is two per week.

Despite the difficulty of the matter, this series of podcasts is a great success. The 38 episodes combined have been retrieved 41 million times, and in more than 80% of the cases it was listened until the end. At the beginning of the series, the production team received 1500 comments by email every day.

I think this example shows us how important it is to have high quality public media whose objective is to inform and educate citizens, and that does not have financial goals. Perhaps the great interest that the German public shows in the scientific details has contributed to the fact that the pandemic is leaving Germany with fewer victims than other comparable countries.

Das Coronavirus-Update ist eine Serie von Podcasts, die von der öffentlichen deutschen Rundfunkanstalt NDR produziert werden. Das Format ist einfach: Der Host der Sendung diskutiert die neuesten Entwickungen rund um das Virus, wozu auch neue Publikationen und politische Fragen gehören, mit dem Virologen Professor Drosten, ein Spezialist für diesen Typ Virus. Der Inhalt ist sehr tiefschürfend, wissenschaftlich und es ist absolut nicht einfach, ihn zu verstehen. Die Folgen dauern je etwa 45 Minuten. Am Beginn der Krise hat der NDR eine neue Folge pro Tag veröffentlicht, jetzt sind es zwei pro Woche.

Trotz der Schwierigkeit der Materie ist dieses Podcast-Serie ein großer Erfolg. Die 38 Folgen gemeinsam wurden bisher 41 Millionen mal aufgerufen, und in mehr als 80% der Fälle wurde der Postcast bis zu Ende gehört. Am Anfang der Serie erhielt das Produktionsteam 1500 Kommentare per E-Mail pro Tag.

Ich denke, dass dieses Beispiel uns zeigt, wie wichtig es ist, öffentliche hochqualitative Medien zu haben, deren Zweck es ist, den Bürger zu informieren und zu bilden, und der keine finanziellen Ziele verfolgt. Vielleicht hat das große Interesse des deutschen Publikums an den wissenschaftlichen Details dazu beigetragen, dass die Pandemie in Deutschland im Vergleich zu anderen Ländern glimpflich verläuft.

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Its format is very simple: the host of the broadcast discusses the latest developments around the virus, including new scientific publications and political questions, with the virologist Professor Drosten, a specialist forin this typearea of virusology.

I would leave 'the' out, to make this long sentence a little snappier.
We say a specialist 'in' but 'for does not sound too bad.

Each of the episodes lasts about 45 minutes.

Yours is not wrong, but better to use fewer words in this sentence as it gets across the same meaning.

At the beginning of the crisis, NDR published one new episode per day, while currently the frequency is two per week.

The 38 episodes combined have been retrievaccessed 41 million times, and in more than 80% of the cases, it was listened to until the end.

At the beginning of the series, the production team received 1500 comments by email every day.

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The Coronavirus Update is a series of podcasts produced by the German public radio station NDR.

Its format is very simple: the host of the broadcast discusses the latest developments around the virus, including new scientific publications and political questions, with the virologist Professor Drosten, a specialist for this type of virus.

The content is very deep, scientific and absolutely notnot at all easy to understand.

"quite difficult" would work well, too. Using any adverb in front of "not" usually sounds a bit weird.

Each of the episodes lasts about 45 minutes.

Despite the difficulcomplexity of the matterial, this series of podcasts ishas been a great success.

"difficulty of the matter" feels too vague, like it could also be referring to "podcasts becoming a great success" as the "difficult matter".

"has been" sounds better than "is" because it fits the durative quality of a podcast better. The podcast has been taking place over a period of time, and it has been a success that entire time.

The 38 episodes combined have been retrieved 41 million times, and in more than 80% of the cases it was listened to until the end.

At the beginning of the series, the production team received 1500 comments by email every day.

I think this example shows us how important it is to have high quality public media without financial goals whose objective is to inform and educate citizens, and that does not have financial goals.

OR
I think this example shows how important it is to have high quality public media that has the objective to inform and educate citizens and does not have any financial goals that might lead to biased reporting.

Including the "us" is not wrong, but it's generally discouraged to use personal pronouns in academic writing. Also, it's just not necessary.

The "and that does not have financial goals" really does not flow well on the end. It usually sounds best to put the longest clause or listed item last. "The rabbit was fat, white, and a had a cute little bushy tail", not "The rabbit had a cute little bushy tail and was fat and white." So you can either move the part about financial goals, or you can make it longer so that it sounds good at the end.

Perhaps the great interest that the German public shows in the scientific details has contributed to the fact that the pandemic is leaving Germany with fewer victims than other comparable countries.

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laoan

May 31, 2020

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Thank you so much for your explanations!

Coronavirus Update

The Coronavirus Update is a series of podcasts produced by the German public radio station NDR.

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Its format is very simple: the host of the broadcast discusses the latest developments around the virus, including new scientific publications and political questions, with the virologist Professor Drosten, a specialist for this type of virus.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Its format is very simple: the host of the broadcast discusses the latest developments around the virus, including new scientific publications and political questions, with the virologist Professor Drosten, a specialist forin this typearea of virusology.

I would leave 'the' out, to make this long sentence a little snappier. We say a specialist 'in' but 'for does not sound too bad.

The content is very deep, scientific and absolutely not easy to understand.

The content is very deep, scientific and absolutely notnot at all easy to understand.

"quite difficult" would work well, too. Using any adverb in front of "not" usually sounds a bit weird.

Each of the episodes lasts about 45 minutes.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Each of the episodes lasts about 45 minutes.

Yours is not wrong, but better to use fewer words in this sentence as it gets across the same meaning.

At the beginning of the crisis, NDR published one new episode per day, while currently the frequency is two per week.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Despite the difficulty of the matter, this series of podcasts is a great success.

Despite the difficulcomplexity of the matterial, this series of podcasts ishas been a great success.

"difficulty of the matter" feels too vague, like it could also be referring to "podcasts becoming a great success" as the "difficult matter". "has been" sounds better than "is" because it fits the durative quality of a podcast better. The podcast has been taking place over a period of time, and it has been a success that entire time.

The 38 episodes combined have been retrieved 41 million times, and in more than 80% of the cases it was listened until the end.

The 38 episodes combined have been retrieved 41 million times, and in more than 80% of the cases it was listened to until the end.

The 38 episodes combined have been retrievaccessed 41 million times, and in more than 80% of the cases, it was listened to until the end.

At the beginning of the series, the production team received 1500 comments by email every day.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I think this example shows us how important it is to have high quality public media whose objective is to inform and educate citizens, and that does not have financial goals.

I think this example shows us how important it is to have high quality public media without financial goals whose objective is to inform and educate citizens, and that does not have financial goals.

OR I think this example shows how important it is to have high quality public media that has the objective to inform and educate citizens and does not have any financial goals that might lead to biased reporting. Including the "us" is not wrong, but it's generally discouraged to use personal pronouns in academic writing. Also, it's just not necessary. The "and that does not have financial goals" really does not flow well on the end. It usually sounds best to put the longest clause or listed item last. "The rabbit was fat, white, and a had a cute little bushy tail", not "The rabbit had a cute little bushy tail and was fat and white." So you can either move the part about financial goals, or you can make it longer so that it sounds good at the end.

Perhaps the great interest that the German public shows in the scientific details has contributed to the fact that the pandemic is leaving Germany with fewer victims than other comparable countries.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

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