This thesis verifies that journalism still able to play the role of a society’s watchdog based on the hypothesis that it was very important in order to inform the population and face misinformation during the critical phase of the covid-19 pandemic. To examine this question, the thesis focuses on the meticulous analysis of the daily newspaper O Globo, from Rio de Janeiro, from March 9th 2020 to September 20th 2020, in a total of 28 weeks, taking into account the temporal centrality of the week started on June 8, the date of creation of the Media Organizations Consortium. Using the composed weeks technique, the content analysis method is used to verify deeply the treatment of the pandemic by the newspaper in 28 issues (one per week), verifying news coverage in 1.212 information items (notes, news articles and reports) and opinion items (columns, opinion pieces and editorials). The qualitative analysis of the news coverage is based on a bibliographical review of media bias theories and academic studies on credibility as well as the examination of research carried out by academic institutions and professional associations on the restructuring of journalism production caused by pandemic which provoked the adoption of remote and flexible work. Thus, the thesis demonstrates the continuity of the social role of journalism, especially in health emergency situations such as the covid-19 pandemic that changed the journalism process around the World.