COMMENT | To say that I was hit hard economically and financially by the Covid-19 pandemic wouldn’t be that accurate. Neither saying I was never hit at all would be accurate either. The effect was most definitely negative, as I can safely assume it is for most Malaysians of average situations like me as well.

I run a small boutique non-fiction media company that mostly does targeted and thematic content work (for example, countering violent extremism, creating disinformation awareness and promoting pluralism). At the start of the movement control order (MCO), several projects were...