Wednesday, 27 April 2016

PROFESSIONAL DISTANCE BETWEEN PUBLISHER AND ARTICLE - THE INTRUSIVE US

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APOLOGY In my attempt to put together what I humbly thought would be an illuminating piece about the perils of not properly attributing new...
Thursday, 21 April 2016

NEWS IS NOT AN EDITORIAL EXPERIMENT - THE BOGUS WATER & ELECTRICITY STORY

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Aspiring scientists could be well-advised to avoid a section of the Kenyan media. Established scientists would be forgiven for concluding th...
Tuesday, 12 April 2016

SIMPLE GEOGRAPHY, CONFUSED CLIENT AND A COMPLACENT MEDIA

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Simple geography. Confused client. Complacent media. Any of two of these elements in combination, could be at play in yet another embarrassi...
Wednesday, 6 April 2016

DISTORTED RIGHT OF REPLY FOR MISREPRESENTATION OF FACTS

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The right of reply accorded by the media, enables aggrieved parties to give their side of the story. If it's a written rejoinder, the ne...
Monday, 4 April 2016

SENSELESS NEWS NONSENSE: WHEN EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION FALL APART

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What makes sense to the media can be nonsense to the audience. And what amounts to nonsense in newsrooms can actually make a lot of sense to...
Wednesday, 30 March 2016

FROM SOCIAL MEDIA SPLOSH TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA SPLASH

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There are days in the newsroom, when a scarcity of stories begets strange editorial decisions. Newspapers after all, still have to be produc...
Thursday, 24 March 2016

SERMON ABOUT SUMMONS AND SUMMONSES

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Kenyan newspapers published in English are expected to uphold high linguistic standards. That's why even one misspelt word can cause qui...