Thursday, 25 August 2016

AFFRONT TO READERS' SANITY AND EDITORS' SHEER LUNACY

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The sheer lunacy of some newspaper editors in Kenya can seriously erode one's capacity to remain sane. Upholding simple professional sta...
Thursday, 18 August 2016

REPAINTING GOOD NEWS INTO A MASTERPIECE OF BAD NEWS

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Interpretive journalism is a celebrated departure from the numbing run of the mill reportage. It helps scribes to tackle the 'so what...
Wednesday, 10 August 2016

FROM AN EDITORIAL NONSENSE TO AN ON SCREEN NIGHTMARE

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Long sentences in broadcast news can make the audience discern a script being read. The preferred perception is to make the stories sound mo...
Thursday, 4 August 2016

MEDIA SCHOLARS INADEQUACIES, FEMALE BASHING AND A MALE REDEMPTION

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Finally. The beginning of what could raise the bar a little bit, when interrogating the workings of the Kenyan media and the coverage of top...
Tuesday, 26 July 2016

PUBLIC FIGURE, PRIVATE GRIEF AND A SHAMELESS MEDIA

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Personal grief is a private affair, even for a public figure. The pain of losing a loved one is no less for those in the public eye. But mos...
Wednesday, 20 July 2016

TV CONTENT: NOISE MASQUERADING AS INFORMATION AND A RARE GEM

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The content in Kenyan TV stations is generally believed to be formulaic, unimaginative and predictable. The many talking heads in particular...
Wednesday, 13 July 2016

FROM SIMPLE ERRORS TO COMPLEX EDITORIAL INADEQUACIES

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Explosive. The meaning implies a potential to blow up, but it's not so big a word. Yet a newspaper sub-editor, with his or her back-up c...