Thursday, 27 July 2017

A HEADLINE'S PROMISE AND A DELINKED ARTICLE'S PREMISE

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A headline is primed to sell a newspaper if on the front page, and any article elsewhere. This means a lot of responsibility is bestowed on ...
Thursday, 20 July 2017

DIMINISHING VALUE OF LEGACY MEDIA

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It's no longer debatable. The mainstream media in Kenya is undergoing a serious erosion of its appeal. That politicians can elect to ign...
Thursday, 13 July 2017

NEWS SLANT, SKEWED OBJECTIVITY AND PRETENTIOUS PRESS NEUTRALITY

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Biases in media coverage can be subtle. They can also be very blatant. During this electioneering period in Kenya, the press is trying to pr...
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Thursday, 6 July 2017

TV INTERVIEWS: ELITES NON-INTEREST & FIDELITY TO PUBLIC INTEREST

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Objectivity. Impartiality. Neutrality. Balance. These are words that media practitioners will be harshly judged against, as Kenyans navigate...
Saturday, 1 July 2017

CAKE OF HISTORY AND DINING IN ADDIS ABABA

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To be in a historical place is for most people a highly fascinating experience. One could get a fill and half of history in museums. But vis...
Friday, 23 June 2017

LIKE IT OR NOT, UNLIKE AS A LEAD IN A READ IS UNLIKABLE

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Unlike, at the beginning of a story, I don't like. For the media, this amounts to making an untenable assumption about your audience. Th...
Wednesday, 14 June 2017

TO TRAIN OR RAIN STAFF: THE STUFF OF TV NEWS ERRORS

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What will it take to rid editorial eyesores from Kenyan TV news channels? It seems like a newsroom and studio gallery plague that just won...
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