Friday, 30 March 2018

ADVERTISING CONTENT CRYING FOR EDITORIAL CONTROL

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In many Kenyan media outlets, the relationship between the newsroom and the sales or advertising department is either pretentiously rosy, or...
Wednesday, 21 March 2018

EPISODIC NEWS COVERAGE AND MISSING THE BIG PICTURE

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News has moved from cycles of 24hours for newspapers, hourly for radio and TV, around the clock on websites and even 69 seconds a minute on ...
Thursday, 15 March 2018

BRAIN SURGERY SHOCK: FROM MEDICS TO MEDIA MIX-UP

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It's been described as the biggest medical mix-up in Kenya. A patient in no need of brain surgery had the procedure conducted on him, at...
Thursday, 8 March 2018

OF PRESS PHOTOS AND SUSPECT CAPTIONS

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A picture, it is said, can convey the same information as a thousand words. In the Kenyan press, however, one can be made to suspect that wo...
Thursday, 1 March 2018

SELF-CENSORSHIP, SPINELESS JOURNALISM AND A PRESS FREEDOM PARAGON

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Call it self-censorship, coerced self-censorship or assisted self-censorship. Despite frequent assertions of being independent, fearless and...
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Thursday, 22 February 2018

OF POOR SIGHT AND WANTING EDITORIAL OVERSIGHT

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In broadcast news, key facts can be repeated, even if it is immediately after a story is first aired. There's a high chance the audience...
Thursday, 15 February 2018

MORALS, PARENTAL GUIDANCE AND MEDIA MISGUIDANCE

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The impact of social media is no doubt profound. So disruptive has it been that mainstream media now often fall short of the expectations of...
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