Saturday, 27 July 2019

OF NEWSPAPERS MISQUOTING PHOTOGRAPHS

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If facts are sacred, misquoting photographs should be sacrilegious. This may sound improbable because the media is more often accused of mis...
Friday, 19 July 2019

SPORTS JOURNALISTS, FOOTBALL AND BECOMING ONE WITH ALCOHOL

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What do you get from a sports journalist covering a football tournament in a foreign country? Articles about football, yes? And if the write...
Friday, 12 July 2019

MEDIA MISMATCH, LOCAL NEWS AND CONTINENTAL TITLES

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Influential people often get extensively featured in the media. Politicians definitely get more than their fair share of coverage. A number ...
Friday, 5 July 2019

INTENDED ACTION HEADLINE AND AN UNINTENDED REACTION

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A journalist or any writer must know that the interpretation of what's already published is likely to be beyond their control. As such, ...
Friday, 28 June 2019

OF HEADLINES, TENSE EDITORS AND MIXING-UP TENSES

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Media coverage can revolve around current issues, past events or even future occurrences. The reader, viewer or listener would not find it h...
Friday, 21 June 2019

FRAUDULENT TV CONTENT AND ON AIR FRAUDSTERS

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Kenyan television can be a fraud. If you tune in, you're not sure whether you are adding to your level of knowledge, or if what you have...
Friday, 14 June 2019

OF STYLEBOOK AND LOGIC-DEFYING EDITORIAL GUIDELINES

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A reputable media house has internal editorial guidelines, to achieving a standardised approach in gathering, processing and publishing or b...