Month: March 2019
Investigative Stories by NTV and Citizen: An Analysis
INVESTIGATIVE STORIES BY NTV AND CITIZEN: An Analysis From the Media Monitoring and Research Desk Introduction Media continues to play a critical role in exposing…
Have Kenyans died of famine or is it fake news?
Fake news reared its ugly face last week – or so we were told. Twice, Deputy President William Ruto denied anyone has died of famine…
How to write about Africa: White distortions of black lives
Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel Prize….
Research your story beyond ‘he said’
It was a small story tucked away on page 26 on the Star newspaper on Monday, March 18 under the title, “Catholic Church launches anti-family…
Let the experts speak, but stay in the driver’s seat
Upon breaking news last Thursday that Sh2 billion in fake US dollar bills was found at Barclays Bank Queensway branch in Nairobi, KTN’s Linda Oguttu…
MEDIASCAPE: Our politics of hunger
Sometime in January, year of Our Lord 2011, two helicopters took off from Wilson Airport. Destination? Three National Cereals and Produce Board stores at Mosoriot…
Touch not my anointed: Prophets rise up against media
The Good Book says a prophet is not honoured at home. But Kenyan prophets are. The men and women of God are celebrities here. Followers…
Ugh! PD can’t do math
If you picked up a copy of Kenya’s number one free daily newspaper last Monday, March 11, you probably got so irritated you tossed the…
Public communications: When Uhuru spoke French
On March 13, President Kenyatta’s communications people, the PSCU guys, tweeted: Je suis ravi d’accueillir mon ami Son Excellence Président Emanuel Macron de la République…
It’s about the news, not the messenger
Citizen TV news anchor Willis Raburu wore a boring coat on air last weekend. A KTN reporter covering Kabarak High School’s 40th anniversary last Saturday…