Month: November 2019
K Street fidelity of scribes and Nairobi’s copycat journalism
Is there a secret tunnel running between Kimathi Street and Mombasa Road? We are perplexed because Kenya’s two top newspapers appeared to copy each other…
Suicide by Mombasa lawyer? Rights and wrongs in reporting
Ten big names joined former Attorney General Amos Wako on US travel ban. A Mombasa lawyer committed suicide by jumping down 10 floors – or…
PD confused readers on public schools’ performance
We return to KCPE. On Tuesday, November 19, a day after Knec released the results, the People Daily reported that public schools had performed very…
Who authored KBC’s China story?
KBC was roasted last week over a story on China. The good folks at Broadcasting House on Harry Thuku Road might be content to imagine…
Media monitoring: Agenda setting or agenda building – newspaper portrayal of building bridges initiatives (BBI)
The past few weeks have witnessed an unprecedented debate across political divide on contents of BBI report which is expected to be handed to President…
Mediascape: The story that fell from the Sky
Let’s start with the story of Icarus and Daedalus and how the two flew out of prison. Icarus, excited by his humongous artificial wings, flew…
Pen cop: Colonial storytelling at the New York Times
In this southeastern suburb of Nairobi, the ubiquitous rust-red dirt is kicked up and splattered onto the banana tree leaves by the intense rains that…
Citizen journalism beat MSM 10/2 on police brutality
Lee Njiru doesn’t like pesky reporters. That is strange for a veteran spokesman, isn’t it? He should be the consummate PR man. But Njiru is…
How population conference died inside KICC
It was intended to be a historic event, a review of progress since the inaugural conference in Cairo 25 years ago and a great opportunity…
Uhuru’s Sagana meeting: How to write a good news story
The Standard’s big story on Sunday, November 17, was a fine example of competent news writing. The headline story, “Uhuru sends Ruto back to the…