Month: May 2020
Long live UhuRuto! Journalism is back to the old normal
News generally prefers official sources to anyone from the ‘grassroots’; event to process; and a two-sided battle for supremacy as the basic conflict model. Jake…
Hold the fart; wear a mask
Here comes the absurd. That let’s test poop to track and contain coronavirus. Yeah, poop. Oh, and stop farting ovyo ovyo. Farting may be spreading…
Press releases, notices could beget a big story
The advent of social media gave Press Release a sister called Tweet. For eons, scribes have sat at their desks and written stories based entirely…
Growing use of media in political realignments
The media is free to clearly state and defend their political affiliations in modern democracies. Locally, this happened in 2013 and in 2017 when some…
Google’s project Loon to extend internet connectivity to rural areas
Musembi Mutisya Google’s Loon has partnered with mobile network operators globally to expand the reach of internet services. In Kenya, Loon has partnered with Telkom…
Mediascape: Reporting madness without running mad
Sometime last week, France 24 interviewed Madagascar’s Medicineman-In–Chief, President Andry Rajoelina. Dr President DJ Rajoelina was trying to convince his two interviewers about the effectiveness…
PEN COP: Opposites occur in ‘equal measure’ at Standard
Senate leadership changes that yesterday saw two key allies of Deputy President William Ruto removed from key positions have received accolades and criticism in equal…
Covid-19, virtual ‘parte’ and effective public communication
Some lessons from around the world: The most successful global leaders in fighting coronavirus have communicated clearly, displayed empathy and always favoured science over politics…
Keroche heiress death: Star got fooled, reversed gears
People will forget who got it first, but they remember who got it wrong. This is the lesson that the Star may painfully learn from…
Media freedom threatened by other forces, not just the state
It was gratifying last week to see several articles celebrating World Press Freedom Day marked on May 3. The 2020 World Press Freedom Index by…