Month: July 2020
Hello Karen Hospital, want to teach scribes how to do a story?
PR practitioners and other communication specialists gasped in horror last week after Karen Hospital in Nairobi circulated a press release that sent tongues wagging across…
‘The Times’ weekly hits newsstands with magic touch
A new weekly paper was born in Nairobi on July 18. It is called The Times, published by Magic Touch Media Group Ltd at Pioneer…
How not to write corrections
Reporters are not gods. They will make mistakes. And when they do, the mistakes should be corrected. But not how the Standard did it recently….
Be kind to the subs when you spot errors
Sub-editors are the unsung heroes of journalism. They do the donkeywork. Their names do not normally appear on the page, print or online. But they…
Mediascape: Unfunny jokes, scribes who can’t farm and ‘elusive’ unity
Some jokes are not funny at all. Take the one that some two clowns on Kameme’s evening show last week tried to pull from the…
Guest Column: Why fact-checking on WhatsApp is key in Covid-19 times
Alphonce Shiundu Your aunt is on WhatsApp. Every morning, she shares the ‘morning devotion’. This week, she sent a link with the headline ‘Pope Francis…
PEN COP: How can officer who retired a year ago be “outgoing”?
The government has invited tenders for the development of the much-awaited Nairobi Railway City project intended to expand the Central Business District (The Star, July…
NTV’s Babu Owino story and the court’s gag order
It was a story that elicited strong emotions and got the entire nation talking. Some viewers shed tears in the silence of their living rooms….
Calling a spade a spade: Lady Maureen died, she did not pass on
In journalism, Ohangla musician Lady Maureen died last week. She did not pass on. The Nation was wrong to write the latter. In a story…
Paid to talk? Media misleads public on MPs’ roles
What is the work of a Member of Parliament? Civics 101. If you asked around, you would likely be told an MP’s job is to…