Month: November 2020
Kinoti has enjoyed media blitz, time to ask tough questions
Kenya’s top sleuth George Kinoti gathered a group of people at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations HQs on Kiambu Road on November 23. Those people…
Did Uhuru do a jig in Kisii? Misses and kinks in newspapering
All major newspapers reported a week ago that Kenya’s national IDs are about to die. In their place, the press said, Huduma Namba cards are…
Media leads search for whom to blame as teen orgies spark moral panic
Politics is king in the news business. Did you see how an important story that had began shaping up into a national conversation was toppled…
Standard got it right with sharp infographics that inform readers
Tongue in cheek, the boy-child is in existential danger in US President-elect Joe Biden’s imminent administration. Not only is the vice presidency for the first…
Mediascape: What happened to proposals by media to BBI task force?
Someone needs to ask this question: Where were media owners, journalists and correspondents when the Building Bridges Intiative task force was collecting views from members…
PEN COP: ‘Emotions ran high’ doesn’t say what exactly happened
Emotions ran high as the funeral ceremony went on in the village in Gichugu Constituency (Nation online, November 26). Cliché reserved for funerals. “Emotions ran…
Shock on Raila’s ‘cows’ and how bold media stopped the BBI reggae
Citizen TV’s News Gang got Junet Mohammed’s goat. Ok, Junet does not do goats. Go to Mogotio in Baringo County if you are serious about…
Who reads readers’ comments? Why Janet’s period story was not news
“Cute way Janet Mbugua’s sons reacted to her periods,” said the headline of a November 12 story in the Star. What! Yeah. Periods found a…
International media saved a tree and Kenyan babies, a lesson
A tree in Nairobi has been in the headlines recently. That shouldn’t surprise anyone. This is the land of Shujaa Wangari Maathai, si ndio? But…
Columnists need smart subs to spot copy errors
By Kodi Barth Everyone needs an editor. Everyone. This is a top rule taught by Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Seventeen years since graduating from…