Month: April 2022
Journalists should enjoy benefits of post-COVID recovery of media industry
Hooray! We won the war! No one has yelled it yet, but we are out of the woods. We flattened the curve, boss. Unless the…
Democrat by chance, not choice: Lights and shadows of Kibaki’s media legacy
Jomo Kenyatta never bothered much about the media. The industry was small, overawed by Mzee’s majesty and inevitably nationalistic. Kenya had won Uhuru from British…
Raila on official US tour? Dear reporters, ‘officially’ is not a thing
The President officially launched blah, blah yesterday. What new information have you learned from the word “officially” in that sentence? Nothing. That’s because “officially” is…
Why newsrooms might ask journalists to tweet less as elections approach
Has Twitter distorted journalism in unfortunate ways? Are journalists giving Twitter more influence than necessary? The New York Times thinks so. The newspaper has new…
Who wants a windy bio? How not to write a profile
The Sunday Standard on April 24 demonstrated how not to write a profile in a newspaper. Titled, “Mwai Kibaki: President who squandered the opportunity to…
Sim card registration saga shows why newsrooms need ‘mad’ men and women
The book Pioneers, Rebels, and A Few Villains: 150 Years of Journalism in Eastern Africa, edited by veteran journalist Charles Onyango-Obbo (available online free of…
Citizen journalists on YouTube should be responsible
By Dex Mumo Today, let’s dissect social media, deemed free from regulation, although there is no freedom devoid of responsibility. Therefore, self-regulation is a duty…
Now you see him, now you don’t: Was that Kalonzo in Karen?
By Lucy Mwangi and Jacob Nyukuri A tweet claiming Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka did not attend the Azimio council meeting was fake. According to the…
Old guard is the mafia, old guards are simply aging watchmen
There are high expectations among aspirants jostling for Jubilee tickets ahead of today’s unveiling of the list of candidates by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s party following…
Where are faces, stories behind those dry stats of poverty?
Pauline Ongaji is an engrossing storyteller. She sets off on a 100km journey from Mbita in Homa Bay to Remba, an island on the Kenya-Uganda…