Media is in a bad place, but we close the year hoping for a better future
Resilient. Bent but not broken. A battered watchdog, attacked from all sides, trudges along one painful step after another, licking […]
December 15, 2025
How the media can help unpack CBC transition
By Prime Time Television Review Team When the inaugural Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) results were released on December
Reporting on Truphena’s 72-hour tree hug, did media do the story justice?
Where were you when you first heard the name Truphena Muthoni? Remember it. Because one day the world may talk
Standard’s stories on chiefs, Maasai Mara should trigger national reflection
By Maundu Mbullo and Toven Apondi While scepticism in journalism plays a vital role in maintaining government accountability, it is
Is media building Winnie Odinga up to something?
The media hates a vacuum. Is it now looking for what comes next after Raila Odinga? Is it looking for
Lake Naivasha flooding story requires solutions journalism angle
Nakuru County has in the recent past been in the media spotlight after flooding caused by the rising waters of
When the wrong voices speak: A call for media diligence
The nation is grieving. A child’s life has been taken. Patience Mumbe, only 12 years old, was last seen alive
MCK’s work on media monitoring and fact-checking honoured
By Jerry Abuga The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has been awarded the Electoral Cycle Champion Media Award by the
Awards reflect journalism’s new DNA: Courage, innovation, and civic responsibility
Gone are the days when journalism meant sitting behind a desk, typing endless accounts of who said what. The craft
Ignoring CS Kagwe: How media feeds us politics until the next famine story
On November 27, 2025, The Star carried a story by Felix Kipkemoi titled “CS Kagwe pushes technology, private sector to