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Aug 20, 2006

Download storyJournalists must tread the middle ground of virtue
Since ancient Greece, philosophers have tried to draft a series of guidelines governing how to make ethical choices. Journalists must be able to explain how they arrive at the choices they make.

Aug 13, 2006

Download storyHow to turn Kenyan media into a respected institution
Double thumbs-up this week for the media... I'll tell you about it. But first, of what significance are these two feats?

Aug 6, 2006

Download story Are courts in order to tell the Press how to do its job?
Whenever the Press and the Judiciary run into each other these days, it is dangerous business to make a comment, any comment, on the encounter. Lawyers rush to court and jail threats are dangled over the perceived culprit’s head. It is a disturbing development.

July 30, 2006

Download story Advocating consumer rights is part of media watchdog role
Once in a while, a man is allowed to spoil himself with small pleasures. But service providers don't appear to appreciate that consumers too, have rights.

July 23, 2006

Download story Behind the curtains lies substance
When you want to know what’s really going on in the country, ask editors and columnists. This week was no different.

July 9 , 2006

Download story Open letter to all reporters
I will level with you. This letter was not really my idea. A television viewer put the idea into my head. She, a housewife, said she could beat my reporters hands down. And that got to me...

July 2 , 2006

Download story Nakumatt case could shake the pillar of free speech
Drama is looming, following a move by Nakumatt’s lawyers to stop the Press from publishing "defamatory articles" about the law firm representing embattled supermarket chain. The doctrine of Prior Restraint comes to Kenya.

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