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Is Mwakitwange losing grip of New Habari?

Even though there have been many external and internal wrangles involving media houses in east Africa, internal wars are now becoming surprisingly too common, with Tanzania faithfully taking cue from its neighbours. Cat fights that pitted four employees of New Habari Media Group against their Chief Executive Officer, Rosemary Mwakitwange, a war many thought was over, has just resurfaced.

Identifying bias in media

Book targets liberal media in US but could be useful to all readers

While few in Africa would be able to draw a clear distinction between liberal and conservative media, the simple perception of media bias is an everyday experience. It is this question of media bias that American researcher, Brent Baker, in his book How To Identify, Expose and Correct Liberal Media Bias, is trying to grapple with.

Why New Vision’s Belgian editor quit

Working for a government newspaper and seeking to remain independent and professional was never going to be easy. Surprisingly, it took The New Vision Editor-in-Chief, Els De Temmerman, two years to realise it. By the time she tendered her resignation on October 24, she had learnt the hard way that accepting her appointment merely on assurances could have been a lifetime blunder.

Editorial

Last month, Rwanda's High Council of the Media in collaboration with numerous donors threw a big conference in Kigali to discuss the situation of the media in the Great Lakes region. Now the "Great Lakes Region" can be a synonym for a very amorphous geographical area; in attendance were representatives from 13 countries stretching from as far apart as Angola in the south and Kenya in the east. Even Sudan was invited although its representative did not show up. Khartoum had just locked up 30 journalists in one unprecedented swoop, setting a dark backdrop for the conference.

CPU to close shop after a century of media work

Set up nearly 100 years ago, the Commonwealth Press Union had become a household name in media circles. The CPU not only offered fellowships, but also organised numerous short term training courses for journalists in commonwealth nations. But things have not been smooth since 2000. Cost cutting measures such as scaling of activities have not helped. Now it is official that the CPU can hold on no more.