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Abstract:
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Kenya boasts one of the vibrant media markets by the standards of East Africa.
According to the Media Council of Kenya, there are about 3000 journalists
operating in the country and who are registered with the statutory media regulating
body. The number of journalists listed by the Media Council includes those who
work for the media houses on a full time basis, correspondents, stringers or
freelancers, and also students at the nation’s media schools. In order to appreciate
the kind of journalist working in the Kenyan media it is helpful to first consider the
Kenyan media landscape. There is almost an even spread of radio in the urban and
in the rural, even if the urban may appear to have more stations. The majority of
the media established in the city are the traditional ones: print, television, and
radio. Most of these urban-based legacy media target the entire country and largely
operate in either of the national languages of Kiswahili and English. The country
has four national newspapers: Nation, Standard, Star and People, all published in
English. The last regular daily publication is the Kiswahili language newspaper,
Taifa Leo, a sister publication to the largest circulating newspaper |
