Could Mean Editors Be The Problem? During the Westgate Coverage, I - TopicsExpress



          

Could Mean Editors Be The Problem? During the Westgate Coverage, I helped some German Journalists for two days. I then got a revelation why foreign Press will always be getting better stories than their Kenyan counterparts- even in our own backyard. MONEY. Many Kenyan journalists I talked to simply complained that there is very little or no facilitation at all in news gathering. Fact is- nothing comes for free, unless it is NIS conveniently leaking top secret documents. The Germans spent over 200K gathering information, and buying photos- yet a Kenyan editor could not approve just 5K to have his reporter entertain a Policeman that had been inside and had valuable valuable information. Unless Editors understand that very few people are patriotic enough to give out information for free, (Most open up after taking lunch at the Stanley, or Crowne Plaza), we shall have Foreign Press shaming us with scoops- right in our backyard.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 07:27:12 +0000

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