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Tackle fake news to win back trust, media challenged

Joe Mucheru,CS Information,Communication & Technology (from left) United States of America Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec and Fatuma Hirsi Mohamed,Principal Secretary, Broadcasting, Telecom & Posts during the Editors Annual Convention 2018 at the Villa Rosa Kempinsky Hotel,Nairobi [Elvis Ogina.Standard]

Media industry players have been challenged to tackle the surge of fake news in Kenya to win trust of news consumers.

Guest speakers, media owners, editors, and journalists had met to review the state of Kenya’s media industry at the Kenya Editors Guild First Annual Editors’ Convention held in Nairobi.

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