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Four things journalists want ongoing media reforms to yield

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A section of journalists led by former Standard Group Editor David Ohito (center) cut cake to celebrate valentines day in Nairobi on February 14, 2024. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Media practitioners want an ongoing sector-wide reform process to focus on recapturing the space the industry has lost to external players among them an overly aggressive executive, complacent parliament and big tech companies.

At a breakfast meeting hosted by the Kenya Media Sector Working Group, top editors told the Government Working Group on Policy and Legislative Reforms in the Media to also emphasize media sustainability, journalists' welfare and the training needs of industry entrants.

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