Prof. George Nyabuga, Associate Dean at the Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC) authored a policy paper titled, 'Media Under Pressure: The Trouble with Press Freedom in Kenya'. The paper highlights significant threats to press freedom in Kenya and offers recommendations to improving the media landscape in Kenya and protecting press freedom. The paper was supported by The Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) which strengthens democracy and civic engagement and promotes entrepreneurship and free, fair trade.
According to FNF, the policy paper gives an in-depth examination of the state of press freedom within the Kenyan media landscape and delves into the intricate challenges and the complex interplay of factors that have impeded the realization of full press freedom in Kenya, offering a comprehensive analysis and policy recommendations.
Prof. Nyabuga has almost 20 years' experience teaching in higher education. He taught journalism, and media and cultural studies at the University of Worcester, and international media and communication, and comparative politics at Coventry University both in the United Kingdom. He worked as a journalist before joining academia, his last position in the media being the Managing Editor in charge of Weekend Editions, and Managing Editor, Media Convergence, at the Standard Group. Prof. Nyabuga's research interests include the sociology of journalism, new and digital media, communication, journalism and media theories, comparative media systems, and media, journalism, politics and democracy. He has a PhD in Media, Politics and History from Coventry University.
To access the paper click https://www.freiheit.org/publikation/media-under-pressure
Prof. George Nyabuga, Associate Dean at the Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC) authored a policy paper titled, 'Media Under Pressure: The Trouble with Press Freedom in Kenya'. The paper highlights significant threats to press freedom in Kenya and offers recommendations to improving the media landscape in Kenya and protecting press freedom. The paper was supported by The Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) which strengthens democracy and civic engagement and promotes entrepreneurship and free, fair trade.
According to FNF, the policy paper gives an in-depth examination of the state of press freedom within the Kenyan media landscape and delves into the intricate challenges and the complex interplay of factors that have impeded the realization of full press freedom in Kenya, offering a comprehensive analysis and policy recommendations.
Prof. Nyabuga has almost 20 years' experience teaching in higher education. He taught journalism, and media and cultural studies at the University of Worcester, and international media and communication, and comparative politics at Coventry University both in the United Kingdom. He worked as a journalist before joining academia, his last position in the media being the Managing Editor in charge of Weekend Editions, and Managing Editor, Media Convergence, at the Standard Group. Prof. Nyabuga's research interests include the sociology of journalism, new and digital media, communication, journalism and media theories, comparative media systems, and media, journalism, politics and democracy. He has a PhD in Media, Politics and History from Coventry University.
To access the paper click https://www.freiheit.org/publikation/media-under-pressure