As press freedom continues to struggle in Kenya, alternatives keep hope alive
AS we mark World Press Freedom Day 2021, let us remember that 2020 was terrible for the press in many parts of the world. WAMBUI WAMUNYU, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, Daystar University Two ranking measures – the World Press Freedom Index 2021 and African Media Barometer publications – indicate that journalists globally continued to face multiple challenges. These included intimidation, physical or online harassment, surveillance, disappearance, threats, arbitrary arrests, assaults, and lack of access to public facilities, authorities or data. Reporters Without Borders reported that 50 journalists from around the world died in the course of duty. Their deaths…