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MEDIA ROUNDTABLES

Project Summary

From 2011 to 2019, MFA organized media roundtables that sought to examine the role of media on various issues, in conversations with media stakeholders, civil society, government officials, legislators, policy makers and the general public. Every year, the roundtables focused on a subject that MFA felt was of great public interest and could result in great public good if covered well by the media. Themes ranged from Media and the Constitution Implementation Process , media reporting of county budgets and county expenditure, media and ethnicity,  media coverage of women aspirants during electi...

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Project Activities

General Public Roundtables

These were monthly forums at the Alliance Francaise Centre, Nairobi where members of the public and CSOs were welcome to have conversations with journalists, editors, media owners and other stakeholders. The conversations were transcribed and uploaded on the Kenya Media Roundtables website. Video recordings were uploaded to the MFA Youtube page.

Editors Only Forums

Editors in essence make most of the decisions regarding what we consume in the media. They decide what stories air and which don't, they determine the angles and tone the story takes, they determine editorial stands of their media houses and thus generally determine how we view the world around us when using the media lenses. MFA has over the years organized various full day 'Editors Only' roundtables where the issues discussed at the general public roundtables are analyzed and discussed in detail.

Project Webstite

The Project had a special website designed to highlight and promote its activities as well as their impact - http://kenyamediaroundtables.org. All the discussions, news about the project, photos e.t.c. were uploaded on the website. Unfortunately it is no longer live.

General Public Roundtables

These were monthly forums at the Alliance Francaise Centre, Nairobi where members of the public and CSOs were welcome to have conversations with journalists, editors, media owners and other stakeholders. The conversations were transcribed and uploaded on the Kenya Media Roundtables website. Video recordings were uploaded to the MFA Youtube page.

Editors Only Forums

Editors in essence make most of the decisions regarding what we consume in the media. They decide what stories air and which don't, they determine the angles and tone the story takes, they determine editorial stands of their media houses and thus generally determine how we view the world around us when using the media lenses. MFA has over the years organized various full day 'Editors Only' roundtables where the issues discussed at the general public roundtables are analyzed and discussed in detail.

Project Webstite

The Project had a special website designed to highlight and promote its activities as well as their impact - http://kenyamediaroundtables.org. All the discussions, news about the project, photos e.t.c. were uploaded on the website. Unfortunately it is no longer live.

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