Studying the state of the newsroom is invaluable in understanding the media and the environment in which journalists work. Understanding the newsroom environment is essential because it not only helps people to grasp the realities within the country’s newsrooms but also, more significantly, how these realities have either a positive or negative bearing on media […]
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The Tanzania media industry grew steadily over the past two decades. This growth, which primarily occurred in broadcast and online media, triggered a rise in journalism training institutions and an increase in the number of journalism professionals countrywide. Although much has been written about the intersection of journalism/media and public affairs in Tanzania, not much […]
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This story by Pernille Baerendtsen and Amanda Lichtenstein originally appeared on Global Voices on 14 August, 2020. When a major earthquake of 6.0 on the Richter scale shook coastal East Africa at around 8:15 on August 12, Tanzanians quickly took to Twitter to report on the unusual natural event that momentarily swayed chandeliers, shattered windows and […]
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By Benjamin Rukwengye The recent arrest and arraignment of journalist Erick Kabendera is the latest in what the International Press Institute has described as the ”unprecedented crisis” in media freedom in Tanzania. Many local, regional and international watchdog groups have condemned the recent developments and called for Kabendera’s release. “It is appalling that the Tanzania […]
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Press statement The Media Council of Tanzania (MCT), Legal and Human Right Centre (LHRC), and Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) have today 11th of January 2017 lodged a petition at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) to challenge the newly passed Media Service Act No.12 of 2016. The Media Service Act No. 12 […]
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