SECTOR 4

Scores:
Individual scores:
1

Country does not meet indicator

2

Country meets only a few aspects of indicator

3

Country meets some aspects of indicator

4

Country meets most aspects of indicator

5

Country meets all aspects of the indicator

Average score:

1.5 (2005 = n/a, 2007 = n/a, 2009 = 1.7)

4.9 Media professionals have access to training facilitates offering formal qualification programmes as well
as opportunities to upgrade skills.
Formal journalism training is widely available in Kenya. Every university offers
either a diploma or a degree programme in journalism. Some offer postgraduate
degrees. This is available to students leaving high school but working journalists
have few opportunities to train in these institutions: timetables are tight, courses
are expensive and journalists are not often granted study leave. Some however
manage to follow part-time course offered mostly in the evenings.
Refresher and skills-upgrade training is also available in the form of seminars.
These are run by international organisations and often involve the development
of specialised and thematic reporting skills. These courses are more accessible to
working journalists, even though discrimination in the newsroom may leave out
some.

Scores:
Individual scores:
1

Country does not meet indicator

2

Country meets only a few aspects of indicator

3

Country meets some aspects of indicator

4

Country meets most aspects of indicator

5

Country meets all aspects of the indicator

Average score:

62

AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER KENYA 2012

2.5 (2005 = 4.4, 2007 = 2.8, 2009 = 2.5)

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