duties. The fact that the perpetrators of the 2008 murders of Abayomi Ogundeji and Godwin Agbaroko of THISDAY newspaper and the 2009 murder of The Guardian’s Bayo Ohu have not been tracked down and brought to justice, is extremely worrisome for media professionals. With the perpetual fear of losing a job or of being kidnapped or killed, Nigerian journalists seem to have found a comfort zone called self-censorship. There is consensus among experts with a keen attention on Nigeria that the country’s media currently stands at a tipping point. How the positive and negative forces identified above eventually play out is left to be seen. Many agree though, that the welfare of journalists is critical to the direction the media will ultimately take, for better or worse. 6 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NIGERIA 2011