Tanzania SCORES: Individual scores: 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2 Average score: 2.7 (2006= 2.5) 4.6 Journalists and editors do not practice self-censorship. ANALYSIS: Self –censorship is practiced quite a lot because there are very few media houses with a transparent editorial line. Self censorship is overt in content and layout of papers. The degree of self censorship is based on minimizing harm. SCORES: Individual scores: 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3 Average score: 2.0 (2006= 2.1) 4.7 Owners of private media do not interfere with editorial independence. ANALYSIS: Most often there is editorial interference in the private media. Coupled with lack of clear in-house policies private media play a guessing game of what is allowed and what is not. SCORES: Individual scores: 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 3 Average score: 1.9 (2006= 1.4) African Media Barometer - Tanzania 2008 33