Tanzania imposed by the government through the minister responsible for Information and Broadcasting exercising his powers under the same Act. Some of the papers thus affected are: Tanzania Daima, Dira, Majira and Mtanzania. Some media houses have also been starved of advertisements as a result of directives from the government. SCORES: Individual scores: 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1 Average score: 1.6 1.4 Entry into and practice of the journalistic profession is legally unrestricted. ANALYSIS: It is not as if anyone can just walk in and become a proper professional journalist in Tanzania. There are different categories that perform different functions in this profession like: writers; reporters; columnists; journalists and stringers. However the majority of personnel practicing journalism in the media industry are not all that professional. The panelists shared the view that university graduates, who are supposedly top notch in their profession, do not perform well as compared to those who are less qualified or practicing out of experience only. As a result of this, most media houses rely on the latter as their sources of news. As an administrative procedure, the Director of Information Services provides press cards to journalists who have proved to be devoting at least 50% of their monthly time to and deriving the same percentage of their income from practicing the profession. These press cards act as passports to access and cover official functions and events. African Media Barometer - Tanzania 2006 7