SCORES: Individual scores: 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 3 Average score: 3.0 4.5 Gender mainstreaming is reflected in the editorial content. ANALYSIS: The Daily Graphic now has one page for women/gender issues each day, an improvement over the previous weekly features. Events such as International Women’s Day tend to increase gender media content. In other instances, gender content is triggered by national events. For instance, in 2004 when both the best national farmer and best teacher awards were won by women, the media did well in giving them the prominence required. SCORES: Individual scores: 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 Average score: 3.8 4.6 Journalists and editors do not practice self-censorship. ANALYSIS: In most media houses there is little or no self-censorship. Generally, most media houses are guided largely by professional considerations. At state-owned media there seems to be a difference between print and broadcast media. Daily Graphic maintains that there is no self-censorship and that when there are facts to support a particular story line, the paper will go ahead unrestrained and do what it considers professionally correct. Editorial decisions at GBC still seem to be based on bad experiences from a not too distant past: workers there appear to be conscious or perhaps overly conscious of what news and pictures to broadcast – and what not. All media still regard matters of national security as a “no-go area”. 26