Hi, It was with a lot of interest that I read the statement from MCK and it is clearly the signs of a dying horse trying to remain relevant. I believe a similar statement was made by the International Papyrus Scribes Association when the printing press was developed and earlier by the Tablet Scribes Council of Babylon when God used laser to etch the 10 commandments. What we need MCK to first effect is to upgrade the degree courses on journalism back to a post graduate course from an undergraduate as it is easier to train a journalist than it is to train a teacher, doctor, accountant or traditional healer. We need to understand that journalism is about journal which is a record of events which makes a doctor a journalist, an account a journalist and a lawyer a journalist by training they have acquired journalistic skills. When you write in your diary you too are a journalist because you are a professional on your day. So is one who prints or carries a journal a journalist? A few years ago the various newspapers advertised for experts to start journalling about their professions which gave birth to columns by Mutahi Ngunyi and the like. This was a clear acceptance by the former mass media establishments that journalism needs to attached to a profession. MCK represents the old regime representing a dying activity by taking them on bloggers are allowing them an opportunity to remain relevant. We are now in the world of mass opinion based mass media where if you blog rubbish it will not sell unlike the one which MCK represents where to get to any useful information I must dig (read) through a lot of garbage. Mass media has been democratized, long live the blogger. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 19:05, John Kariuki <ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Regulating blogging is tantamount to regulating Freedom of Expression.In our case, in Kenya, freedom of expression is subject to the general limitation clause, Section 24 of the Constitution of Kenya. Indeed Section 33(2) of the Constitution further limits Freedom of expression. Does MCK wish to go further than this? John Kariuki. On Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 17:53, Sam Gichuru <gichuru@gmail.com> wrote: Obviously my grammar needs to be regulated :) On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Sam Gichuru <gichuru@gmail.com> wrote:
Do our Bloggers need to be regulated or is MCK uninformed and ignorant?
Article by Lucy Wachira with opinions from bloggers and bake below. http://140friday.com/bloggers-to-mck-we-are-here-to-stay-start-adapting/
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