A Newsroom Divided: Kenya, the Election Crisis, and the Nation Media Group

This case examines what happens when personal bias affects the newsroom. In mid-January 2008, post-election tribal violence in Kenya was making international headlines. The editorial director of Nation Media Group, which included the Daily Nation newspaper, had a crisis on his hands: the Daily Nation newsroom was splitting along tribal lines. He had to find a way reunite his staff.

Case number: AKU-13-0001.0
Category: Journalism Cases
Topics: journalism ethics, editorial management
Teaching resources: Epilogue, Teaching note

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