THE STANDARD
NAIROBI
Standard Group employees Zubeida Koome (L) and Linda Bach (R) won seats in the April 24, 2021 Editors Guild elections. [Standard]
Standard Group staffers, Zubeida Koome and Linda Bach, have been elected to the Editors Guild Executive Council.
Koome on Saturday, April 24 beat Sammy Maina of national broadcaster KBC to bag the Vice President position in the 2021 polls held virtually. She takes over from Maina, who was seeking re-election.
Bach, a Quality Assurance Editor, on the other hand, was elected the Council Member for Print, taking over from Evelyne Kwamboka, whom she faced off in the friendly contest. Both Bach and Kwamboka are employees of Standard Group PLC.
THE STANDARD
NAIROBI
The Standard media group yesterday won two seats in the Executive Council of the Kenya Editors Guild (KEG).
KTN senior anchor Zubeida Koome
(pictured) was elected the vice president, winning against his predecessor, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) Editor-in-Chief Samuel Maina.
Also elected to represent the print media is Linda Bach, a Quality Assurance Editor with
The Standard.
The Group Editor-in-Chief Ochieng Rapuro congratulated the winners, and pledged the company s support to help them meet high members expectations at a time when the industry is facing tough times.
KEEP READING As an established media house, we support the Guild and what it stands for, which is promotion of press freedom and professionalism in journalism. We are happy to have our own occupying a substantive position in the Guild, said Rapuro.