Nation Media Group shines at Annual Journalism Excellence Awards
Wednesday May 05 2021
Online Sub-editor Beatrice Kangai poses for a picture with her Journalist of the Year award during the Annual Journalism Excellence Awards gala in Nairobi on May 4, 2021. PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU | NMG
Summary
The impact that Covid-19 has had on newsrooms was highlighted at the awards ceremony, with MCK CEO David Omwoyo noting that the real pandemic has been the upcoming of fake news.
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Six Nation Media Group journalists on Tuesday bagged top awards at the Annual Journalism Excellence Awards gala, held by the Media Council of Kenya.
Beatrice Kangai, an online sub-editor, emerged Journalist of the Year for her investigative story, “Smuggled from Nairobi to Johannesburg”.
Six NMG brands, products nominated for global awards
Thursday March 11 2021
NMG chairman Wilfred Kiboro (centre), CEO Stephen Gitagama (left) and Editorial Director Mutuma Mathiu during the launch of Nation.Africa paywall at Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club on February 8, 2021. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG
By COLLINS OMULO
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The biggest media house in East and Central Africa continues with its transformation from a legacy media house to a 21st century digital content company.
NMG is changing its business model from an advertiser-revenue-funded operation to a digital subscriptions company.
Six Nation Media Group (NMG) brands and products have been nominated for global awards just a month after the design of its digital flagship brand, Nation.Africa, was picked as a finalist at the world-renowned International Forum (iF) Design Award 2021.