Former KTN News anchor Grace Kuria. PHOTO | COURTESY
Media personality and KTN News anchor Grace Kuria has called it quits at the Mombasa road-based station owned by Standard Media Group.
While hosting the station’s Sunday lunchtime bulletin, the
Beyond the Scars host announced that that was her last bulletin on KTN News.
“I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you, thank you to God, thank you to my family, thank you to Standard Media Group management, thank you to you (viewers), and to my colleagues for the love, the criticism (and) encouragement. Kilicho na mwanzo kina mwisho and this has been my last broadcast on KTN News and KTN Home,” she said.
Journalists Who Switched Stations in 2020
File image of a news set at NTV studios in Nairobi
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The media industry was one of the most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Most employers either retrenched hundreds of their staff, or enforced pay cuts to cushion themselves from economic ruin.
Renowned TV anchors, top radio personalities either quit or were let go as stations fought tooth and nail to stay afloat during this difficult time. Some of the fired journalists opted to file suits in court seeking reprieve from the corridors of justice on grounds that they had been let go illegally.
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December 22nd 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Optiven Group CEO George Wachiuri (left) and Standard group CEO Orlando Lyomu during the signing of a partnership deal yesterday at The Standard Group headquarters in Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]
Optiven Group has signed a partnership with The Standard Media Group in its continued quest to empower property investors and to economically and socially transform the society.
The signing ceremony took place yesterday at The Standard Group headquarters on Mombasa Road.
The two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see the media company provide commercial value that will have different sponsorships run on the company’s various social media platforms.
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December 14th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
FkF s Nick Mwendwa at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi on October 17, 2020. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
The spat between Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and media has reached a tipping point. The federation locked out a section of journalists from covering last Saturday’s top tier match between champions Gor Mahia and Ulinzi Stars at Nyayo National Stadium.
Ironically, this happened on the day President Uhuru Kenyatta led the country in marking its 57th Jamhuri Day celebrations at the same venue earlier on.
The incident drew widespread condemnation from both local and international journalists’ bodies, led by the International Sports Press Association and Media Council of Kenya (MCK).
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