Faith Sudi

Recently, I almost shut down my TV during news hour. This is because the broadcast was filled with bleeding news. For disturbing stories that have graphical content (images, videos), media houses ethically owe the audience a disclaimer. This applies to graphical language use as well. The media has in many years been operating under some theories that ensured they achieved their...

In news reporting, journalists are guided by a formula, 5W+H. Simply put, every story should answer these questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How? However, I think time is ripe for us to add a 'T' to this formula, and the 'T' in this case stands for 'True/Truth'. Here is why. There are two incidences that happened concurrently recently that paint a...