Desmond Thompson

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Desmond Thompson has 12 years’ experience in the media – as Nairobi Bureau Chief of Media24 Newspapers, Managing Editor of Adam and Drum East Africa (Kenyan magazines), Senior Reporter with Beeld and Senior Researcher with Carte Blanche, and as a sub-editor with Sunday Sun and ThisDay. He is currently employed as Writer/Researcher in the Communication and Liaison Department of Stellenbosch University, where he is also doing his MPhil Journalism.

When in Rome: Italian media still in trouble, even without Berlusconi

Posted By: Desmond Thompsonon: November 17, 2011In: Press

‘Il Cavaliere’ might be riding off into the sunset, but journalism in his neck of the woods seems likely to remain prone to political interference, writes Desmond Thompson. Of all the countries in the EU, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) ranked Italy bottom of the list in its 2010 Press Freedom Index. And it is the […] Read more

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When in Rome: Italian media still in trouble, even without Berlusconi

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