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Journalism on trial during Covid-19 crisis: Between Government budgetary support and editorial independence in Kenya
The research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with various editors from 12 independent media houses in Kenya involved. It made use of simple sampling to enlist participants who responded to the interview questions that were administered to them on a one-on-one basis and via telephone. Response to the questions were then coded and key themes identified and developed.
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Self-funded
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Declaration of conflicts of interest
No potential conflicts of interest in this study.Corresponding author email
mkapchanga@gmail.comLead author country
KenyaLead author job role
Higher Education ResearcherLead author institution
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & TechnologyHuman Participants
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No ethical approval was needed as no human or animals were involved in this study.Comments
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