Whether it was the knock-out humour at the bottom of a weekly newspaper column or a hastily spun recollection of Kenya’s political or media history, the stories were written with journalistic flair and an old-fashioned respect for factual accuracy. Last week’s death of Gerry Loughran, the Sunday Nation’s Letter From London columnist, brought to a close a distinguished media career, two strands of which played out in Kenya. One was closely intertwined with the story of Nation Media Group’s growth from a single newspaper in the 1960s to a regional news publisher two decades later. Even though most of the discussions were recorded, Loughran would take copious notes, which later helped to resolve key issues. Loughran’s suggestion of The EastAfrican, with “East” and “African” as a single word, suggesting a single entity, baffled many.

Source: Daily Nation December 02, 2023 08:17 UTC