CHALLENGES OF JOURNALISM PROFESSION IN GOVERNMENT OWNED MEDIA HOUSES

This book is designed to evaluate challenges on journalistic practices in government owned media organizations. The work adopted the survey research method in data gathering and used tables, simple percentages in presentation and analysis of data gathered. Based on the findings the researcher discovered that misappropriation of fund, shortage of staff, lack of modern equipments, management not given free hand inadequate funding employment of non-professionals are the problems of government owned media. It was also found that government officials and agencies interfere with the operations of government owned media. Findings also pointed out that the effects of media constraints on journalistic practice include, inability to present issues in a balance way, giving only one side to a story the opportunity to be heard, praise-singing the dominant class and unprofessional journalistic practice.