The passage of Kenya’s new constitution has given birth to tens of periodical papers, focused on the county – a new unit of governance covering villages and rural towns. And despite facing some major challenges, the papers have opened the way to some vigorous journlaism at local level, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za.

Britain's media are being subjected to a rigorous investigation in the wake of the phone-tapping scandal that erupted around Ruper Murdoch's News International.  And the picture that is emerging is far from pretty, writes Franz Kruger in the Mail & Guardian.

Live sport on television has been a game-changer for newspapers' coverage of big games.  But there's still room for a good sports story to sell Sunday newspapers, editors Gill Moodie in Backstory.

Minister of Communication Dina Pule's first moves have indicated a willingness to intervene decisively to put the SABC on a better path, write Trevor Neethling and Thabiso Mochiko in Business Day. But there's a long road ahead.