"Every editor worth his or her salt should demand the authority to decide on what is news; that is the duty and responsibility of the editor who is trained for the job. In any case where the editor is influenced and manipulated by others, creating unfavorable conditions for ethical journalism, the editor ought to protest, and if that continues, as it has happened elsewhere, they should resign"
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It was an online conversation with journalists across Africa during a ‘Journalism Hangout’ on April 14, 2021
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