Start paying journalists well - Ndanga
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The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi has challenged media houses to begin paying journalists well in an attempt to fight corruption in the country.
MISA Malawi Chairperson, Teresa Ndanga, says most journalists are tempted to fall into bribery because they are lowly paid.
She said this on Wednesday when Wits University and Continuing Journalism Education virtually launched the State of Newsroom for Malawi 2019-20 report.
However, Ndanga implored on journalists to personalize the effect of corruption on people for them to demand accountability from public officers.
“They must be told the need for them to demand information using the Access to Information law. We have become part of the problem,” she said.