ASSESSMENT OF THE CHALLENGES FACING JOURNALISTS IN THE PRESENT POLITICAL DISPENSATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF NUJ ENUGU STATE CHAPTER
Abstract
This study assessed the challenges facing practicing journalists in the present
political dispensation in Nigeria, with a focus on Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)
Enugu State Chapter. The study was anchored on Social Responsibility theory and
Development Media theory. The researcher adopted the survey research method for
the execution of the study. A population of 200 was studied using the same figure as
the sample size. The measuring instrument of the study was the questionnaire which
was structured into open-ended and close-ended questions. The research questions
were analysed using simple percentage table while the research hypotheses were
tested using the Chi-Square statistical table. The findings amongst others revealed
that practicing journalists have made concerted efforts to solve myriads of
challenges facing them in the current democratic dispensation in Nigeria. The
researcher recommended among others, that objectivity and fairness should be the
watch word of the Nigerian press in order to retain readership and even improve on
their market share.
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