Twenty years since Makerere University admitted her first students of journalism; the practice of news reporting has changed. Media practitioners have ceased to be school dropouts, to well educated people.

A U.S. senate committee moved a step closer on Thursday to overturning a decision by regulators that loosened media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, even as Rupert Murdoch's News Corp moved closer to expanding media ownership in the

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama 's campaign had promised millions of supporters they would be the first to know his pick of running mate, but the news rippled through the media hours before the official announcement.

Professional media groups yesterday condemned the raid on NBT television and attacked Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej for asking news groups to choose sides in reporting on People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) rallies.

Several weeks back, a writer attempted to dismiss the idea that the "mainstream news" ( MSN, for short network, cable, major newspaper, wire services and weekly "newsmags" ), were a liberal-left lot.