Other challenges on the path of the media in effective, professional operation include Lack of investigative journalism: The Nigerian media and the journalists are not given to much investigative journalism. To be functional, the media should not just report what is happening but also unearth what is buried.
The media is fast becoming a house of trivia - a pattern of reporting, "he says", "they say" "at the event," "when it happened that". The coming of Newswatch Magazine in the 80s is generally believed to be the dawn of Investigative Journalism in Nigeria. This was followed by Tell Magazine and The News Magazine by establishing a culture of preformed/ investigative journalism and corresponding. However, things have since changed and the media has become increasingly handicapped in conducting serious investigations.
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