Uganda, Jan. 12 -- What value a story brings to readers or viewers must always be at the back of editors' and news producers' minds as they send the newspaper to print or flag off a news bulletin.

This is because readers/viewers are bound to ask themselves whether engaging with the story was worth their time or not; and as they say in business, a satisfied customer is a returning customer!

This is the question two readers had on their minds when they reached out to me - independent of each other - about two specific stories published in Daily Monitor of January 8: "Ministers to be trained on manners ahead of NAM" and "Who is who on NAM, G-77 organising committee".

What was important about these stories, they asked.

Well, editors make ...