Dar es Salaam, May 24 -- THE government has reaffirmed its commitment to have in place systems and guidelines that will transform and improve the media industry into an economically stable sector and journalists improved welfare.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Minister for Information, Communication and Information Technology, Mr Nape Nnauye said the government has given a nine-member committee mandate, he formed to evaluate economic status of the media another six months, to research more and come up with comprehensive and well researched report to bring out the needed changes.

The Minister in January this year formed a nine -people committee to assess the economic status of media houses as well as Tanzanian journalists welfare and ...