International Journal of International Relations, Media and Mass Communication Studies (IJIRMMCS)

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ethic and lack of professionalism

The Brown Envelope Journalism in South Sudan: An analytical of Literature Review, Interviews and Observations of Eight Media Outlets and Media Institutions (public and private) in Juba City Block, South Sudan (Published)

South Sudan Media issues have not been explored effectively, but the media external experts managed to contribute on South Sudan such as the freedom of expression among others.  The students of School of Journalism, Media, Communication Studies (SJMCS) have been lacking local literature review that it can be used as second data. The Brown Envelope is largely practiced in South Sudan, but it is not properly explored by South Sudanese media experts. There are claims that it is too early complain about the contributions on the media issues, because, the country came to existence about 14 years ago. BEJ is attributed to low salaries, wellbeing, demotivation and bad economy. BEJ is locally name as Food Refund (FR), Transport Refund (TF), some of the journalists name it as motivation, appreciation for reporting and covering. The government has been accused by critics, public and members of the society that it failed to pay its civil servants, improved the wellbeing of the citizens, economy, stability in the country. The critics and members of the civil society argued that BEJ is attributed to bad economy, ethnicity, polarization, il-intention, and some communities do not accept to give lands to South Sudanese people for agricultural productivity.  

Keywords: Brown, Journalism, compromised, envelope, ethic and lack of professionalism

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