Kenya Editors Guild President Zubeida Kananu has said journalists face many challenges while reporting.
Kananu was speaking on Wednesday during World Press Freedom Day conference at Safari Park hotel in Nairobi.
She said journalist's safety is threatened both physically and in the digital space.
"In the past year, scores of journalists were injured while going about their duties," she said.
The KEG president said journalists experience violence from both State and nonstate actors.
She said on the digital platforms, enemies of freedom of expression have been unrelenting in their attacks on journalists and media houses.
Kananu said sources of threats to journalists are well known.
"We call for an immediate stop to these violations. Journalists must be allowed to exercise their constitutional right to do their professional work," she urged.
Another issue Kananu highlighted is the connection between the rights of citizens to freely consume media content, and the rights of journalists to freely access information and make it available for public consumption.
She said these rights are threatened by forces who want to control what the public should know, and impose restrictions on what information journalists can access.
"We see deliberate attempts to stop the Media from pursuing certain stories," Kananu said.
She said the Bill of Rights in the Constitution is explicit on the entrenched right of the Media to operate without hindrance.
His said this right goes along with rights to freedom of expression and the right to receive and impart information granted to all in Kenya.
On the changing economic dynamics in the Media industry, Kananu said media houses in Kenya and Africa in general are facing serious revenue challenges, some bordering on the extreme.
"Unfortunately, journalists are taking the brunt of this unfortunate situation, which has seen salaries delayed for months."
Kananu said there is need to find new regulatory levers to encourage innovation, beat off exportation of advertising revenue while still serving public interest.
"As we mark World Press Freedom Day, it is our hope that we can jointly find long-lasting solutions to these threats that stand in the way of journalists in Kenya," Kananu said.
