Towards Invigorating Talents for Careers in Media Industry: An Insight for Kenyan Schools

Abstract

This paper is based on literature review related to talent screening. The most popular mediaprofessionsinclude TV anchorage,news writing and reporting, animation and graphic designing. All the same, the artistic dimension of media also embraces other aspects to include musicians, thespians, dancers, choreographers,and photographers. These careers are principally creative, artistic and talent oriented. Talent is useful if only discovered and nurtured to realization at an early age. Globally, nations are appreciating the importance of creativeand visual performances such as drama and film, their specific nature and uniqueness as creative experiences in their own right. Some learners strongly express special abilities both non-verbal and oratory communicative capabilities at an early age. In Kenya,effort made by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MOEST) to implement the Policy on Co-Curricular Activities (2003).However, this will not happen in a vacuum. Appropriate and purposive effort needs to be put in place toward developing this creativity.