Media Reform While it is worth noting that considerable space has been opened in the print media with some new publications such as the News Day now on the streets, it is also important to note that television and radio remain closed and little is being done to open the airwaves to other players to increase media plurality . People in the rural areas rely on the public broadcasters especially the radios. Accessibility of the local papers to the majority of the population is limited. Local public media has not been balanced, reporting in a partisan manner. Independent radio stations and papers continue to be a reliable source of news for the citizenry. MMPZ reports that public media was dominated by ZANU PF voices especially during “Vapotsori” church gatherings cum rallies promoting their party positions. ZESN notes that state owned media adopted a minimalist attitude in reporting violence in the outreach process in Harare by labelling them “mere skirmishes”. ZESN acknowledges the work being done by civil society organisations such as ZLHR’s newsletter, The Legal Monitor, ZCTU’s The Worker, MMPZ’s The News Monitor, Bulawayo Agenda’s Weekly Agenda and others in providing civic education and news to the citizens. These and other newsletters have also not been very accessible to the remote parts of the country though most of them are written in English which reduces their accessibility to the generality of the population. ZESN notes with interest how the constitution making process outreach meetings in Harare received the attention of the media especially the radio, TV and print. It is important to note that COPAC has not provided information on progress of the outreach process they planned to do and how many they have actually done from the target of 1957 wards they intended to have meetings in. 6