The study aims to examine the practice of source and story selection inrnEthiopian Television (ETV). The study thus explores the dominant sources usedrnwithin ETV news to see whose views are reflected most in the news and howrnthese sources become frequently used by journalists in the news. The studyrnalso examines criteria for selecting stories at ETV. The nature of methodologyrnemployed in this study is qualitative. In-depth interviews with key informantsrnand content analysis were used as techniques to gather data.rnSome 503 television news stories were collected between 1 May 2006 and 30rnMay 2006. Key informant interviews were also conducted with mediarnpractitioners who are responsible for news production. Results showed thatrngovernment sources were used as major information providers in 73.4 % of thernstories, and government officials were visible in 54.3 % of the stories. Therninterpretation drawn from these results is that government voices are preferredrnfor news stories, with representatives from other sections of society being givenrnless chance to express their perspectives.rnThe thesis concludes that that political power is a major source consideration atrnETV. The powerful decision-makers at the editorial conference, gatekeepers ofrnthe final product, are inevitably members of or sympathetic to the ruling party.rnWith regard to criteria for news selection, issues that deal with development arerngiven priority, and portraying the government positively is also an importantrncriterion for choosing stories. The findings also show that there are bothrninternal and external pressures affecting journalistic decisions, often forcingrnjournalists to practice self-censorship in order to depict the ruling partyrnpositively and omit facts that are offensive to the ruling party.rnThe thesis concludes that different sections of society are not able torncommunicate their perspectives on ETV since the organization serves as arnconduit for government policy messages instead of regularly entertainingrndiversified views.