After the country's relative stability, staff at the state broadcaster, Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS) and other broadcast journalists from private stations were trained in responsible journalism
After the country's relative stability, staff at the state broadcaster, Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS) and other broadcast journalists from private stations were trained in responsible journalism
Interrupted by two military coups and a civil war, Thomson Foundation’s three-year project to create four regional radio stations and train journalists to report rationally and truthfully in Sierra Leone continued once the country was considered relatively stable. A key task was to prepare the country’s media for general elections. Thanks to the radio stations, government activities were reported outside of the capital after years of absence and a parliamentary press gallery was established in the capital, Freetown.
Sierra Leone
Department for International Development
2001
Three years
£1million
Media reform; Sierra Leone;
"There have been great developments and improvements in the media here, many of those inspired by the Thomson Foundation"
