by Bonnie Allen
July 6, 2010
The Road to River Cess… I’ve always loved road trips, so one of my favorite things about training journalists is getting outside of Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, and driving ‘into the bush.’ Journalists for Human Rights provides money every month to cover expenses for reporters who pitch original, independent human rights stories. It’s part of a [...]
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by Bonnie Allen
June 10, 2010
Smile FM. The once-charming name for a community radio station in southeastern Liberia is now, at best, ironic. At worst, it’s a mocking reminder of how tarnished this symbol of grassroots media and freedom of expression has become. Today, reporters at Smile FM in Zwedru, speaking only with anonymity, admit: “We work in fear.” Smile [...]
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