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By Dr. Isaac Massaquoi

The other day a media colleague sent me an article titled, “The Future of news and the promise of community-centered journalism”, written by Damian Radcliffe and published on the website of the International Journalists Network (IJNET). I raced through and found it an immensely interesting read. Regarding what I intend to do here, let me quote the opening paragraphs of that article.

By Isaac Massaquoi

We are closing the year 2022 on the theme of Media Poverty. It’s not a poverty of ideas, professionalism and ambition but a near complete lack of money and other resources needed to deliver high quality journalism. The kind of journalism that would conform to what all journalists acknowledge as the cardinal principles of the trade – Public Service, Objectivity, Autonomy and Ethics.

By Isaac Massaquoi

By Isaac Massaquoi

When the First Lady arrives in Pujehun tomorrow to launch the ‘hands off our girls’ campaign she will, of course, receive a great welcome from a large crowd of pupils, the ordinary people and those who matter politically in that district.

By Isaac Massaquoi

By calling for the reclassification as commercial broadcasters of many of what we have known all this while as Community Radio Stations across Sierra Leone, the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) has thrown a grenade into a situation that has clearly remained a regulatory stalemate in the media industry.

By Isaac Massaquoi

Tomorrow, Friday 23^rd August, I will be in Committee Room Number One of Parliament in the morning. Not to face the MPs as a presidential nominee. Rather, to witness my mentor and friend being questioned by the Appointments Committee in a confirmation hearing following his nomination by President Julius Maada to serve on the Advisory Board of the Anti-Corruption.

By Isaac Massaquoi

About seven years ago now I was doing some research on the human development sector in Sierra Leone. Along with a colleague journalist, and as part of his work schedule, we had cause to interview a Sierra Leonean lady who worked on education matters for the World Bank in Sierra Leone at that time.