About

The purpose of this project is to provide for the information needs of the Liberian people in what might be the most important election in the nation’s history. The election process will be energetic and contentious so it is absolutely urgent that the independent media be prepared to play their watchdog and voice-of-the people role.

Liberia, Politics and Lunch - A. Saydee Moubye a member of the Civil Society of Liberia, has an intimate conversation with SU Prof. Steve Davis over the state of Liberia. The men were open and friendly, freely discussing their opinions, indicating what they say are the problems with the government, it

KEY OBJECTIVES

• To strengthen the reporting and technical skills of the Liberian media
• To enhance the political awareness of Liberian citizens

KEY COMPONENTS

• Cross training for Liberian and American institution project participants
• Website and content management system
• Multimedia content available to an array of outlets in Liberia and abroad
• StoryCorps style audio tent

KEY CONTENT DISTRIBUTION MODELS

• National and rural radio
• Newspapers
• Website

One of the great challenges for the Liberian media is to report on the lives and aspirations of the rural population of Liberia. Together Liberia will do its best to mine stories from the hinterlands and give voice to the previously voiceless.

With a basic support structure in place our reporters will be able to tell the stories that the politicians and the policy makers need to hear. Once posted on the Together Liberia site the material is free to use by any other media organization based in Liberia or abroad through the Creative Commons Attribute Licence 3.0.

During the summer of 2011 we will be training reporters and editors at our partner’s site in Monrovia.

Together Liberia is a joint project of the Liberia Media Initiative, Front Page Africa, the New Democrat, the SI Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, the Center for Peace Democracy and Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School University.

If you are interested in providing financial or material support to this project please contact either Ken Harper or Michael Keating through our form below.