http://togetherliberia.org We're a platform for Liberian storytellers using text, audio and visual media. Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:25:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://togetherliberia.org/fufu-and-i/ http://togetherliberia.org/fufu-and-i/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:02:20 +0000 Sung Park http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1527 http://togetherliberia.org/fufu-and-i/feed/ 1 Ever since I made plans to come to Liberia, I was intrigued by the prospect of eating the various foods of West Africa. In preparation for the trip, I downloaded Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations” show on Liberia and Ghana to get a feel for the place and the food. I found the local staple to [...] http://togetherliberia.org/we-get-a-surprise-at-church/ http://togetherliberia.org/we-get-a-surprise-at-church/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:08:25 +0000 Steve Davis http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1518 http://togetherliberia.org/we-get-a-surprise-at-church/feed/ 0 For the second Sunday in a row, we attended services at a Pentecostal church this past weekend. This one was a 40-minute drive outside Monrovia, right off the Atlantic. (In fact, the final stretch of “road” that carried us there was a bit of hard-packed sand no more than 25 or 30 feet from the [...] http://togetherliberia.org/the-radio-is-coming-to-you/ http://togetherliberia.org/the-radio-is-coming-to-you/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:50:47 +0000 Cameron Zohoori http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1274 http://togetherliberia.org/the-radio-is-coming-to-you/feed/ 0 During our sojourn to the seaside town of Cestos, capital of Rivercess County, we launched the Soundbooth, an audio documentary project modeled on NPR’s StoryCorps. The idea is to have two people very familiar with each other – a mother and a daughter, a teacher and a student, a pair of friends – interview each [...] http://togetherliberia.org/rivercess/ http://togetherliberia.org/rivercess/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:06:31 +0000 Cameron Zohoori http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1346 http://togetherliberia.org/rivercess/feed/ 0   Cestos City is located 180 miles Southeast of Monrovia. A seven hour drive on dirt roads through remote rainforest, the county’s capital sits where the River Cestos meets the Atlantic Ocean. In the early morning groups of school kids begin their long journey to class, arriving in boats from across the water, then walking [...] http://togetherliberia.org/local-radio-is-key-to-liberians-stories/ http://togetherliberia.org/local-radio-is-key-to-liberians-stories/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:41:15 +0000 Luisa Ryan http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1296 http://togetherliberia.org/local-radio-is-key-to-liberians-stories/feed/ 0 We began this week by spending two nights in Cestos, the capital of Rivercess County. One of the aims of the Together Liberia project is to give greater voice to people in communities outside of Monrovia. The print media here in particular seems to concentrate mostly on big-city politics. I have yet to see a [...] http://togetherliberia.org/to-the-media-the-answer-is-yes/ http://togetherliberia.org/to-the-media-the-answer-is-yes/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:54:48 +0000 Steve Davis http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1283 http://togetherliberia.org/to-the-media-the-answer-is-yes/feed/ 0 I continue to be amazed at the uncommon access we get here while working on our stories. Bureaucrats, as well as everyday people, haven’t caught on to what’s become the default answer to the media in America: “No.” Instead, here we ask — and our sources say “yes.” They are happy to have their stories [...] http://togetherliberia.org/education-in-cestos-rivercess-county/ http://togetherliberia.org/education-in-cestos-rivercess-county/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:49:56 +0000 Bruce Strong http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1240 http://togetherliberia.org/education-in-cestos-rivercess-county/feed/ 0 It was all about education. As media trainers, we improved the storytelling skills of our journalism students. As storytellers, our students focused on education issues in one of the poorest counties in Liberia. As foreigners, we were schooled in both the best and worst parts of traveling in Liberia. Smiles, beaches and cool breezes welcomed [...] http://togetherliberia.org/on-the-road-to-rivercess/ http://togetherliberia.org/on-the-road-to-rivercess/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:01:36 +0000 Bruce Strong http://togetherliberia.org/?p=1156 http://togetherliberia.org/on-the-road-to-rivercess/feed/ 1 We were told the drive to Cestos, in Rivercess County, should only take about three hours. It’s roughly 180 miles. But I should have know better. Always double times and add some more. In the end, it took close to seven hours to travel to Cestos. The road was paved for half the distance. The [...] http://togetherliberia.org/media-that-matters/ http://togetherliberia.org/media-that-matters/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:07:37 +0000 Cameron Zohoori http://togetherliberia.org/?p=964 http://togetherliberia.org/media-that-matters/feed/ 0 As the Together Liberia team sets out on this project to empower Liberians to tell stories to their fellow citizens and the world, I’ve been inspired with confidence that media tools have the potential to transform lives and, potentially, the way the country operates. We’ve already seen that Liberians have taken steps to tell their [...]