Bob Dewar

Nigeria

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Wednesday 10 June, 2009

The Media: Giving information and helping to improve transparency and accountability.

 

Had an interesting few days meeting some of the media companies I had not visited before. This is a growing industry, with many newspapers now on line and many TV companies broadcast around Africa and the world.

 

There are issues as in most countries (eg it’s useful to know who owns what which helps explain the angle they take sometimes).  In general the media here are so important in giving citizens information and in helping improve transparency and accountability. Ever freer access to information must be a priority in this new democratic phase.

Posted at 14:12 10 June 2009 by Bob Dewar  |  Comments[1]

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Dear Mr.Dewar, although I know that's a time ago since this report has been published-I just think it's still important.Today maybe more as ever.Especially in Africa where some newspapers are still not independent. It was interesting to read that many newspapers are also at online now. There might be 2 key-sentences in your report: 1st-the media in Africa is so important for they are giving the people informations and help them to improve the transparency.2nd:The free access to informations. I do full agree to you that this is a "Must" for a 1st step by building up new democratic structures. Best wishes, Ingo-Steven Wais/Stuttgart Germany

Posted by Ingo-Steven Wais on September 07, 2009 at 01:47 PM WAT #

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