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Journalism under Duress: Worlds of Journalism Study Report (Wave 3: 2021–2025)
Munich: Ludwig-Maximilian Universität (LMU), WJS Center (2025), 371 pp.
"This report presents findings from the third wave of the Worlds of Journalism Study (WJS3), conducted between 2021 and 2025. In this iteration, we focused on journalists’ perceptions of risk and uncertainty in their profession and sought to identify key factors that shape how journalists navigate
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An analysis of the effectiveness of civic education radio programmes among youths in Freetwon, Sierra Leone
Port Harcourt: Catholic Institute of West Africa, Master Thesis (2024), x, 141 pp.
"This study investigated the effectiveness of civic education radio programmes on the behaviour of the youth in Freetown, Sierra Leone and how assessing and evaluating them could restructure the approach in order to yield the desired goals of supplementing the conventional school systems. “There i
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How Radio Can Build a More Supportive Environment for Girls’ Education, Learning, and Empowerment
London: BBC Media Action (2023), 15 pp.
Journalism Cultures in Sierra Leone: Between Global Norms and Local Pressures
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xx, 212 pp.
"This book provides novel insights into the perspectives of journalists in Sierra Leone and on their work by examining their perceived journalistic values and the influences that shape them. It treats journalism as an occupational identity and as a community that works on the foundation of the sub-S
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Exploring the Contextual Factors of Religious Leader Participation in Health Communication: Evidence from a Qualitative Study in Sierra Leone
Journal of Religion and Health, volume 62 (2023), pp. 1695-1715
"As there are many and sometimes ambivalent intersections of health and religion, strategic collaborations with religious opinion leaders in health campaigns have been increasingly explored. Despite the known influence of distinct contextual factors within emergency and non-emergency settings, exist
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Essentials of the Right to Access Information Act - Sierra Leone
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2022), 13 pp.
"The manual is produced to guide citizens, information holders but most importantly, journalists, on how to use Sierra Leone’s RAI Act to access information. The manual has four chapters that highlight key information about the RAI law. It presents an easy-to-understand information about the law t
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COVID-19 and the Media in Sub-Saharan Africa: Media Viability, Framing and Health Communication
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2022), xix, 257 pp.
"The volume helps us deconstruct COVID-19 discourses on crisis communication and media developments focusing on three areas: Media viability, Framing and Health crisis communication. The chapters unpack issues on marginalisation, gender, media sustainability, credibility, priming, trust, sources, be
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Private Sector Investment and Public Sector Support for the Media in Sierra Leone: A Binding Constraints Analysis
BBC Media Action;PRIMED (2022), 7 pp.
"This Binding Constraints Analysis is part of the process of building a business case for private sector investment and public sector support for the media in Sierra Leone. Informed by the findings of the State of the Media report, this analysis is aimed at presenting an overview of the risks, chall
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The Political Economy of the Media in Sierra Leone and the Potential for Private-Sector Investment
BBC Media Action;PRIMED (2022), 13 pp.
"The purpose of this political economy analysis (PEA) is to understand how political and economic factors have affected, or hindered, the media sector in Sierra Leone as well as the potential for private sector investment in the media [...] The report presents a contextual analysis of the media sect
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Attributing Public Ignorance in Vaccination Narratives
Social Science & Medicine, issue 307: 115152 (2022), 11 pp.
"Examples from Sierra Leone, Uganda, and India show how ‘ignorant public’ framings are used as explanation for vaccine hesitancy through assigned roles for institutions and publics, and the consequences this narrative has for vaccination encounters. These examples are based on ethnographic field
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Status of Digital Agriculture in 47 Sub-Saharan African Countries
Quick Overview
FAO;ITU (2022), x, 351 pp.
"It aims at providing a holistic view of digital transformation in the agriculture sector of 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The region’s digital agriculture landscape is assessed through six key themes, namely: infrastructure, digital penetration, policy and regulation, business environment,
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Threats Against Public-Facing Women in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Association of Women in Journalism (SLAWIJ);Internews (2022), 49 pp.
"This research presents findings and recommendations about the nature, scale, and impact of threats faced by select categories of public-facing women in Sierra Leone. Specifically, by women human rights defenders (HRDs) and women journalists." (Research methodology)
Role of Information Sources in Vaccination Uptake: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Household Survey in Sierra Leone, 2019
Global Health: Science and Practice, volume 10, issue 1 (2022), pp. 1-12
"Key findings: exposure to vaccination information from faith leaders and health facilities was associated with increased likelihood of vaccination uptake; the significant association between exposure to a greater number of immunization information sources and increased likelihood of vaccination upt
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The Advertising Industry in Sierra Leone: A Critical and Comprehensive Analysis
BBC Media Action;PRIMED (2022), 8 pp.
"The commercial advertising industry in Sierra Leone is in a parlous state – unstructured, uncoordinated and unregulated. The shambolic nature of the industry stems from three major shortcomings – a lack of policy regulation, a limited market, and poor professional practices. Existing policy whi
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Youth Participatory Grant-Making in Sierra Leone: Lessons from the Tar Kura Initiatve
Fund for Global Human Rights (2021), 9 pp.
"In 2019, the Fund partnered with Purposeful, a feminist movement-building hub for adolescent girls, to pilot a participatory grant-making initiative in Sierra Leone aimed at promoting youth leadership and amplifying the voices of young people. As our first foray into realizing the potential of part
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Afrika
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2021), x, 615 pp.
"Das Werk bietet, nach Ländern bzw. Regionen aufgeschlüsselt, einen kompakten und aktuellen Überblick über geschichtliche Herkunft, weitere Entwicklungen und aktuelle Herausforderungen der afrikanischen Kirche aus katholischer Sicht. Dabei liegt ein Akzent auf den Beziehungen der Ortskirche zu a
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How Media and Communication Are Helping to Tackle Malaria in Sierra Leone
London: BBC Media Action (2021), 11 pp.
The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth
Top Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2021), 271 pp.
"For the first time, a complete mapping of the film and audiovisual industry in 54 States of the African continent is available, including quantitative and qualitative data and an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses at the continental and regional levels. The report proposes strategic recomme
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Impact of COVID-19 on Journalism in Sierra Leone
Bournemouth: Bournemouth University (2021), 69 pp.
The State of Media Freedom in Sierra Leone March 2018-December 2020
Accra: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) (2021), 22 pp.
"On the analyses of the trend of violations, key perpetrators and victims, research including engagements with the police, Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and data from the MRCG’s (Media Reform Coordinating Group) Press Freedom Reports showed that in 2018, which was an election year
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