Strengthening Liberia’s media

This report outlines the findings and recommendations derived from two assessment missions undertaken by the ‘Partnership for Media and Conflict Prevention in West Africa’ (the Partnership) to Liberia in June and December 2006, as well as the collation of additional information in early 2007. These missions brought together the expertise of a number of regional and international media development and freedom of expression actors.

This report reviews progress made during the past three years since the signing of the peace agreement and identify collaborative approaches for continuing support to the media. In this regard, the report should be seen as an extension of the original assessment drafted by the Partnership in early 2004 entitled, ‘Supporting the Media in Liberia: A Review of the Media Landscape for the Post-Conflict Transition Period’ (January 2004).

However, both this report and the 2004 document are not an exhaustive analysis of the numerous sectors and roles of the media in Liberia. Rather, due to the need to combine breadth and conciseness, they present overviews of a number of specific focus areas, providing recommendations for targeted activities to be further developed by specialised actors in those fields.