This first edition of the MRCG Newsletter covers January to June 2024. The MRCG continued implementing its activities on the projects Enhancing Press Freedom and Media Reforms and Engaging Media and Minorities to Act for Peacebuilding. The National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
During the reporting period, MRCG also implemented project activities for the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and the BBC Media Action for engagement on the implementation of the National Action Plan. The MRCG also engaged diplomatic missions on the activities of the National Fund. Under the reporting, we also celebrated our 10th anniversary as an organization with a reflection on key achievements since 2014.
To ensure that the media covered the elections well, MRCG established a media situation room (MSR) to monitor the country’s media performance during the 2023 elections. The MSR relied on raw information from print and broadcast media content gathered by the MRCG media monitors in the regions and in Freetown. The information was processed and analyzed to provide real-time information on the media’s performance in reporting on elections and conflict-sensitive issues.
The MRCG would like to thank its donors, NED, DDP, and MRGA, and partners, MFWA, for providing the funds used to implement its programs and activities. We continue to look forward to fulfilling the key priorities and objectives of the MRCG in its Media Development Strategy, which will end in 2024.
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