This manual introduces and emphasizes the knowledge of journalists, station managers and editors on professional media coverage of elections with specific reference to the electoral processes, electoral legal framework, covering and reporting elections, conflict-sensitive reporting, guidelines on elections reporting in Sierra Leone and the safety and security of journalists.
The manual is produced within the context of professional media coverage of the elections with specific reference to conflict-sensitive reporting. Much of the aspect on conflict-sensitive reporting, that is contained in the second manual, is derived from Ross Howard’s works. This manual also contains various presentations on the electoral processes and elections reporting from the past presentations and materials from MRCG’s training sessions in 2018, the then National Electoral Commission (NEC), Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) and the Independent Media Commission
(IMC).
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