Last October nine Liberian journalists learned how to blog at a workshop at the American Embassy in Monrovia [1]. Thanks to the support of the Center for Democracy and Development [2] at UMass Boston, I am now back in Monrovia with Kathleen Flynn [3] and Ken Harper [4] to help facilitate more blogging workshops. The above video introduces some of Liberia's most recent journalists and students of journalism to try their hands at blogging.
Denna Gibson writing her blog post
Varney Karneh wrote about the recent International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security and how it will benefit teenage girls [5]. Emmanuel Tobey, a photojournalist for the United Nations, plans on using his blog [6] to show off photographs of Liberia's natural beauty. Saturday H. Seke featured [7] a literacy training workshop put on by local NGO ALFALIT INTERN. Denna Gibson lamentes the lack of opportunities and respect given to female athletes in Liberia [8]. Aremita believes that illiteracy and teenage pregnancy are two of the greatest obstacles standing in the way of Liberia's development [9]. Moses B. Togbah thinks that bad roads [10] are also a major impediment. Finally, Laurina Honore [11], a journalist for Sky FM radio, describes her experience at the workshop:
I MIGHT HAVE MORE BLOGS WITH IN TIME TO COME. RIGHT NOW I’M STUDYING MASS COMMUNICATION AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA. I AM ALSO A BROADCAST JOURNALIST AT SKY 107 FM IN MONROVIA. I MIGHT DO ALLOT OF THINGS IN TIME TO COME. I LOVE MUSIC WHICH IS MY INSPIRATION, SO I WILL GET ALLOT DEEPER INTO THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD. IF I DON’T GET THROUGH I WILL WORK IN MY GOVERNMENT AS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE, THAT’S WHY I AM GOIN TO SCHOOL. BUT I FEEL LIKE A CELEBRITY CUZ THA’S HOW I AM REFER TO. MY BEEN ON THE RADIO HAS MADE ME INTO A POPULAR FIGURE AND I HAVE SO MANY FANS. I FEEL GOOD EVERYDAY. I AM BLESS, I’M GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR MY LIFE.
Make sure to add their blogs to your RSS reader and to leave some encouraging comments.