IPNEWS: About 20 Media Institutions, including many community radio stations across the country, on Thursday, February 8, 2023, received Laptop Computers and Digital Voice Recorders worth thousands of US dollars from the Association of Liberia Journalists in the Americas (ALJA).
The donation was spearheaded by ALJA’s former Vice President and Chairman of its Media Fund, Pewee Baysah, External Relations Chairman, Charles Crawford, and the organization’s Assistant Secretary General, Peter Massaquoi who are all visiting the country.
According to Messrs Pewee Baysah, Crawford, and Massaquoi in spate remarks, the donation is part of its media development program which represents the organization’s overarching goal of empowering Liberian Journalists by providing them the logistical support and training necessary to effectively perform their reportorial duties.
The donation took place at the offices of the Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMASP) in Monrovia at 12 noon and brought together representatives of the institutions that benefitted.
The bulk of the donation went to community radio stations in different parts of the county to help in their reportorial duties as they prepare for the Presidential and General elections scheduled for October this Year.
According to ALJA official’s media institutions that benefitted from the donation include radio stations in Bomi, Grand Cape Mount, Gbarpolu, Sinoe, Grand Bassa, Rivercess, Nimba, Grand Kru, Bong and Maryland Counties. Other media institutions in Monrovia included, the Analyst Newspaper, The Independent Probe, The Inquirer Newspaper, Global News Network (GNN), Lux FM Radio at the University of Liberia and Prime TV, among others.
The three ALJA former and current officials the Association members and as well as friends and partners of the Association for making the donation possible.
Earlier on, CEMESP Executive Director, Malcolm Joseph welcomed the ALJA team to his offices, where the computers and digital recorders were presented to the media houses. He recounted how ALJA have over the past years identified with media houses as well as individual journalists. ALJA also presented a check to two of his scholarship beneficiaries at the Mass Communications Department of the University of Liberia.
The latest donation by ALJA represents its biggest yet to the Liberian media. Similar donations of Laptop Computers and Digital Voice Recorders were made in 2022 and 2021 respectively to over a dozen media institutions in the country.
ALJA is a conglomeration of current and retired Liberian journalists residing in the Americas. It is a 501c (3) non-profit organization. The Association was founded in 1998 with the objectives of fostering companionship amongst its members and their American counterparts. Additionally, ALJA is committed to advancing press freedom through media capacity building, and the fostering of good governance in Liberia through media advocacy.
