Community radio training manual for Liberia http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/498/1/
A training manual is being written to help community radio broadcasters in Liberia run their media outlets long after the trainers have left. The region has suffered from the movement of newly qualified staff. The aim of the manual is to build local capacity so that the skills that are needed are retained and not lost with staff move on. The Liberia Media Project pilot, http://www.international-alert.org/liberia/index.php?t=1 run by London-based International Alert, http://www.international-alert.org/liberia/index.php decided to develop the comprehensive training manual designed to assist those setting up and working for community radio in the West African country. The head of the project, Blamo Robinson, said the training manual is needed because whenever someone leaves a particular community radio station the training and knowledge they gained is lost and the station suffers. The manual will also be part of the exit strategy for International Alert as it aims to pull out of the country and leave behind media personnel with the necessary skills to continue to broadcast. Robinson said that a round table conference held in the Liberian capital Monrovia in June came up with a draft for the manual. Radio managers from 25 community radio stations across seven of the 15 counties of Liberia were involved. The Liberia Media Project will offer the final version of the training manual to all who attended so that they can distribute it throughout their regions. The manual covers issues such as interviewing techniques, news reporting skills, news writing tips, programme production, traditional programming, talk show presentation, the use of equipment and studio maintenance. The Liberia Media Project, with support from international Alert, has set up eight community stations in 2006 and seven in 2007 serving communities across the bordering countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Cote deivoire . The project is intended to enhance regional peace and security in the region as well as fostering the integrations of the various border groups. _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [email protected] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
